National Olympic Committee

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is an organization under the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) control.

 National Olympic Committees 
As of 2025, there are 206 National Olympic Committees. These include:

 193 members of the United Nations
 One observer state of the United Nations (Palestine)
 Two non-UN member states (Kosovo and Taiwan)
 One associated state of New Zealand (Cook Islands)
 Four territories of the United States (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands)
 Three British Overseas Territories (Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands)
 One constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba)
 One special administrative region of China (Hong Kong)
There are 2 countries that does not have their National Olympic Committee, but have their National Paralympic Committee. The countries include the Faroe Islands and Macau.

 Unrecognized National Olympic Committees 
Other existing countries/regions with unrecognized Olympic committees include:

 Catalonia
 Gibraltar,
 French Polynesia
 Niue
 New Caledonia
 Curaçao
 Guadeloupe
 French Guiana
 Martinique
 Sint Maarten
 Northern Mariana Islands
 Anguilla
 Montserrat
 Turks & Caicos Islands
 Transnistria
 Kurdistan
 Northern Cyprus  
 Somaliland
 Abkhazia
 Native Americans.

In 2014, it was reported that South Ossetia has intended to establish a National Olympic Committee.

 Divisions 
The NOCs are all members of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations:
ContinentAssociationNOCsOldest NOCNewest NOC180x180pxAssociation of National Olympic Committees of Africa54 Egypt (1910) South Sudan (2015)Pan American Sports Organization41 United States (1894) Dominica (1993)
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (1993)
 Saint Lucia (1993)Olympic Council of Asia44The OCA includes 45 NOCs; the Macau Sports and Olympic Committee is not recognized by the IOC and Macau does not compete at the Olympic Games. Japan (1912) Timor-Leste (2003)European Olympic Committees50 France (1894) Kosovo (2014)Oceania National Olympic Committees17 Australia (1895) Tuvalu (2007)

Related pages
List of IOC country codes

 References 

Other websites


Category:Olympic Games
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