European Olympic Committees
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The European Olympic Committees (EOC; Template:Langx) 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
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.
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Former members
| State | Code | National Olympic Committee | Created/Recognized | Disbanded |
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| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia | TCH | Czechoslovak Olympic Committee | 1919 | 1992 |
| File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany | GDR | National Olympic Committee of the German Democratic Republic | 1951/1968 | 1990 |
| File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro | SCG | Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro | 2003 | 2006 |
| File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | URS | Soviet Olympic Committee | 1951 | 1992 |
| File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia | YUG | Yugoslav Olympic Committee | 1919/1920 | 2003 |
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The Template:Interlanguage link multi (Saar Protectorate) was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1950 to 1957, but never a member of the European Olympic Committees.
Candidates to EOC membership
| State | Code | National Olympic Committee | President | Created/Recognized |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | KAZ | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Gennady Golovkin | 1990 |
Events
See also
Notes
- ↑ 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).
External links
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