Olympic Council of Asia

Olympic Council of Asia
Olympic Council of Asia

Countries with one or more members are in green
Formation 1982
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Kuwait City, Kuwait
Membership 45 National Olympic Committees
Official languages English
President Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah
Vice President Mohammad Aliabadi
Website ocasia.org

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current president is Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah. The oldest NOC is from Japan and Philippines, recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1911; whereas East Timor is the newest, joining in 2003. The headquarters of OCA are located at Kuwait City.

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Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created. The NOC for Macau, China is recognized by the OCA, but is not recognized by the IOC and does not compete in the Olympic Games.

Nation Code National Olympic Committee Created Ref.
 Afghanistan AFG Afghanistan National Olympic Committee 1935/1936 [1]
 Bahrain BRN Bahrain Olympic Committee 1978/1979 [2]
 Bangladesh BAN Bangladesh Olympic Association 1979/1980 [3]
 Bhutan BHU Bhutan Olympic Committee 1983 [4]
 Brunei BRU Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council 1984 [5]
 Cambodia CAM National Olympic Committee of Cambodia 1983/1994 [6]
 China CHN Chinese Olympic Committee 1910/1979 [7]
 North Korea PRK Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1953/1957 [8]
 Hong Kong, China HKG Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China 1950/1951 [9]
 India IND Indian Olympic Association 1927 [10]
 Indonesia INA Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia 1946/1952 [11]
 Iran IRI National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1947 [12]
 Iraq IRQ National Olympic Committee of Iraq 1948 [13]
 Japan JPN Japanese Olympic Committee 1911/1912 [14]
 Jordan JOR Jordan Olympic Committee 1957/1963 [15]
 Kazakhstan KAZ National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1990/1993 [16]
 South Korea KOR Korean Olympic Committee 1946/1947 [17]
 Kuwait KUW Kuwait Olympic Committee 1957/1966 [18]
 Kyrgyzstan KGZ National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan 1991/1993 [19]
 Laos LAO National Olympic Committee of Lao 1975/1979 [20]
 Lebanon LIB Lebanese Olympic Committee 1947/1948 [21]
 Macau, China MAC Macau Sports and Olympic Committee 1989/2009 [22]
 Malaysia MAS Olympic Council of Malaysia 1953/1954 [23]
 Maldives MDV Maldives Olympic Committee 1985 [24]
 Mongolia MGL Mongolian National Olympic Committee 1956/1962 [25]
 Myanmar MYA Myanmar Olympic Committee 1947 [26]
 Nepal NEP Nepal Olympic Committee 1962/1963 [27]
 Oman OMA Oman Olympic Committee 1982 [28]
 Pakistan PAK Pakistan Olympic Association 1948 [29]
 Palestine PLE Palestine Olympic Committee 1995 [30]
 Philippines PHI Philippine Olympic Committee 1911/1929 [31]
 Qatar QAT Qatar Olympic Committee 1979/1980 [32]
 Saudi Arabia KSA Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee 1964/1965 [33]
 Singapore SIN Singapore National Olympic Council 1947/1948 [34]
 Sri Lanka SRI National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka 1937 [35]
 Syria SYR Syrian Olympic Committee 1948 [36]
 Chinese Taipei TPE Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee 1960 [37]
 Tajikistan TJK National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan 1992/1993 [38]
 Thailand THA National Olympic Committee of Thailand 1948/1950 [39]
 Timor-Leste TLS Comitê Olímpico Nacional de Timor-Leste 2003 [40]
 Turkmenistan TKM National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan 1990/1993 [41]
 United Arab Emirates UAE United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee 1979/1980 [42]
 Uzbekistan UZB National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan 1992/1993 [43]
 Vietnam VIE Vietnam Olympic Committee 1976/1979 [44]
 Yemen YEM Yemen Olympic Committee 1971/1981 [45]

Former members

Nation Code National Olympic Committee Created Ref.
 Israel ISR Olympic Committee of Israel 1933/1952 [46]

Israel was a member of the Asian Games Federation, but was excluded from the Olympic Council of Asia upon its re-incorporation in 1981. Israel is now a member of European Olympic Committees (EOC).

Events of the OCA

See also

  • Asian Paralympic Committee

References

  1. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=AFG
  2. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=BRN
  3. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=BAN
  4. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=BHU
  5. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=BRU
  6. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=CAM
  7. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=CHN
  8. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=PRK
  9. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=HKG
  10. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=IND
  11. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=INA
  12. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=IRI
  13. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=IRQ
  14. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=JPN
  15. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=JOR
  16. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=KAZ
  17. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=KOR
  18. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=KUW
  19. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=KGZ
  20. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=LAO
  21. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=LIB
  22. ^ http://www.macauolympic.org/moc/?act=main
  23. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=MAS
  24. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=MDV
  25. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=MGL
  26. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=MYA
  27. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=NEP
  28. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=OMA
  29. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=PAK
  30. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=PLE
  31. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=PHI
  32. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=QAT
  33. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=KSA
  34. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=SIN
  35. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=SRI
  36. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=SYR
  37. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=TPE
  38. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=TJK
  39. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=THA
  40. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=TLS
  41. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=TKM
  42. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=UAE
  43. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=UZB
  44. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=VIE
  45. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=YEM
  46. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=ISR
  47. ^ a b c "OCA to consider calendar changes". OCA's official website. 2009-06-29. http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?redirect=395. Retrieved 2009-06-29. 

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Coordinates: 29°18′20″N 48°01′51″E / 29.30556°N 48.03083°E / 29.30556; 48.03083