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NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
DIRECTORY
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Compiled by Harvey Abrams, BS, MAT, Ph.D/abd
Olympic Games & Sport Historian

This page lists 206
National Olympic Committees by the five
Continental Associations

1 The Americas (PASO/ODEPA)

2 Europe (COE/EOC)

3 Asia (OCA)

4 Africa (ACNOA/ANOCA)

5 Oceana (ONOC)

Below you will find five regional charts -
each listing the countries within a continental association
Each chart has three columns.

First column
A numerical list (Abrams' #) of each country within that continental association.

Second column
In CAPITAL letters, the 3-letter abbreviation that the IOC has created for all NOC's.

These abbreviations are generally from English however some are from French such as Switzerland / SUI from the French word "Suisse" or the language of that country such as SPAIN / ESP from the Spanish "Espagne").

Third column
The name of the country in English followed by the former name if there has been a name change.

Sources of information:
1. IOC website and their publications in our library.

2. IOC list of NOC's in Protocol order

3. CIA Factbook hosted by the Central Intelligence Agency.

National Olympic Committees by Continental Association

The Americas
PASO/ODEPA

Pan-American Sports Organization
~
Organización Deportiva Panamericana
(41 countries)
variously referred to as:
North, Central & South America;
the Americas;
Western hemisphere

Abrams' number	IOC abreviation	NOC Country
1.	ANT	Antigua and Barbuda
2.	ARG	Argentina
3.	ARU	Aruba
4.	BAH	Bahamas
5.	BAR	Barbados
6.	BIZ	Belize
7.	BER	Bermuda
8.	BOL	Bolivia
9.	BRA	Brazil
10.	IVB	British Virgin Islands
11.	CAN	Canada
12.	CAY	Cayman Islands
13.	CHI	Chile
14.	COL	Colombia
15.	CRC	Costa Rica
16.	CUB	Cuba
17.	DMA	Dominica
18.	DOM	Dominican Republic
19.	ECU	Ecuador
20.	ESA	El Salvador
21.	GRN	Grenada
22.	GUA	Guatemala
23.	GUY	Guyana
24.	HAI	Haiti
25.	HON	Honduras
26.	JAM	Jamaica
27.	MEX	Mexico
	AHO	Netherlands Antilles (Ceased to exist)
28.	NCA	Nicaragua
29.	PAN	Panama
30.	PAR	Paraguay
31.	PER	Peru
32.	PUR	Puerto Rico
33.	SKN	Saint Kitts and Nevis
34.	LCA	Saint Lucia
35.	VIN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
36.	SUR	Suriname
37.	TRI	Trinidad and Tobago
38.	USA	United States of America
39.	URU	Uruguay
40.	VEN	Venezuela
41.	ISV	Virgin Islands

Europe
COE/EOC

Les Comités Olympiques Européens
~
European Olympic Committees
(50 countries)

Abrams' number	IOC abreviation	NOC Country
1.	ALB	Albania
2.	AND	Andorra
3.	ARM	Armenia
4.	AUT	Austria
5.	AZE	Azerbaijan
6.	BLR	Belarus
7.	BEL	Belgium
8.	BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina
9.	BUL	Bulgaria
10.	CRO	Croatia
11.	CYP	Cyprus
12.	CZE	Czech Republic
13.	DEN	Denmark
14.	EST	Estonia
15.	FIN	Finland
16.	MKD	Macedonia
17.	FRA	France
18.	GEO	Georgia
19.	GER	Germany
20.	GBR	Great Britain
21.	GRE	Greece
22.	HUN	Hungary
23.	ISL	Iceland
24.	IRL	Ireland
25.	ISR	Israel
26.	ITA	Italy
27.	KOS	Kosovo
28.	LAT	Latvia
29.	LIE	Liechtenstein
30.	LTU	Lithuania
31.	LUX	Luxembourg
32.	MLT	Malta
33.	MON	Monaco
34.	NED	Montenegro
35.	NED	Netherlands
36.	NOR	Norway
37.	POL	Poland
38.	POR	Portugal
39.	MDA	Republic of Moldova
40.	ROM	Romania
41.	RUS	Russian Federation
42.	SMR	San Marino
43.	SCG	Serbia
44.	SVK	Slovakia
45.	SLO	Slovenia
46.	ESP	Spain
47.	SWE	Sweden
48.	SUI	Switzerland
49.	TUR	Turkey
50.	UKR	Ukraine

Asia
OCA

Olympic Council of Asia
(44 countries)

