South Asia Olympic Council

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South Asia Olympic Council
AbbreviationSAOC
Formation1983;42 years ago (1983)
Type Sports governing body
Purpose South Asian Games
Membership South Asia
Official language
English
President
Lieutenant-General Syed Arif Hasan
Secretary General
Muhammad Khalid Mahmood
Affiliations Olympic Council of Asia

The South Asia Olympic Council, aka SAOC and formerly known as the South Asian Sports Federation, is the governing body of sports in South Asia. It currently has 7 National Olympic Committees members.

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History

South Asian Games Federation (SAGF) was formed officially in 1983. [1] In 2004, in 32nd meeting of South Asian Sports Federation held at Islamabad (Pakistan), it was decided to rename it to its current name i.e. South Asia Olympic Council. [2]

The SAOC headquarters is located in host city of future South Asian Games and the President of NOC hosting the SAG holds the position of SAOC President. Its current President is Lieutenant-General Syed Arif Hasan from Pakistan.

Member nations

Following is the list of member countries of SAOC:

S. No.Member
1. Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Olympic Association
2. Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan Olympic Committee
3. Flag of India.svg Indian Olympic Association
4. Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Olympic Committee
5. Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Olympic Committee
6. Flag of Pakistan.svg National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
7. Flag of Sri Lanka.svg National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka

Former members

Following is the list of former member countries of SAOC:

S. No.MemberJoinedLeftNotes
1. Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Afghanistan National Olympic Committee 20042016Afghanistan joined Central Asian Games

SAOC Presidents

As per the Constitution of SAOC, the President of NOC hosting the next South Asian Games is the president of SAOC.

S. No.NameCountryTerm
1. Sarad Chandra Shah Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1983 – 1984
2. Lt. Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1984 – 1985
3. Vidya Charan Shukla Flag of India.svg  India 1985 – 1987
4. Syed Wajid Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1987 – 1989
5.Data UnavailableFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1989 – 1991
6. Mushfekur Rahman Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1991 – 1991
7. Abdur Rouf Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1991 – 1991
8. Nurul Momen Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1992 – 1992
9. Gias Kamal Chowdhury Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1992 – 1993
10. Suresh Kalmadi Flag of India.svg  India 1993 – 1995
11. Gavinda Raj Joshi Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1995 – 1998
12. Rukma Shamsher Rana Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1998 – 1999
13. Syed Wajid Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1999 – 2004
14.Data UnavailableFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2004 – 2006
15. General Moeen U Ahmed Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2006 – 2009
16. General Md Abdul Mubeen Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2009 – 2010
17. Suresh Kalmadi Flag of India.svg  India 2010 – 2011
Acting Vijay Kumar Malhotra Flag of India.svg  India 2011 – 2012
18. Abhay Singh Chautala Flag of India.svg  India 2012 – 2014
19. Narayana Ramachandran Flag of India.svg  India 2014 – 2016
20. Jeevan Ram Shrestha Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 2016 – 2019
21. Lt. Gen Syed Arif Hasan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2019 – present

Events

CompetitionEditionTop rankTitleRunners-upMost successfulNext edition
South Asian Games Kathmandu and Pokhara 2019 Flag of India.svg  India 13thFlag of Nepal.svg  Nepal Flag of India.svg  India
(13)
Lahore 2025
South Asian Winter Games Dehradun and Auli 2011 Flag of India.svg  India 1stFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of India.svg  India
(1)
South Asian Beach Games Hambantota 2011 Flag of India.svg  India 1stFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  India
(1)

See also

References

  1. "About South Asia Olympic Council". 13SAG Nepal. 10 November 2019.
  2. "It will be south Asian Games". Rediff Sports. 2 April 2004.