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South Asia Olympic Council

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South Asia Olympic Council
AbbreviationSAOC
Formation1983; 41 years ago (1983)
TypeSports governing body
PurposeSouth Asian Games
Membership
South Asia
Official language
English
President
Lieutenant-General Syed Arif Hasan
Secretary General
Muhammad Khalid Mahmood
AffiliationsOlympic 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.

History

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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

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Following is the list of member countries of SAOC:

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

Former members

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Following is the list of former member countries of SAOC:

S. No. Member Joined Left Notes
1. Afghanistan Afghanistan National Olympic Committee 2004 2016 Afghanistan joined Central Asian Games

SAOC Presidents

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

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

Events

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Competition Edition Top rank Title Runners-up Most successful Next edition
South Asian Games Kathmandu and Pokhara 2019  India 13th  Nepal  India
(13)
Lahore 2025
South Asian Winter Games Dehradun and Auli 2011  India 1st  Pakistan  India
(1)
South Asian Beach Games Hambantota 2011  India 1st  Sri Lanka  India
(1)

See also

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References

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