Abrams' number	IOC abreviation	NOC Country
1.	AFG	Afghanistan
2.	BRN	Bahrain
3.	BAN	Bangladesh
4.	BHU	Bhutan
5.	BRU	Brunei Darussalam
6.	MYA	Burma (also known as Myanmar)
7.	CAM	Cambodia
8.	TPE	Chinese Taipei
9.	PRK	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
10.	HKG	Hong-Kong
11.	IND	India
12.	INA	Indonesia
13.	IRQ	Iraq
14.	IRI	Islamic Republic of Iran
15.	JPN	Japan
16.	JOR	Jordan
17.	KAZ	Kazakhstan
18.	KOR	Korea
19.	KUW	Kuwait
20.	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan
21.	LAO	Lao People's Democratic Republic
22.	LIB	Lebanon
23.	MAS	Malaysia
24.	MDV	Maldives
25.	MGL	Mongolia
26.	NEP	Nepal
27.	OMA	Oman
28.	PAK	Pakistan
29.	PLE	Palestine
30.	CHN	People's Republic of China
31.	PHI	Philippines
32.	QAT	Qatar
33.	KSA	Saudi Arabia
34.	SIN	Singapore
35.	SRI	Sri Lanka
36.	SYR	Syrian Arab Republic
37.	TJK	Tajikistan
38.	THA	Thailand
39.	TLS	Timor-Leste
40.	TKM	Turkmenistan
41.	UAE	United Arab Emirates
42.	UZB	Uzbekistan
43.	VIE	Vietnam
44.	YEM	Yemen

Africa
ACNOA/ANOCA

Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique
~
Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
(54 countries)

Abrams' number	IOC abreviation	NOC Country
1.	ALG	Algeria
2.	ANG	Angola
3.	BEN	Benin
4.	BOT	Botswana
5.	BUR	Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
6.	BDI	Burundi
7.	CMR	Cameroon
8.	CPV	Cape Verde
9.	CAF	Central African Republic
10.	CHA	Chad
11.	COM	Comoros
12.	CGO	Congo
13.	CIV	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
14.	COD	Democratic Republic of the Congo
15.	DJI	Djibouti
16.	EGY	Egypt
17.	GEQ	Equatorial Guinea
18.	ERI	Eritrea
19.	ETH	Ethiopia
20.	GAB	Gabon
21.	GAM	Gambia
22.	GHA	Ghana
23.	GUI	Guinea
24.	GBS	Guinea-Bissau
25.	KEN	Kenya
26.	LES	Lesotho
27.	LBR	Liberia
28.	LBA	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
29.	MAD	Madagascar
30.	MAW	Malawi
31.	MLI	Mali
32.	MTN	Mauritania
33.	MRI	Mauritius
34.	MAR	Morocco
35.	MOZ	Mozambique
36.	NAM	Namibia
37.	NIG	Niger
38.	NGR	Nigeria
39.	RWA	Rwanda
40.	STP	Sao Tome and Principe
41.	SEN	Senegal
42.	SEY	Seychelles
43.	SLE	Sierra Leone
44.	SOM	Somalia
45.	RSA	South Africa
46.		South Sudan
47.	SUD	Sudan
48.	SWZ	Swaziland
49.	TOG	Togo
50.	TUN	Tunisia
51.	UGA	Uganda
52.	TAN	United Republic of Tanzania
53.	ZAM	Zambia
54.	ZIM	Zimbabwe

Oceana
ONOC

Oceania National Olympic Committees
(17 nations)

Abrams' number	IOC abreviation	NOC Country
1.	ASA	American Samoa
2.	AUS	Australia
3.	COK	Cook Islands
4.	FSM	Federated States of Micronesia
5.	FIJ	Fiji
6.	GUM	Guam
7.	KIR	Kiribati
8.	MHL	Marshall Islands (added in 2006)
9.	NRU	Nauru
10.	NZL	New Zealand
11.	PLW	Palau
12.	PNG	Papua New Guinea
13.	SAM	Samoa (until 1996 Western Samoa)
14.	SOL	Solomon Islands
15.	TGA	Tonga
16.	TUV	Tuvalu
17.	VAN	Vanuatu

See the other NOC pages hosted by the IISOH Library & Museum....

Page 1 - NOC Directory - Introduction and How to Use the Directory.
Page 2 - NOC Directory - Alphabetical List in English, with abreviations.
Page 3 - NOC Directory - NOC's by Continental Association. (You are here now).
Page 4 - NOC Directory - NOC Addresses and contact information.

Harvey Abrams, President
IISOH Library & Museum
PO Box 732
State College, PA., USA 16804

email: HAbrams@iisoh.org

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NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE DIRECTORY Page 3

This page lists 206 National Olympic Committees by the five Continental Associations

National Olympic Committees by Continental Association

The Americas PASO/ODEPA

Europe COE/EOC

Asia OCA

Africa ACNOA/ANOCA

Oceana ONOC