The International Olympic Committee has announced the timetable for its field inspection of candidate cities bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The inspection of South Korea's Pyeongchang in Gangwon Province will take place February 14th to the 17th and in the Russian candidate city of Soci later that month. The inspection team will visit Salzburg, Austria in mid-March.

The 17-member team will include four IOC officials, four of its executive members and three international experts on legal affairs, environment and transportation.

After reviewing each city's application and inspection results, the team will report to the IOC a month before the vote to elect the host city.

A local task force will prepare for the inspection in Pyeongchang next February.