South Asian Games

South Asian Games
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Abbreviation	SAG
First event	September 1984 Kathmandu, Nepal
Occur every	2 years
Last event	5–16 February 2016 Guwahati, Shillong, India

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. XII South Asian Games are being held at Guwahati and Shillong from 5 February to 16 February 2016.

Venues

1984, 1999, 2018

1985, 1993, 2010

1987

1989, 2004

1991, 2006

1995

2016

Host cities of the South Asian Games

Year	Games	Host City	Country
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 and Shillong ^[2]	India
2018	XIII	Kathmandu	Nepal

South Asian Beach Games

Year	Games	Host City	Country
2011	I	Hambantota	Sri Lanka

South Asian Winter Games

Year	Games	Host City	Country
2011^[3]	I	Dehradun and Auli	India

Gold medal tally

COUNTRY	OVER-ALL CHAMPIONS	2nd GOLD	3rd GOLD
India	12 Times	-	-
Pakistan	-	7 Times	4 Times
Sri Lanka	-	4 Times	7 Times
Nepal	-	1 Time	-
Bangladesh	-	-	2 Time

All-time medal table

Rank	NOC	Participated	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	12	1088	632	326	2046
2	Pakistan	12	323	412	393	1128
3	Sri Lanka	12	210	351	553	1114
4	Nepal	12	79	122	272	473
5	Bangladesh	12	67	177	403	647
6	Afghanistan	3	20	25	54	99
7	Bhutan	12	2	16	53	71
8	Maldives	12	0	3	9	12

References

↑ It will be South Asian Games.Rediff news.April 2, 2004.
↑ "12th SAF Games Mantle Falls on State". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
↑ "South Asian Winter Games to have two opening and closing". The Times of India. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-08-01.

External links

Official Site

South Asian Games

South Asian Summer Games	Kathmandu 1984 Dhaka 1985 Kolkata 1987 Islamabad 1989 Colombo 1991 Dhaka 1993 Chennai 1995 Kathmandu 1999 Islamabad 2004 Colombo 2006 Dhaka 2010 Guwahati and Shillong 2016

South Asian Winter Games	Dehradun-Auli 2011

South Asian Beach Games	Hambantota 2011

Multi-sport events

Global

Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games

Disabled sports	Deaflympics Défi sportif Invictus Games IWAS World Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter Transplant Games

Professions	Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Police and Fire Games European Championship in Forestry Skills Southern Forestry Conclave Stihl Timbersports Series World Logging Championship

Youth and students	Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games

Other types	Arafura Games Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games World Masters Games X Games

Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games

Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	Pan-Asian Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Southeast Southeast Asian Games ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Central Asian Games South Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Masters Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Intercontinental	Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames Asia Pacific Deaf Games Indian Ocean Island Games Island Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games

Intercommunity	Commonwealth Games youth CPLP Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Invictus Games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Nomad Games World Outgames

National

Africa

South African Games¹

Americas

Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors Warrior Games

NCSG, United States³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Asia

Europe

Netherlands
Poland (youth)
All-Union Spartakiad¹
Spartakiad of Albania¹
Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹
- youth¹

Oceania

Western Australia (high school)²

Historical¹

Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900BC to 1859AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics

Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads

Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Central African Games Children of Asia International Sports Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Asian Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Nordic Games Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games

Winter games

International	Olympics Paralympics Winter Universiade Commonwealth¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial¹ New Zealand Winter Games

Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe

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