Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
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Formation | 28 June 1981 |
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Type | Sports federation |
Headquarters | Abuja, Nigeria |
Membership | 54 National Olympic Committees |
Official language | English, French |
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Website | http://www.africaolympic.org |
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, Arabic: رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization that unites the 54 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, 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.
Nation | Code | National Olympic Committee | Created | ANOCA Member | Ref. | ||
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North Africa Zone | |||||||
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ALG | Algerian Olympic Committee | 1963/1964 | 1965 | |||
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EGY | Egyptian Olympic Committee | 1910 | 1965 | |||
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LBA | Libyan Olympic Committee | 1962/1963 | TBD | |||
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MAR | Moroccan Olympic Committee | 1959 | TBD | |||
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TUN | Tunisian Olympic Committee | 1957 | 1965 | |||
West Africa Zone | |||||||
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CPV | Comité Olímpico Caboverdeano | 1989/1993 | TBD | |||
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BEN | Benin National Olympic and Sports Committee | 1962 | TBD | |||
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BUR | Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee | 1965/1972 | 1965 | |||
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GAM | Gambia National Olympic Committee | 1972/1976 | TBD | |||
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GHA | Ghana Olympic Committee | 1951/1952 | 1965 | |||
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GUI | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen | 1964/1965 | TBD | |||
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GBS | Comité Olímpico da Guiné-Bissau | 1992/1995 | TBD | |||
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CIV | Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire | 1962/1963 | 1965 | |||
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LBR | Liberia National Olympic Committee | 1954/1955 | TBD | |||
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MLI | Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali | 1962/1963 | 1965 | |||
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MTN | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Mauritanien | 1962/1979 | TBD | |||
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NIG | Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee | 1964 | 1965 | |||
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NGR | Nigeria Olympic Committee | 1951 | 1965 | |||
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SEN | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais | 1961/1963 | 1965 | |||
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SLE | National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone | 1964 | TBD | |||
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TOG | Comité National Olympique Togolais | 1963/1965 | 1965 | |||
Central Africa Zone | |||||||
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CMR | Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun | 1963 | 1965 | |||
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CAF | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain | 1964/1965 | 1965 | |||
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CHA | Comité Olympique et Sportif Tchadien | 1963/1964 | 1965 | |||
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CGO | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais | 1964 | 1965 | |||
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COD | Comité Olympique Congolais | 1963/1968 | 1965 | |||
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GEQ | Comité Olímpico de Guinea Ecuatorial | 1980/1984 | TBD | |||
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GAB | Comité Olympique Gabonais | 1965/1968 | 1965 | |||
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STP | Comité Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe | 1979/1993 | TBD | |||
East Africa Zone | |||||||
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BDI | Comité National Olympique du Burundi | 1990/1993 | TBD | |||
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DJI | Comité National Olympique Djiboutien | 1983/1984 | TBD | |||
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ERI | Eritrean National Olympic Committee | 1996/1999 | TBD | |||
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ETH | Ethiopian Olympic Committee | 1948/1954 | 1965 | |||
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KEN | National Olympic Committee of Kenya | 1955 | 1965 | |||
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RWA | Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda | 1984 | TBD | |||
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SEY | Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association | 1979 | TBD | |||
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SOM | Somali Olympic Committee | 1959/1972 | TBD | |||
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SSD | South Sudan National Olympic Committee | 2015 | 2015 | |||
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SUD | Sudan Olympic Committee | 1956/1959 | TBD | |||
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TAN | Tanzania Olympic Committee | 1968 | 1965 | |||
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UGA | Uganda Olympic Committee | 1950/1956 | 1965 | |||
Southern Africa Zone | |||||||
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ANG | Comité Olímpico Angolano | 1979/1980 | TBD | |||
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BOT | Botswana National Olympic Committee | 1978/1980 | TBD | |||
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COM | Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores | 1979/1993 | TBD | |||
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LES | Lesotho National Olympic Committee | 1971/1972 | TBD | |||
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MAD | Comité Olympique Malgache | 1963/1964 | 1965 | |||
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MAW | Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi | 1968 | TBD | |||
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MRI | Mauritius Olympic Committee | 1971/1972 | TBD | |||
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MOZ | Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique | 1979 | TBD | |||
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NAM | Namibian National Olympic Committee | 1990/1991 | TBD | |||
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RSA | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee | 1991 | TBD | |||
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SWZ | Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association | 1971/1972 | TBD | |||
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ZAM | National Olympic Committee of Zambia | 1964 | 1965 | |||
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ZIM | Zimbabwe Olympic Committee | 1934/1980 | TBD |
ANOCA Regional Zones
ANOCA Zone 1 - North Zone
ANOCA Zone 2 - West Zone A
ANOCA Zone 3 - West Zone B
ANOCA Zone 4 - Central Zone
ANOCA Zone 5 - Central-East Zone
ANOCA Zone 6 - Southern Zone A
ANOCA Zone 7 - Southern Zone B
ACNOA Presidents
S. No. | Name | Country | Tenure |
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1. | Anani Matthia | ![]() |
1981-1989 |
2. | Jean-Claude Ganga | ![]() |
1989-1999 |
3. | Francis Nyangweso | ![]() |
1999-2001 |
4. | Alpha Ibrahim Diallo | ![]() |
2001-2005 |
5. | Lassana Palenfo | ![]() |
2005-Till Date |
ANOCA's programme
- Encouraging mediation and conciliation between NOCs and governments
- Building the foundations of an ambitious sports policy
- Providing young athletes with the conditions for success
- Promoting sports initiatives
- Promoting Olympic ideals and values in Africa
- Taking part in the fight against doping, corruption, violence and pandemics
- Working to bring peoples together through sport to build a peaceful Africa
Events
- African Games
- African Youth Games – first held in Rabat, Morocco in 2010 (events also in Casablanca).[1]
- ANOCA U-23 Championship/Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- ANOCA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
See also
References
- ↑ "Jeux africains de la jeunesse: 33 pays confirment leur participation au Maroc ("African Youth Games: 33 countries confirm their participation in Morocco")". lematin.ma (in French). 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.