Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique

Countries members
Formation 28 June 1981
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Abuja, Nigeria
Membership
 53 National Olympic Committees
Official language
 English, French
Website http://www.africaolympic.org

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA) is an international organization that unites the 53 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Africa. It is currently headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. It serves as the successor to Standing Committee of African Sports or Comité permanent du sport africain founded in 1965 in Brazzaville the Republic of Congo.

It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

History

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) was Created on June 28, 1981 in Lome, the capital city of the Republic of Togo. On July 1965, ANOCA's predecessor, the Standing Committee of African Sports SCAS was founded in Brazzaville as Comité Permanent du Sport Africain (CPSA). Consequently, that title for the sports continental body changed to the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa SCSA on 14 December 1966 in Bamako, Mali.

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.

African National Olympic Committees
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African National Olympic Committees and their logos.
Nation Code National Olympic Committee Created Ref.
 Algeria ALG Algerian Olympic Committee 1963/1964
 Angola ANG Comité Olímpico Angolano 1979/1980
 Benin BEN Benin National Olympic and Sports Committee 1962
 Botswana BOT Botswana National Olympic Committee 1978/1980
 Burkina Faso BUR Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee 1965/1972
 Burundi BDI Comité National Olympique du Burundi 1990/1993
 Cameroon CMR Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun 1963
 Cape Verde CPV Comité Olímpico Caboverdeano 1989/1993
 Central African Republic CAF Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain 1964/1965
 Chad CHA Comité Olympique et Sportif Tchadien 1963/1964
 Comoros COM Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores 1979/1993
 Congo CGO Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais 1964
 Côte d'Ivoire CIV Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire 1962/1963
 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Comité Olympique Congolais 1963/1968
 Djibouti DJI Comité National Olympique Djiboutien 1983/1984
 Egypt EGY Egyptian Olympic Committee 1910
 Equatorial Guinea GEQ Comité National Olympique Equato-Guinéen 1980/1984
 Eritrea ERI Eritrean National Olympic Committee 1996/1999
 Ethiopia ETH Ethiopian Olympic Committee 1948/1954
 Gabon GAB Comité Olympique Gabonais 1965/1968
 Gambia GAM Gambia National Olympic Committee 1972/1976
 Ghana GHA Gold Coast Olympic Committee 1952
 Guinea GUI Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen 1964/1965
 Guinea-Bissau GBS Comité Olímpico da Guiné-Bissau 1992/1995
 Kenya KEN National Olympic Committee Kenya 1955
 Lesotho LES Lesotho National Olympic Committee 1971/1972
 Liberia LBR Liberia National Olympic Committee 1954/1955
 Libya LBA Libyan Olympic Committee 1962/1963
 Madagascar MAD Comité Olympique Malgache 1963/1964
 Malawi MAW Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi 1968
 Mali MLI Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali 1962/1963
 Mauritania MTN Comité National Olympique et Sportif Mauritanien 1962/1979
 Mauritius MRI Mauritius Olympic Committee 1971/1972
 Morocco MAR Moroccan Olympic Committee 1959
 Mozambique MOZ Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique 1979
 Namibia NAM Namibian National Olympic Committee 1990/1991
 Niger NIG Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee 1964
 Nigeria NGR Nigeria Olympic Committee 1951
 Rwanda RWA Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda 1984
 São Tomé and Príncipe STP Comité Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe 1979/1993
 Senegal SEN Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais 1961/1963
 Seychelles SEY Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association 1979
 Sierra Leone SLE National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone 1964
 Somalia SOM Somali Olympic Committee 1959/1972
 South Africa RSA South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee 1991
 Sudan SUD Sudan Olympic Committee 1956/1959
 Swaziland SWZ Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association 1971/1972
 Tanzania TAN Tanzania Olympic Committee 1968
 Togo TOG Comité National Olympique Togolais 1963/1965
 Tunisia TUN Tunisian Olympic Committee 1957
 Uganda UGA Uganda Olympic Committee 1950/1956
 Zambia ZAM National Olympic Committee of Zambia 1964
 Zimbabwe ZIM Zimbabwe Olympic Committee 1934/1980

Présidents

No. Name Origin Date of bith / death Took office Left office Notes
1 Anani Matthia  Togo March 8, 1927
–
December 9, 2008		 1981 1989 ACNOA Founder
2 Jean-Claude Ganga  Congo February 28, 1934
–
 1989 1999
3 Francis Nyangweso  Uganda September 29, 1939
–
February 15, 2011		 1999 2001
4 Alpha Ibrahim Diallo  Guinea June 12, 1932
–
 2001 2005
5 Lassana Palenfo  Ivory Coast January 25, 1941
–
 2005 Current president

ANOCA's programme

Events

See also

References

  1. ↑ (French) Jeux africains de la jeunesse: 33 pays confirment leur participation au Maroc (trans: African Youth Games: 33 countries confirm their participation in Morocco). Published by lematin.ma on 2010-07-07; retrieved 2010-07-15.

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