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Multi-sport event in South Asia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial 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. Currently, the SAOC comprises 7 member countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan participated 4 times in the SAF Games since 2004, but left the SAOC after participating in the 2016 edition and joined CAOC.
Abbreviation | SAG |
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Motto | Peace, Prosperity and Progress |
First event | 1984 South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal |
Occur every | Four years |
Last event | 2019 South Asian Games in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal |
Next event | 2025 South Asian Games in Lahore, Pakistan |
Purpose | Multi-sport event for nations in South Asia |
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 the South Asian Federation Games to the South Asian Games as officials believed the word Federation was diminishing the emphasis on the event and acting as a barrier to attracting spectators.[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.
The South Asian Games is one of five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The others are the Central Asian Games, the East Asian Youth Games, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), and the West Asian Games.[2]
Edition | Year | Host City/Cities | Host Nation | Nations | Sports | Events |
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1 | 1984 | Kathmandu | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 62 |
2 | 1985 | Dhaka | ![]() |
7 | 7 | 94 |
3 | 1987 | Calcutta | ![]() |
7 | 10 | 116 |
4 | 1989 | Islamabad | ![]() |
7 | 10 | 114 |
5 | 1991 | Colombo | ![]() |
7 | 10 | 142 |
6 | 1993 | Dhaka | ![]() |
7 | 11 | 115 |
7 | 1995 | Madras | ![]() |
7 | 14 | 143 |
8 | 1999 | Kathmandu | ![]() |
7 | 12 | 163 |
9 | 2004 | Islamabad | ![]() |
8 | 15 | 170 |
10 | 2006 | Colombo | ![]() |
8 | 20 | 197 |
11 | 2010 | Dhaka | ![]() |
8 | 23 | 158 |
12 | 2016 | Guwahati/Shillong | ![]() |
8 | 22 | 226 |
13 | 2019 | Kathmandu/Pokhara/Janakpur | ![]() |
7 | 26 | 317 |
14 | 2025 | Lahore | ![]() |
7 | 37 | TBD |
Following 29 sports have been competed in South Asian Games history till latest edition:
As of the conclusion of the 2019 South Asian Games.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Country | Top Ranked Team | Second-Ranked Team | Third-Ranked Team |
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13 times | – | – |
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– | 7 times | 4 times |
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– | 4 times | 7 times |
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– | 2 times | – |
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– | – | 2 times |
As of the conclusion of the 2019 South Asian Games. (Updated after doping results)
Rank | NOC | Participated | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 13 | 1263 | 736 | 379 | 2378 |
2 | ![]() | 13 | 297 | 421 | 432 | 1150 |
3 | ![]() | 13 | 250 | 436 | 681 | 1367 |
4 | ![]() | 13 | 124 | 186 | 380 | 690 |
5 | ![]() | 13 | 86 | 210 | 493 | 789 |
6 | ![]() | 13 | 2 | 23 | 66 | 91 |
7 | ![]() | 13 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 |
Former Member | ||||||
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Note : Medals not updated in official websites after doping results
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44 | 28 | 16 | 61 | 32 | 14 | 91 | 45 | 19 | 61 | 43 | 20 | 64 | 59 | 41 | 60 | 46 | 31 | 106 | 60 | 19 | 102 | 58 | 37 | 103 | 57 | 32 | 118 | 69 | 47 | 90 | 55 | 30 | 188 | 92 | 28 | 175 | 92 | 45 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 14 | 42 | 33 | 22 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 36 | 30 | 38 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 44 | 71 | 19 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 35 | 57 | 30 | 41 | 57 |
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7 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 44 | 34 | 40 | 20 | 22 | 39 | 16 | 25 | 53 | 16 | 42 | 62 | 17 | 32 | 57 | 37 | 63 | 78 | 16 | 35 | 54 | 25 | 64 | 98 | 40 | 84 | 128 |
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4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 35 | 51 | 60 | 96 |
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2 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 3 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 56 | 4 | 16 | 55 | 19 | 32 | 89 |
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0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
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Not part of SAOC | 1 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 19 | Not part of SAOC |
Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Top Placed Team |
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I | 2011 | Hambantota | ![]() |
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