European Olympic Committees
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Category | Continental Sports Organization |
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Membership | 50 National Olympic Committees |
Abbreviation | EOC |
Founded | 1968 |
Regional affiliation | Europe |
Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
President | Spyros Capralos |
Vice president(s) | Daina Gudzinevičiūtė |
Other key staff | Secretary-General Raffaele Pagnozzi Treasurer Peter Mennel |
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Official languages English • French |
The European Olympic Committees (EOC; French: Comités olympiques européens, COE) is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.[1] Among other duties, the EOC organizes three major multi-sport events. These are the European Youth Olympic Festival, the Games of the Small States of Europe and the European Games.
The EOC has no connection with another multi-sport event called the European Championships, which are organised by various European discipline-specific sports associations.
Member nations
[edit]In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created.
Former members
[edit]State | Code | National Olympic Committee | Created/Recognized | Disbanded |
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TCH | Czechoslovak Olympic Committee | 1919 | 1992 |
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GDR | National Olympic Committee of the GDR | 1951/1968 | 1990 |
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SCG | Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro | 2003 | 2006 |
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URS | Soviet Olympic Committee | 1951 | 1992 |
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YUG | Yugoslav Olympic Committee | 1919/1920 | 2003 |
Events
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ EOC members include transcontinental countries Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Russian Federation, as well as Israel, Cyprus and Armenia which are geographically in Asia but due to political-cultural reasons are often assigned to Europe.
- ^ Between 1954 and 1974, Israel took part in the Asian Games, but political pressure exerted by Arab countries due to the Arab–Israeli conflict led to Israel's exclusion from the re-organized Olympic Council of Asia in 1981 (See Israelis Facing Asian Ban). It then became a member of the European Olympic Committees in 1994.
- ^ IOC Executive Board suspends Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect
- ^ The Olympic Committee of Serbia was founded in 1910, as a successor to the Serbian Olympic Club (source).