The 2030 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the V Summer Youth Olympic Games, will be the fifth edition of the Summer Youth Olympics, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:
IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase flexibility by removing the date of election from 7 years before the games, and changing the host as a city to multiple cities, regions, or countries.
The full composition of the Summer Commissions, oversee interested hosts, or with potential hosts where the IOC may want to create interest, is as follows:
According to Future Host Commission terms of reference with rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided to 2 dialogue stages are:
Three cities made the preferred host target by the IOC on 10 December 2025. This host will be elected in Summer 2026.
The following are interested bidding parties for the 2030 Summer Youth Olympics, one of which took part in targeted dialogue with the IOC and Future Host Commission, but missed out on preferred host target:
The International Cricket Council (ICC) had indicated that they are likely to collaborate with the IOC to include cricket in the 2030 Summer Youth Olympics, following cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics.