-- Constant data used by Module:Team appearances list.  
---
As a note, the begin_year and end_year information is given for most of the
competitions with the exception of the Olympics (and related games).
This is mainly due to the shear size of those lists (200+ countries).  
Overall list of games - if marked with (TBD), no absences have been input
All Africa Games (TBD)
Asian Games
Beach Gamessu
Para Games
Youth Games
Winter
East
South
Southeast (TBD)
Southeast Peninsular (TBD)
West
Commonwealth Games
British Empire Games
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
British Commonwealth Games
Europe
European Athletics Championships
European Athletics Indoor Championships (TBD)
European Games (TBD)
Mediterranean Games
Summer Olympics
Paralympics
Youth
Winter Olympics
Paralympics
Youth
World
FEI World Equestrian Games (TBD)
Pacific Games (TBD)
Pan American Games
Summer Universiade (TBD)
Winter Universiade (TBD)
World Aquatics Championships
World Championships in Athletics
World Indoor Championships in Athletics
---  
local all_competitions = {
-----Africa-----
["All-Africa Games"] = {
1965, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
},  
-----Asia----
["Asian Games"] = {
1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994,
1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,
["Afghanistan"] = {1970, 1978, 1986, 1998},
["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2010, end_year=2010},
["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1974},
["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1978},
["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1986},
["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1990},
["Burma"] = {end_year=1982},
["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1954, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990},
["Ceylon"] = {end_year=1970},
["China"] = {begin_year=1974},
["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986},
["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2002},
["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1954},
["India"] = {1962},
["Iran"] = {1954, 1962, 1978},
["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1974, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002},
["Israel"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, end_year=1974},
["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1986, 1990},
["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1974, 2010},
["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Laos"] = {begin_year=1974, 1978, 1986},
["Lebanon"] = {begin_year=1978},
["Macau"] = {begin_year=1990},
["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1954},
["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1982},
["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=1974, 1986},
["Myanmar"] = {1986},
["Nepal"] = {1954, 1962},
["North Korea"] = {begin_year=1974, 1986, 1994},
["Oman"] = {begin_year=1982},
["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1954},
["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1990},
["Republic of China"] = {1962, end_year=1970},
["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1978},
["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1978, 1998},
["Singapore"] = {1962},
["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1954},
["Syria"] = {1986},
["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1978},
["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1954, 1978, 1986},
["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1990},
},
["Asian Beach Games"] = {
2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016,
["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2010},
["Individual Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014},
["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014},
["Iraq"] = {begin_year=2010},
["Kuwait"] = {2010, 2012, 2016},
["Macau"] = {2010},
["Myanmar"] = {2012},
["North Korea"] = {2010, 2012, 2014, 2016},
["Palestine"] = {2014, 2016},
["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014, 2016},
["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2010},
["Yemen"] = {2016},
},
["Asian Para Games"] = {
2010, 2014,
},
["Asian Youth Games"] = {
2009, 2013,
["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2013},
["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2013},
},
["Asian Winter Games"] = {
1986, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2017,
["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2017},
["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2011},
["Australia"] = {begin_year=2017},
["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=2011, 2017},
["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1990},
["East Timor"] = {begin_year=2017},
["Hong Kong"] = {1990, 2003},
["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2011},
["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=2017},
["Iran"] = {begin_year=1996},
["Jordan"] = {begin_year=2007},
["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996},
["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1996, 2003},
["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996, 2003},
["Lebanon"] = {begin_year=1996},
["Macau"] = {begin_year=2007, 2011},
["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2007},
["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2003},
["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=2017},
["North Korea"] = {1996, 1999},
["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1996, 2011},
["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2003, 2017},
["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1990, 1996, 1999, 2003},
["Qatar"] = {begin_year=2011},
["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2011},
["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=2017},
["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1996, 1999},
["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1996, 1999},
["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2017},
["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2007},
["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1996},
["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=2017},
},
["East Asian Games"] = {
1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013,
["Guam"] = {begin_year=1997},
["North Korea"] = {1997, 2001},
},
["South Asian Games"] = {
1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016,
["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2006},
},
["Southeast Asian Games"] = {
1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999,
2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
},
["Southeast Asian Peninsular Games"] = {
1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975
},
["West Asian Games"] = {
1997, 2002, 2005,
["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=2002},
["Iraq"] = {begin_year=2005},
["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005},
["Oman"] = {begin_year=2002},
["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2002},
["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2002},
["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005},
["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005},
["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2002},
},  
-----Commonwealth Games-----
["British Empire Games"] = {
1930, 1934, 1938, 1950,
["Bermuda"] = {1950},
["British Guiana"] = {1950},
["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1938},
["Guyana"] = {1950},
["Hong Kong"] = {1938, 1950, begin_year=1934},
["India"] = {1950, begin_year=1934},
["Jamaica"] = {1938, 1950, begin_year=1934},
["Malaya"] = {begin_year=1950},
["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=1950},
["Northern Ireland"] = {1950, begin_year=1934},
["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=1938},
["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1950, begin_year=1934},
},
["British Empire and Commonwealth Games"] = {
1954, 1958, 1962, 1966,
["Aden"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1962},
["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1966},
["Belize"] = {begin_year=1962},
["Bermuda"] = {1958, 1962},
["British Honduras"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1966},
["British North Borneo"] = {begin_year=1958, end_year=1962},
["Dominica"] = {1966, begin_year=1958},
["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1958},
["Hong Kong"] = {1966},
["India"] = {1962},
["Isle of Man"] = {begin_year=1958},
["Jersey"] = {begin_year=1958},
["Malaya"] = {1954, end_year=1962},
["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1966},
["Malta"] = {1966, begin_year=1958},
["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1958},
["Nigeria"] = {1962},
["Papua New Guinea"] = {begin_year=1962},
["Rhodesia and Nyasaland"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1962},
["Saint Lucia"] = {1966, begin_year=1962},
["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {1962, begin_year=1958},
["Sarawak"] = {begin_year=1958, end_year=1962},
["Sierra Leone"] = {1962, begin_year=1958},
["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1958},
["South Africa"] = {1962, 1966},
["Sri Lanka"] = {1954},
["Tanganyika"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1962},
["Tanzania"] = {begin_year=1962},
["Zambia"] = {1962, 1966},
["Zimbabwe"] = {1962, 1966},
},
["British Commonwealth Games"] = {
1970, 1974,
["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {1974},
["Bahamas"] = {1974},
["Belize"] = {1970, 1974},
["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1974},
["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1974},
["Dominica"] = {1974},
["Guyana"] = {1974},
["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=1974},
["Malta"] = {1974},
["Pakistan"] = {1974},
["Saint Lucia"] = {1974},
["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1974},