Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa


The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa is an international organization that unites the 54 National Olympic Committees 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].

History

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa was founded on June 28, 1981, in Lome, Togo. In July 1965, ANOCA's predecessor, the Standing Committee of African Sports was founded in Brazzaville as Comité Permanent du Sport Africain. Consequently, that title for the sports continental body changed to the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa on 14 December 1966 in Bamako, Mali.
On 4 March 2023, ANOCA announced their support for the International Olympic Committee's decision to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals amidst the Russo-Ukrainian war, as well as the countries' participation in the Olympics.

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.

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 – Islands

ANOCA Presidents

ANOCA's programme