European Capital, Region, Cities, Towns and Communities of Sport candidates must, as part of their candidature, provide ACES Europe with a bid file containing the answers to the questions (criteria) included in the guidance for the development of the bid file (Appendix VI).

The eligibility criteria have been established by ACES Europe to have a thorough understanding about how the candidate cities promote in the population, through sport, the values of ACES Europe: enjoyment in exercise, willingness to achieve, sense of community, learning fair play and improvement of health.

The organization of cities should develop a bid file to present its candidature providing information to respond to each of the points outlined in the eligibility criteria. The same criteria will use by the Evaluation Committee to assess the candidature during the visit.

Below some examples:

Madrid,
World Capital of Sport 2022
Glasgow,
European Capital of Sport 2023
Andalusia,
European Region of Sport 2021
Leuven,
European City of Sport 2021
Drenthe,
EU Community of Sport 2019
Elva,
European Town of Sport 2021.