Berlin and Hamburg made their final presentations to German Olympic and sports federation officials at a meeting in Frankfurt Monday ahead of a decision to enter either city as a candidate to host the 2024 Olympic Games.
The cities presented their concept for holding the Games to the eight-person executive of the country's Olympic sport movement DOSB which will announce its favoured city later Monday.
In addition to the final presentations from the two cities, 43 experts representing sport, politics and civic society discussed the candidacy before the DOSB executive retired to make its decision.
The recommendation will go for approval at a meeting Saturday of the DOSB general assembly.
The two-day meeting began Sunday when the DOSB also heard views of the representatives of leading sports federations, state sport organizations and non-Olympic sports associations before making the decision.
DOSB president Alfons Hoermann has repeated in weekend interviews that the race between Hamburg and the capital in Berlin is open.
The DOSB will take into account opinion polls in both cities but Hoermann said this would not be the decisive factor.
A Forsa opinion poll last week showed 64 per cent of Hamburg residents approve the city hosting the Games, compared to 55 per cent in Berlin.
Germany last hosted the summer Olympic Games in Munich in 1972. Whichever of Berlin or Hamburg is selected faces competition in confirmed bids from Rome and Boston while others are also expected to enter the race.
The International Olympic Committee will award the 2024 Games at a meeting in Lima in September 2017.
