Olympic Council of Asia
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current Acting President is Raja Randhir Singh, substituting Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah.
The headquarters of the OCA is located at Kuwait City, Kuwait.
History
In 1948, during the 1948 Summer Olympics, Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) decided to organize the Asian Games, under the auspices of Asian Games Federation. The following year the Asian Games Federation was organized. Decades later this would be reorganized and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) was established in New Delhi on 16 November 1982. The International Olympic Committee recognized the OCA within the same year.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) together with the Asian Sports Federation (AESF) announced a new campaign for the upcoming 2022 Asian Games. The campaign, ‘Road to Asian Games’ will be officially organized by the AESF and aims to bring the Olympic spirit to eSports and introduce an education program for participating eSports athletes.
Member nations
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. 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. East Timor is the newest member, joining in 2003.
| Nation | Code | National Olympic Committee | President | Created | OCA Member | IOC member | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Asia Zone | ||||||||
| BRN | Bahrain Olympic Committee | Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa | 1978 | 1979 | ||||
| IRI | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran | Mahmoud Khosravivafa | 1947 | |||||
| IRQ | National Olympic Committee of Iraq | Raad Hammoudi | 1948 | |||||
| JOR | Jordan Olympic Committee | Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein | 1957 | 1963 | ||||
| KUW | Kuwait Olympic Committee | Sheikh Fahad Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah | 1957 | 1966 | ||||
| LBN | Lebanese Olympic Committee | Jean Hammam | 1947 | 1948 | ||||
| OMA | Oman Olympic Committee | Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad Al Busaidi | 1982 | |||||
| PLE | Palestine Olympic Committee | Jibril Rajoub | 1931 | 1995 | ||||
| QAT | Qatar Olympic Committee | Joaan bin Hamad | 1979 | 1980 | ||||
| KSA | Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee | Turki Al-Sheikh | 1964 | 1965 | ||||
| SYR | Syrian Olympic Committee | Feras Mouala | 1948 | |||||
| UAE | United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee | Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | 1979 | 1980 | ||||
| YEM | Yemen Olympic Committee | Abdulrahman Alakwaa | 1971 | 1981 | ||||
| Central Asia Zone | ||||||||
| AFG | Afghanistan National Olympic Committee | Hafizullah Wali Rahimi | 1935 | 1936 | ||||
| KAZ | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Timur Kulibayev | 1990 | 1993 | ||||
| KGZ | National Olympic Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic | Sadyr Mamytov | 1991 | 1993 | ||||
| TJK | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan | Emomalii Rahmon | 1992 | 1993 | ||||
| TKM | National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | 1990 | 1993 | ||||
| UZB | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan | Umid Akhmatdjanov | 1992 | 1993 | ||||
| South Asia Zone | ||||||||
| BAN | Bangladesh Olympic Association | Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq | 1979 | 1980 | ||||
| BHU | Bhutan Olympic Committee | Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck | 1983 | |||||
| IND | Indian Olympic Association | P. T. Usha | 1927 | |||||
| MDV | Maldives Olympic Committee | Mohamed Shaweed | 1985 | |||||
| NEP | Nepal Olympic Committee | Jeevan Ram Shrestha | 1962 | 1963 | ||||
| PAK | Pakistan Olympic Association | Syed Arif Hasan | 1948 | |||||
| SRI | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka | Suresh Subramaniam | 1937 | |||||
| East Asia Zone | ||||||||
| CHN | Chinese Olympic Committee | Gao Zhidan | 1910 | 1979 | ||||
| HKG | Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China | Timothy Fok | 1950 | 1951 | ||||
| MAC | Macau Sports and Olympic Committee | Lo Keng Siu | 1989 | |||||
| JPN | Japanese Olympic Committee | Yasuhiro Yamashita | 1911 | 1912 | ||||
| PRK | Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Kim Il-guk | 1953 | 1957 | ||||
| KOR | Korean Sport & Olympic Committee | Lee Kee-heung | 1946 | 1947 | ||||
| TPE | Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee | Hong-dow Lin | 1960 | |||||
| MGL | Mongolian National Olympic Committee | Battushig Batbold | 1956 | 1962 | ||||
| Southeast Asia Zone | ||||||||
| BRU | Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council | Prince Haji Sufri Bolkiah | 1984 | |||||
| CAM | National Olympic Committee of Cambodia | Thong Khon | 1983 | 1994 | ||||
| INA | Indonesian Olympic Committee | Raja Sapta Oktohari | 1946 | 1952 | ||||
| LAO | National Olympic Committee of Laos | Phouthone Seung-Akhom | 1975 | 1979 | ||||
| MAS | Olympic Council of Malaysia | Mohamad Norza Zakaria | 1953 | 1954 | ||||
| MYA | Myanmar Olympic Committee | Thet Khaing Win (Minister for the Ministry of Health and Sports) | 1947 | |||||
| PHI | Philippine Olympic Committee | Abraham Tolentino | 1911 | 1929 | ||||
| SGP | Singapore National Olympic Council | Tan Chuan-Jin | 1947 | 1948 | ||||
| THA | National Olympic Committee of Thailand | Prawit Wongsuwan | 1948 | 1950 | ||||
| TLS | National Olympic Committee of Timor-Leste | Francisco Kalbuadi Lay | 2003 | |||||
| VIE | Vietnam Olympic Committee | Nguyễn Văn Hùng | 1976 | 1979 | ||||
The OCA includes the transcontinental country of Kazakhstan, but does not include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Turkey, and Russia, although they are located wholly or mostly in Asia. Israel, however, is excluded over Israel's exclusion over the Munich Massacre, upon the claim that security would be a problem. The South Caucasian countries opted to join the European Olympic Committees after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Former members
| Nation | Code | National Olympic Committee | President | Created | OCA Member | IOC member | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISR | Olympic Committee of Israel | Yael Arad | 1933 | 1952 |
Israel was a member of the Asian Games Federation, but was excluded from the Olympic Council of Asia upon its re-incorporation in 1981. Israel is now a member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) instead.
OCA Regional Zones
OCA Zone 4 (East Asia)
Events organized
- Asian Games
- Asian Winter Games
- Asian Beach Games
- Asian Youth Games
- Asian Indoor Games (merged into Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games)
- Asian Martial Arts Games (merged into Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games)
- Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
- Children of Asia
| Competition | Edition | Top rank | Title | Runners-up | Most successful | Next edition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Games | Jakarta-Palembang 2018 | 10th | (10) | Hangzhou 2022 | |||||
| Asian Winter Games | Sapporo 2017 | 4th | (4) | Trojena 2029 | |||||
| Asian Beach Games | Da Nang 2016 | 1st | (2) | Sanya 2023 | |||||
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat 2017 | 1st | (4) | Bangkok-Chonburi 2022 | |||||
| Asian Youth Games | Nanjing 2013 | 2nd | (2) | Tashkent 2025 |
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