South Asia Olympic Council


The South Asia Olympic Council, aka SAOC and formerly known as the South Asian Sports Federation, is the governing body of sports in South Asia. It currently has 7 National Olympic Committees members.

History

South Asian Games Federation was formed officially in 1983. In 2004, in 32nd meeting of South Asian Sports Federation held at Islamabad, it was decided to rename it to its current name i.e. South Asia Olympic Council.
The SAOC headquarters is located in host city of future South Asian Games and the President of NOC hosting the SAG holds the position of SAOC President. Its current President is Lieutenant-General Syed Arif Hasan from Pakistan.

Member nations

Following is the list of member countries of SAOC:
S. No.Member
1.

Former members

Following is the list of former member countries of SAOC:
S. No.MemberJoinedLeftNotes
1.|2013

SAOC Presidents

As per the Constitution of SAOC, the President of NOC hosting the next South Asian Games is the president of SAOC.
S. No.NameCountryTerm
1.Sarad Chandra Shah1983 – 1984
2.Lt. Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad1984 – 1985
3.Vidya Charan Shukla1985 – 1987
4.Syed Wajid Ali1987 – 1989
5.Data Unavailable1989 – 1991
6.Mushfekur Rahman1991 – 1991
7.Abdur Rouf1991 – 1991
8.Nurul Momen1992 – 1992
9.Gias Kamal Chowdhury1992 – 1993
10.Suresh Kalmadi1993 – 1995
11.Gavinda Raj Joshi1995 – 1998
12.Rukma Shamsher Rana1998 – 1999
13.Syed Wajid Ali1999 – 2004
14.Data Unavailable2004 – 2006
15.General Moeen U Ahmed2006 – 2009
16.General Md Abdul Mubeen2009 – 2010
17.Suresh Kalmadi2010 – 2011
ActingVijay Kumar Malhotra2011 – 2012
18.Abhay Singh Chautala2012 – 2014
19.Narayana Ramachandran2014 – 2016
20.Jeevan Ram Shrestha2016 – 2019
21.Lt. Gen Syed Arif Hasan2019 – present

Events

CompetitionEditionTop rankTitleRunners-upMost successfulNext edition
South Asian GamesKathmandu and Pokhara 201913th
Lahore 2025
South Asian Winter GamesDehradun and Auli 20111st
South Asian Beach GamesHambantota 20111st