• Source: Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, Arabic: رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization that unites the 54 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Africa. It is currently headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. It serves as the successor to Standing Committee of African Sports or Comité permanent du sport africain founded in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).




History


The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) was founded on June 28, 1981, in Lome, Togo. In July 1965, ANOCA's predecessor, the Standing Committee of African Sports (SCAS) was founded in Brazzaville as Comité Permanent du Sport Africain (CPSA). Consequently, that title for the sports continental body changed to the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) on 14 December 1966 in Bamako, Mali.
On 4 March 2023, ANOCA announced their support for the International Olympic Committee's decision to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals amidst the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, as well as the countries' participation in the Olympics.









Member countries


In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created.




= ANOCA Regional Zones

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ANOCA Zone 1 – North Zone




ANOCA Zone 2 – West Zone A




ANOCA Zone 3 – West Zone B




ANOCA Zone 4 – Central Zone




ANOCA Zone 5 – Central-East Zone




ANOCA Zone 6 – Southern Zone A




ANOCA Zone 7 – Southern Zone B





ANOCA Presidents






ANOCA's programme


Encouraging mediation and conciliation between NOCs and governments
Building the foundations of an ambitious sports policy
Providing young athletes with the conditions for success
Promoting sports initiatives
Promoting Olympic ideals and values in Africa
Taking part in the fight against doping, corruption, violence and pandemics
Working to bring peoples together through sport to build a peaceful Africa




Events


African Games
African Youth Games – first held in Rabat, Morocco in 2010 (events also in Casablanca).
African Beach Games
ANOCA U-23 Championship/Olympic Qualifying Tournament
ANOCA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament




See also


Sport in Africa
African Sports Confederation of Disabled




References






External links


Official website
African Sports Confederation of Disabled (ASCOD) Official website

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• Pesta Olahraga Afrika
• Pesta Olahraga Pantai Afrika
• Olimpiade
• Penawaran untuk Olimpiade Musim Panas 2020
• Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
• Association of National Olympic Committees
• National Olympic Committee
• Bids for the 2040 Summer Olympics
• Afro-Asian Games
• Bids for the 2036 Summer Olympics
• African Games
• Teqball
• South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
• List of members of the International Olympic Committee