Munich, the Bavarian capital which hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, wants to bid for the 2014 Winter Games.

Germany's National Olympic Committee will examine a feasibility study for a Munich bid at its next meeting at the end of the month, spokesman Michael Schirp said Monday.

Munich's planned bid comes after another German city, Leipzig, failed to make the list of finalists in the race for the 2012 Summer Games.

Munich still has the infrastructure from the 1972 games, including an Olympic arena, as well as an array of nearby winter sports centers that regularly host top-level competitions.

The 1972 Munich Olympics were overshadowed by a raid of Palestinian gunmen on the athletes' village that resulted in the deaths of 11 members of the Israeli team.

The deadline for submission of bids for the 2014 Winter Games is July 2005. The International Olympic Committee will select the host city in 2007.

South Korea's Pyeongchang, which narrowly lost to Vancouver in the vote for the 2010 games, is the only confirmed candidate so far. Austria is expected to nominate Innsbruck or Salzburg, while Sweden plans a joint bid by Oestersund and Are. Sofia, Bulgaria, is another possible bidder.

(Xinhua News Agency January 11, 2005)