Olympic Council of Asia


The Olympic Council of Asia 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 NOCs are from Japan and the Philippines, recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1911; whereas East Timor is the newest, joining in 2003.
The headquarters of the OCA is located at Kuwait City, Kuwait.

History

In 1948, during the 1948 Summer Olympics, Asian National Olympic Committees decided to organize the Asian Games. The following year the Asian Games Federation was organized leading to the establishment of the Olympic Council of Asia in New Delhi on 16 November 1982. The International Olympic Committee recognized the OCA within the same year.

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognized by the International Olympic Committee is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created. The NOC for Macau is recognized by the OCA, but is not recognized by the IOC and does not compete in the Olympic Games. The OCA also includes the NOCs of Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and Palestine.
OCA includes the transcontinental country of Kazakhstan, but does not include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia or Turkey although they are located wholly or partly in Asia. Also, Russia was not included although the majority of its territory lies in Asia. These countries opted to join the European Olympic Committees.

Former members

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 instead.

Administration

List of presidents

Executive board

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Committees

Honorary Life Members

Tournaments organized