South Asia Olympic Council

Template:Infobox organization 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 (SAGF) was formed officially in 1983.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2004, in 32nd meeting of South Asian Sports Federation held at Islamabad (Pakistan), it was decided to rename it to its current name i.e. South Asia Olympic Council.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.	Template:Flagicon Bangladesh Olympic Association
2.	Template:Flagicon Bhutan Olympic Committee
3.	Template:Flagicon Indian Olympic Association
4.	Template:Flagicon Maldives Olympic Committee
5.	Template:Flagicon Nepal Olympic Committee
6.	Template:Flagicon National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
7.	Template:Flagicon National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka

Former members

Following is the list of former member countries of SAOC:

S. No.	Member	Joined	Left	Notes
1.	Template:Flagicon Afghanistan National Olympic Committee	2004	2016	Afghanistan joined Central Asian Games

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.	Name	Country	Term
1.	Sarad Chandra Shah	Template:NEP	1983 – 1984
2.	Lt. Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad	Template:BAN	1984 – 1985
3.	Vidya Charan Shukla	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	1985 – 1987
4.	Syed Wajid Ali	Template:PAK	1987 – 1989
5.	Data Unavailable	Template:SRI	1989 – 1991
6.	Mushfekur Rahman	Template:BAN	1991 – 1991
7.	Abdur Rouf	Template:BAN	1991 – 1991
8.	Nurul Momen	Template:BAN	1992 – 1992
9.	Gias Kamal Chowdhury	Template:BAN	1992 – 1993
10.	Suresh Kalmadi	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	1993 – 1995
11.	Gavinda Raj Joshi	Template:NEP	1995 – 1998
12.	Rukma Shamsher Rana	Template:NEP	1998 – 1999
13.	Syed Wajid Ali	Template:PAK	1999 – 2004
14.	Data Unavailable	Template:SRI	2004 – 2006
15.	General Moeen U Ahmed	Template:BAN	2006 – 2009
16.	General Md Abdul Mubeen	Template:BAN	2009 – 2010
17.	Suresh Kalmadi	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	2010 – 2011
Acting	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	2011 – 2012
18.	Abhay Singh Chautala	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	2012 – 2014
19.	Narayana Ramachandran	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	2014 – 2016
20.	Jeevan Ram Shrestha	Template:NEP	2016 – 2019
21.	Lt. Gen Syed Arif Hasan	Template:PAK	2019 – present

Events

• South Asian Games
• South Asian Winter Games
• South Asian Beach Games

Competition	Edition	Top rank	Title	Runners-up	Most successful	Next edition
South Asian Games	Kathmandu and Pokhara 2019	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	13th	Template:NEP	{{#invoke:flag	India}} (13)	Lahore 2025
South Asian Winter Games	Dehradun and Auli 2011	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	1st	Template:PAK	{{#invoke:flag	India}} (1)
South Asian Beach Games	Hambantota 2011	{{#invoke:flag	India}}	1st	Template:SRI	{{#invoke:flag	India}} (1)

See also

• Central Asian Games
• East Asian Games (now defunct)
• East Asian Youth Games
• South Asian Games
• Southeast Asian Games
• West Asian Games