The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will take place from February 6 to 22, 2026.

The Paralympic Winter Games will take place from March 6 to 15, 2026.

There are two main ways to watch the Winter Olympics 2026 live in Italy – ticket only and ticket inclusive hospitality packages. You can find where to buy on our How to Attend the Games page.

Qualifying for the Olympic Winter Games is different for all sports. At the end of the day, the National Olympic Committees have the final say on who will be on the Olympic team and will announce this in January 2026. You can discover the qualifying specifics for each of the sports here and on the websites of the international federations.

More than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries will be competing for 195 medals in 16 Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic sports.

Tina and Milo are the mascots for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, respectively. Their names are diminutives of those of the two host cities: Tina for Cortina and Milo for Milano.

The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will feature 16 different sport disciplines, including Alpine skiing; biathlon; bobsleigh; cross-country skiing; curling; figure skating; freestyle skiing; ice hockey; luge, Nordic combined; short track speed skating; skeleton; ski jumping; ski mountaineering; snowboard and speed skating.

The Olympic Winter Games will be shown live in territories across the world. Broadcasters will vary depending on your location, so check with your local providers for more information about where you can watch the Games.

A total of 15 venues will host sporting competitions at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

The venues include Milano Ice Skating Arena; Milano San Siro Olympic Stadium; Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena; Milano Speed Skating Stadium; Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena; Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium; Cortina Sliding Centre; Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre; Anterselva Biathlon Arena; Stelvio Ski Centre; Livigno Snow Park; Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park; Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium; Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium and Verona Olympic Arena.

Ski mountaineering is the only sport making its debut at Milano Cortina 2026. The principle of  skimo is for athletes to race up and down a course and can alternate between being on skis and on foot. Medals will be awarded in men’s and women’s sprints and in a mixed-gender relay. Other than that, some new events will be introduced, namely: Women's Doubles in luge, Women's Large Hill in ski jumping, Mixed Team event in skeleton, Men's and Women's Dual Moguls in freestyle skiing and Team Combined in alpine skiing.

Los Angeles, USA, will host the next Olympic Games from 14 to 30 July 2028. Brisbane, Australia, will host the Games in 2032.