South Asian Games
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Abbreviation | SAG |
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First event | September 1984 Kathmandu, Nepal |
Occur every | 4 years |
Last event | 29 January - 9 February 2010 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
The South Asian Games (SAF Games, SAG, or SA games, & 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 Asian Sports Council (SASC), formed in 1983. At present, SAG are joined by eight members namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
The first South Asian Games were hosted by Kathmandu, Nepal in 1984 and have since 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. Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal confirmed that Assam along with Meghalaya will jointly host the South Asian Games from 10 to 20 January 2016.
Contents
Venues
Year | Games | Host City | Country |
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1984 | I | Kathmandu | Nepal |
1985 | II | Dhaka | Bangladesh |
1987 | III | Calcutta | India |
1989 | IV | Islamabad | Pakistan |
1991 | V | Colombo | Sri Lanka |
1993 | VI | Dhaka | Bangladesh |
1995 | VII | Madras | India |
1999 | VIII | Kathmandu | Nepal |
2004 | IX | Islamabad | Pakistan |
2006 | X | Colombo | Sri Lanka |
2010 | XI | Dhaka | Bangladesh |
2016 | XII | Guwahati, Shillong [2] | India |
2019 | XIII | Kathmandu | Nepal |
South Asian Beach Games
Year | Games | Host City | Country |
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2011 | I | Hambantota | Sri Lanka |
South Asian Winter Games
Year | Games | Host City | Country |
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2011[3] | I | Dehradun and Auli | India |
Gold medal tally
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All-time medal table
Rank | NOC | Participated | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | India | 11 | 900 | 542 | 286 | 1728 |
2 | Pakistan | 11 | 311 | 375 | 336 | 1022 |
3 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 185 | 288 | 455 | 928 |
4 | Nepal | 11 | 76 | 99 | 238 | 413 |
5 | Bangladesh | 11 | 63 | 162 | 347 | 572 |
6 | Afghanistan | 2 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 64 |
7 | Bhutan | 11 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 55 |
8 | Maldives | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
See also
- Football at the South Asian Games
- Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games
- South American Games
- Athletics at the South Asian Games
- Basketball at the South Asian Games
References
- ↑ It will be South Asian Games.Rediff news.April 2, 2004.
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