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The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. Talal Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was elected as President of the OCA on 8 July 2023. [ 1 ]
The Olympic Council of Asia was created in November 1981, excluding Israel and Taiwan. [20] India was scheduled to host in 1982 and the OCA decided to maintain the old AGF timetable. The OCA formally started to supervise the Games starting with the 1986 Asian Games scheduled for Seoul, South Korea. [ 21 ]
The Asian Winter Games (AWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) featuring winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested creating a winter version of the Asian Games in 1982.
The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AIMAG) is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia.It is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and consists of Indoor and martial arts events with TV broadcasting potential, some of which were not contested at the Asian Games and Asian Winter Games Programs and are not Olympic sports.
In October 2023, the Olympic Council of Asia announced the full sports program. 64 events across 11 winter sport disciplines, are scheduled in the 2025 Asian Winter Games program. [19] The five ice sports are curling, figure skating, speed skating, short-track speed skating and ice hockey, along with skiing.
The vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia also recommended that the Philippines bid for the Games. [29] [30] Taipei, Chinese Taipei; The Mayor of Taipei, Ko Wen-je, had announced that the Taipei City Government planned a bid to host the games. [31] Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia (following Tehran in 1974) to host the games. The city will host the games again in 2030. [3] [4] It was the first time that all 45 member nations of the Olympic Council of Asia took part in this event.
Afghanistan is a member of the Central Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia. [4] [5] It was a member of the South Asian Zone, where Afghanistan participated in the South Asian Games, from 2004 to 2016. [6]