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 South Asian Games Federation (SAGF) was formed officially in 1983. 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.
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. Bangladesh Olympic Association 2. Bhutan Olympic Committee 3. Indian Olympic Association 4. Maldives Olympic Committee 5. Nepal Olympic Committee 6. Pakistan Olympic Association 7. National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Former members Following is the list of former member countries of SAOC: S. No. Member Joined Left Notes 1. Afghanistan National Olympic Committee 2004 2016 Afghanistan 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 1983 – 1984 2. Lt. Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad 1984 – 1985 3. Vidya Charan Shukla 1985 – 1987 4. Syed Wajid Ali 1987 – 1989 5. Data Unavailable 1989 – 1991 6. Mushfekur Rahman 1991 – 1991 7. Abdur Rouf 1991 – 1991 8. Nurul Momen 1992 – 1992 9. Gias Kamal Chowdhury 1992 – 1993 10. Suresh Kalmadi 1993 – 1995 11. Gavinda Raj Joshi 1995 – 1998 12. Rukma Shamsher Rana 1998 – 1999 13. Syed Wajid Ali 1999 – 2004 14. Data Unavailable 2004 – 2006 15. General Moeen U Ahmed 2006 – 2009 16. General Md Abdul Mubeen 2009 – 2010 17. Suresh Kalmadi 2010 – 2011 Acting Vijay Kumar Malhotra 2011 – 2012 18. Abhay Singh Chautala 2012 – 2014 19. Narayana Ramachandran 2014 – 2016 20. Jeevan Ram Shrestha 2016 – 2019 21. Lt. Gen Syed Arif Hasan 2019 – present
Events South Asian Games South Asian Winter Games South Asian Beach Games
Competition Edition Top rank Title Runners-up Most successful Next edition South Asian Games Kathmandu and Pokhara 2019 13th (13) Lahore 2025 South Asian Winter Games Dehradun and Auli 2011 1st (1) South Asian Beach Games Hambantota 2011 1st (1)
See also Central Asian Games East Asian Games (now defunct) East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
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