South Asian Games
Logo of South Asia Olympic Council | |
Abbreviation | SAG |
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Motto | Peace, Prosperity and Progress |
First event | September 1984 Kathmandu, Nepal |
Occur every | 3 years |
Last event | 1-10 December 2019 Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur, Nepal |
The South Asian Games (SAF Games, SAG, or SA games, and formerly known as South Asian Federation Games) are a biennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic Council (SAOC), formed in 1983. At present, SAG are joined by eight members namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the SAF Games in 2004 and left the organization in 2016.
The first South Asian Games were hosted by Kathmandu, Nepal in 1984. From 1984 to 1987 they were held every year except 1986, as it was a year of Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. From 1987 onwards, they have been held every two years except for some occasions. In 2004, it was decided in the 32nd meeting of South Asian Sports Council to rename the games from South Asian Federation Games to South Asian Games as the officials believed the word Federation was diminishing the emphasis on event and acting as a barrier in attracting crowd.[1] These Games are often hyped as the South Asian version of Olympic Games. The XIII South Asian Games was held at Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur from 1 December to 10 December 2019.
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List of South Asian Games[edit]
Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Nations | Sports | Events |
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1 | 1984 | Kathmandu | Nepal | 7 | 5 | 62 |
2 | 1985 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 7 | 7 | 94 |
3 | 1987 | Calcutta | India | 7 | 10 | 116 |
4 | 1989 | Islamabad | Pakistan | 7 | 10 | 114 |
5 | 1991 | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 7 | 10 | 142 |
6 | 1993 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 7 | 11 | 115 |
7 | 1995 | Madras | India | 7 | 14 | 143 |
8 | 1999 | Kathmandu | Nepal | 7 | 12 | 163 |
9 | 2004 | Islamabad | Pakistan | 8 | 15 | 170 |
10 | 2006 | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 8 | 20 | 197 |
11 | 2010 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 8 | 23 | 158 |
12 | 2016 | Guwahati/Shillong | India | 8 | 22 | 226 |
13 | 2019 | Kathmandu/Pokhara | Nepal | 7 | 26 | 317 |
14 | 2022 | Lahore | Pakistan |
Sports[edit]
Following 28 sports were competed in South Asian Games history till latest edition:
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Overall performance[edit]
As of the conclusion of the 2019 South Asian Games.
Country | Top Placed Team | Second-Placed Team | Third-Placed Team |
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India | 13 times | – | – |
Pakistan | – | 7 times | 4 times |
Sri Lanka | – | 4 times | 7 times |
Nepal | – | 2 times | – |
Bangladesh | – | – | 2 times |
All-time medal table[edit]
As of the conclusion of the 2019 South Asian Games.
Rank | NOC | Participated | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | India | 13 | 1274 | 744 | 390 | 2408 |
2 | Pakistan | 13 | 360 | 458 | 457 | 1275 |
3 | Sri Lanka | 13 | 260 | 444 | 690 | 1394 |
4 | Nepal | 13 | 130 | 182 | 367 | 679 |
5 | Bangladesh | 13 | 87 | 210 | 491 | 788 |
6 | Afghanistan | 4 | 20 | 26 | 54 | 100 |
7 | Bhutan | 13 | 2 | 23 | 66 | 91 |
8 | Maldives | 13 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
Other Games[edit]
South Asian Beach Games[edit]
Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Top Placed Team |
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I | 2011 | Hambantota | Sri Lanka | India (IND) |
South Asian Winter Games[edit]
Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Top Placed Team |
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I | 2011[4] | Dehradun and Auli | India | India (IND) |
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ It will be South Asian Games Archived 2010-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.Rediff news.April 2, 2004.
- ^ "12th SAF Games Mantle Falls on State". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ Premalal, Susil (24 November 2019). "Sri Lanka to host 14th South Asian Games". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "South Asian Winter Games to have two opening and closing". The Times of India. 2010-11-25. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
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