European Olympic Committees

The European Olympic Committees 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; the European Youth Olympic Festival, the Games of the Small States of Europe and the European Games.

European Olympic Committees
CategoryContinental Sports Organization
Membership50 National Olympic Committees
AbbreviationEOC
Founded1968
Regional affiliationEurope
HeadquartersRome, Italy
Presidentvacant
Vice president(s)Niels Nygaard (’acting president’)
Other key staffSecretary-General
Raffaele Pagnozzi
Treasurer
Kikis Lazarides
Official website
www.eurolympic.org
Official languages
English • French

The EOC has no connection with the multi-sport European Championships which are organised by the individual sports federations involved.

Member countries

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.

NationCodeNational Olympic CommitteeCreated/RecognizedRef.
 Albania ALB Albanian National Olympic Committee 1958/1959
 Andorra AND Andorran Olympic Committee 1971/1975
 Armenia ARM Armenian Olympic Committee 1990/1993
 Austria AUT Austrian Olympic Committee 1908/1912
 Azerbaijan AZE National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic 1992/1993
 Belarus BLR Belarus Olympic Committee 1991/1993
 Belgium BEL Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee 1906
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992/1993
 Bulgaria BUL Bulgarian Olympic Committee 1923/1924
 Croatia CRO Croatian Olympic Committee 1991/1993
 Cyprus CYP Cyprus Olympic Committee 1974/1978
 Czech Republic CZE Czech Olympic Committee 1899/1993
 Denmark DEN National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark 1905
 Estonia EST Estonian Olympic Committee 1923/1991
 Finland FIN Finnish Olympic Committee 1907
 France FRA French National Olympic and Sports Committee 1894
 Georgia GEO Georgian National Olympic Committee 1989/1993
 Germany GER German Olympic Sports Confederation 1895
 Great Britain GBR British Olympic Association 1905
 Greece GRE Hellenic Olympic Committee 1894/1895
 Hungary HUN Hungarian Olympic Committee 1895
 Iceland ISL National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland 1921/1935
 Ireland IRL Olympic Federation of Ireland 1922
 Israel[2] ISR Olympic Committee of Israel 1933/1952
 Italy ITA Italian National Olympic Committee 1908/1915
 Kosovo KOS Olympic Committee of Kosovo 1992/2014
 Latvia LAT Latvian Olympic Committee 1922/1991
 Liechtenstein LIE Liechtenstein Olympic Committee 1935
 Lithuania LTU National Olympic Committee of Lithuania 1924/1991
 Luxembourg LUX Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee 1912
 Malta MLT Malta Olympic Committee 1928/1936
 Moldova MDA National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova 1991/1993
 Monaco MON Monégasque Olympic Committee 1907/1953
 Montenegro MNE Montenegrin Olympic Committee 2006/2007
 Netherlands NED Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation 1912
 North Macedonia MKD Olympic Committee of North Macedonia 1992/1993
 Norway NOR Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports 1900
 Poland POL Polish Olympic Committee 1918/1919
 Portugal POR Olympic Committee of Portugal 1909
 Romania ROU Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee 1914
 Russia RUS Russian Olympic Committee 1911/1912
 San Marino SMR Sammarinese National Olympic Committee 1959
 Serbia SRB Olympic Committee of Serbia 1911[3]/1912
 Slovakia SVK Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee 1992/1993
 Slovenia SLO Slovenian Olympic Committee 1991/1993
 Spain ESP Spanish Olympic Committee 1912
 Sweden SWE Swedish Olympic Committee 1913
  Switzerland SUI Swiss Olympic Association 1912
 Turkey TUR Turkish Olympic Committee 1908/1911
 Ukraine UKR National Olympic Committee of Ukraine 1990/1993

Former members
NationCodeNational Olympic CommitteeCreated/RecognizedDisbanded
 Czechoslovakia TCH Czechoslovak Olympic Committee 1919 1992
 East Germany GDR National Olympic Committee of the GDR 1951/1968 1990
 Serbia and Montenegro SCG Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro 2003 2006
 Soviet Union URS Soviet Olympic Committee 1951 1992
 Yugoslavia YUG Yugoslav Olympic Committee 1919/1920 2003

Events

See also

Notes
  1. Members include Israel, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia which are physically in Asia but have strong historical and cultural ties to Europe, and Turkey and the Russian Federation, both of which countries have land in both Europe and Asia.
  2. 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.
  3. The Olympic Committee of Serbia was founded in 1911, as a successor to the Serbian Olympic Club (source).
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