Said Rogge: "We have nine very prestigious cities and there is the possibility that we will not eliminate any."
The cities competing for the prize include London, Paris, New York, Madrid, Leipzig, Havana, Istanbul, Moscow, and Rio de Janeiro.
Each bid will present their cases by January 15, with a shortlist selected by 18 May and a winner picked in 2005.
Concluded Rogge: "The elimination of cities is not an artificial reduction but a means of weeding out ones which are not ready to organise the games."
IOC president Jacques Rogge has indicated that, due to the standard of the bids, it is a possibility that none of the cities campaigning to host the 2012 Olympics will be eliminated from the final ballot to be made in 2005.
