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 language	English
President	Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
Website	ocasia.org

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committee. The current president is Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah. The oldest NOC is from Japan and the 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.

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. Also, OCA includes NOC of Taiwan, Palestine, Hong Kong.

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]
Hong Kong, China	HKG	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China	1950/1951	[8]
India	IND	Indian Olympic Association	1927	[9]
Indonesia	INA	Indonesian Olympic Committee	1946/1952	[10]
Iran	IRI	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran	1947	[11]
Iraq	IRQ	National Olympic Committee of Iraq	1948	[12]
Japan	JPN	Japanese Olympic Committee	1911/1912	[13]
Jordan	JOR	Jordan Olympic Committee	1957/1963	[14]
Kazakhstan	KAZ	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan	1990/1993	[15]
North Korea	PRK	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1953/1957	[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	[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	1931/1995	[30]
Philippines	PHI	Philippine Olympic Committee	1911/1929	[31]
Qatar	QAT	Qatar Olympic Committee	1979/1980	[32]
Saudi Arabia	KSA	Saudi Arabia 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	National Olympic Committee of 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]

OCA includes transcontinental country Kazakhstan but do not include Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey although they are located in Asia. Also, Russia was not included although majority of its land lies in Asia

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, due to the Arab–Israeli conflict. Israel is now a member of European Olympic Committees (EOC).

Events of the OCA

• Asian Games
• Asian Indoor Games (merged into Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games)^[47]
• Asian Martial Arts Games (merged into Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games)^[47]
• Asian Winter Games
• Asian Beach Games
• Asian Youth Games
• Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games^[47][48]

See also

• Asian Paralympic Committee
• Central Asian Games
• East Asian Games
• West Asian Games
• South Asian Games
• South East Asian Games

References

External links

• Official website
• Asian Paralympic Committee Official website

Association of National Olympic Committees African Games Asian Games European Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Africa ANOCA – Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa Americas PASO – Pan American Sports Organization Asia OCA – Olympic Council of Asia Europe EOC – European Olympic Committees Oceania ONOC – Oceania National Olympic Committees

Events of the Olympic Council of Asia Sports NOCs Mascots Continental Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Regional Central Asian Games East Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games Defunct Afro-Asian Games2 Asian Indoor Games1 Asian Martial Arts Games1 1 Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.2 Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.

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