Editing 2002 Commonwealth Games (section)

== Host city selection ==
[[File:Manchester Sky.jpg|thumb|Manchester was selected by the [[Commonwealth Games England|Commonwealth Games Council of England]] as the official bid city from England for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.]]
When England decided to bid for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, three English cities – [[London]], [[Manchester]] and [[Sheffield]] -showed interest in hosting the Games. The [[Commonwealth Games England|Commonwealth Games Council of England]] (CGCE) had to choose one city to put forward to the [[Commonwealth Games Federation]] (CGF). London had hosted the [[1934 commonwealth games|1934 Commonwealth Games]] as well as the [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] and [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] Summer Olympics, while Sheffield had hosted the [[1991 Summer Universiade]]. Manchester had unsuccessfully bid for the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] Summer Olympics, and [[Bob Scott (businessman)|Bob Scott]], chairman of the [[Manchester bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic bid committees]], led the bid for another big event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games-manchester-plans-bid-1503597.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games-manchester-plans-bid-1503597.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Commonwealth Games: Manchester plans bid|date=1993-11-11|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Sheffield withdrew from the bidding process when the city was unable to come to agreement over financial guarantees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/the-lost-sporting-city-of-sheffield-283712.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110142335/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/the-lost-sporting-city-of-sheffield-283712.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2020|title=The lost sporting city of Sheffield|date=2000-03-26|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> This left the 24 members of the CGCE to choose between Manchester and London, with Manchester winning 17–7.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-02-03 |title=Manchester Games bid off the blocks |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/61785/manchester-games-bid-blocks |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> Cities from no other countries submitted bids and so Manchester was announced as the host city of the 2002 Games on 6 November 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lgcplus.com/archive/manchester-wins-commonwealth-games-bid-06-11-1995/|title=MANCHESTER WINS COMMONWEALTH GAMES BID|date=1995-11-06|website=Local Government Chronicle (LGC)|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>
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|+2002 Commonwealth Games bidding results
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!City
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|[[Manchester]]
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|Unanimous
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