On 26 November 2017, delegations from the three candidate cities made their presentations at the 212th IAAF Council Meeting: Nanjing, Serbia's capital Belgrade, and Toruń, Poland.
Nanjing won the bid for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
The venue for track and field and swimming are located in Block A of the park and to the east is the Yangtze River complex.
[7] * Host nation (China)The qualification period for all events runs from 1 September 2024 to 9 March 2025 (midnight Monaco time).
Athletes could qualify by achieving the Entry Standard within the qualification period or by World Indoor Tour Wildcard or by virtue of their position in the World Rankings as of 9 March 2025 to complete, where necessary, the target number of athletes in each event.