European Olympic Committees

European Olympic Committees

Formation	1968
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Membership	56 National Olympic Committees
Official language	English, French
President	Pat Hickey
Vice President	Janez Kocijančič
Website	www.eurolympic.org

The European Olympic Committees is an organisation based in Rome, Italy. Its European membership consists of 50 National Olympic Committees.

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.

Nation	Code	National Olympic Committee	Created/Recognized	Ref.
Albania	ALB	Olympic Committee of Albania	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 Olympic Committee	1894
Georgia	GEO	Georgian National Olympic Committee	1989/1993
Germany	GER	Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund	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 Council of Ireland	1922
Israel[1]	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	Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee	1912
Malta	MLT	Malta Olympic Committee	1928/1936
Macedonia	MKD	Olympic Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	1992/1993
Moldova	MDA	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova	1991/1993
Monaco	MON	Comité Olympique Monégasque	1907/1953
Montenegro	MNE	Montenegrin Olympic Committee	2006/2007
Netherlands	NED	Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie	1912
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	1989/1993
San Marino	SMR	Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese	1959
Serbia	SRB	Olympic Committee of Serbia	1911[2]/1912
Slovakia	SVK	Slovak Olympic 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

Nation	Code	National Olympic Committee	Created/Recognized	Disbanded
Soviet Union	URS	Soviet Olympic Committee	1951	1992

Events

• European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF)
• European Games

See also

• European Paralympic Committees

Notes

1. 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.
2. The Olympic Committee of Serbia was founded in 1911, as a successor to the Serbian Olympic Club (source).

External links

• Official EOC website