Bids for the 2018 Summer Olympics

Bids for the 2018 Summer Olympics was a bidding process to choose the host of the 2018 Mapperdonian Olympic Games. Five cities from Mapperdonia took part of the process. The process was divided in two parts: shortlisting and public election.

The Olympic bidding process began with the submission of a city's application to the Mapperdonian Olympic Committee (MOC). Once the city was accepted as candidate city, it would have to go through the shortlisting. Four candidate cities made through the shortlisting and qualified to the public election. These three cities were Los Angeles, Cologne and Toronto.

The winner of the public election was revealed on April 15th. Los Angeles won the public election by 10 votes and won the process.

Bidding process
The Olympic bidding process begins with the submission of a city's application to the Mapperdonian Olympic Committee (MOC) by its National Olympic Committee (NOC) and ends with the election of the host city by the members of the Mapperdonia.

Since 2017, the process has consisted of two phases. During the first phase, which begins immediately after the bid submission deadline, the "applicant cities" are required to cover themes of importance to a successful Games organisation. This information allows the MOC to analyse the cities' hosting capacities and the strengths and weaknesses of their plans. The MOC Executive Board selects the cities that are qualified to proceed to the next phase.

In the second phase, the cities are referred to as "candidate cities". The MOC Session in which a host city is elected takes place in a country that did not submit an application to stage the Olympics. The election is made by the active users of Mapperdonia, each possessing one vote. The candidate city with most votes wins.

Evaluation of applicant cities
The deadline to submit applications for the 2018 Summer Olympic Games was on 16 March 2018. The MOC gave a weighted-average score to each city based on the scores obtained in eleven themes: political and social support, general infrastructure, sports venues, Olympic Village, environment, accommodation, transport, security, past experience, finance, and legacy. Three applicant cities with the largest scores were considered capable of hosting the Games and qualified to the next phase. These bids were Los Angeles, Cologne and Toronto.

Final selection process
The selection of the hosting city for the 2018 Summer Olympics took place in the 3rd MOC Session. The session was be held in, , United Great Lakes. Prime Minister Adam Wilson was the guest of honour and officially opened the session.

The election began on March 25th and ended on April 14th. A total of 23 votes were received. Los Angeles won the election by ten votes, followed Cologne by nine votes. Toronto received four votes. Los Angeles was formally announced as the winner by Pierre Fouquerau, the President of the Mapperdonian Olympic Committee.

Potential bids which did not go to application
The following cities showed interest to take part in the bidding process:
 * Makassar
 * Glasgow