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South Asian Games
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South Asian Games
AbbreviationSAG
MottoPeace, Prosperity Progress
First event1984 South Asian Games,Kathmandu,Nepal
Occur everyFour years
Last event2019 South Asian Games,KathmanduandPokhara,Nepal
Next event2025 South Asian Games,Lahore,Pakistan
PurposeMulti-sport eventfor nations inSouth Asia
Best performerIndiaIndia

TheSouth Asian Gamesis a quadrennialmulti-sport eventheld among athletes fromSouth Asia.TheSouth Asia Olympic Council,which was formed in 1983, governs it. The Games consist of seven countries, namelyBangladesh,Bhutan,India,Maldives,Nepal,Pakistan,andSri Lanka.Afghanistanhad participated in the Games four times, but left theSAOCafter participating in2016.

The first South Asian Games were hosted byKathmandu,Nepalin 1984. From 1984 to 1987 they were held every year except 1986, as it was a year ofCommonwealth GamesandAsian Games.From 1987 onwards, they have been held every two years except for some occasions. In 2004, the South Asian Sports Council decided to rename the games from the South Asian Federation Games to the South Asian Games as officials believed the word federation was diminishing the emphasis on the event and acting as a barrier to attracting spectators.[1]

These Games are often hyped as the South Asian version ofOlympic Games.TheXIII South Asian Gameswas held atKathmandu,PokharaandJanakpurfrom 1 December to 10 December 2019.

The South Asian Games is one of five subregional Games of theOlympic Council of Asia.The others areCentral Asian Games,East Asian Youth Games,Southeast Asian Games,andWest Asian Games.[2]

Editions

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Host cities of the South Asian Games
Edition Year Host Cities Host Nation Nations Sports Events Ref
1 1984 Kathmandu Nepal 7 5 62 [3]
2 1985 Dhaka Bangladesh 7 7 94 [4]
3 1987 Calcutta India 7 10 116 [5]
4 1989 Islamabad Pakistan 7 10 114 [6]
5 1991 Colombo Sri Lanka 7 10 142 [7]
6 1993 Dhaka Bangladesh 7 11 115 [8]
7 1995 Madras India 7 14 143 [9]
8 1999 Kathmandu Nepal 7 12 163 [10]
9 2004 Islamabad Pakistan 8 15 170 [11]
10 2006 Colombo Sri Lanka 8 20 197 [12]
11 2010 Dhaka Bangladesh 8 23 158 [13]
12 2016 Guwahati
Shillong 		India 8 22 226 [14]
13 2019 Kathmandu
Pokhara
Janakpur 		Nepal 7 26 317 [15]
14 2025 Lahore Pakistan 7 37 TBD
15 2027 Colombo Sri Lanka 7 TBD TBD
16 2030 Dhaka Bangladesh 7 TBD TBD
16 2034 TBA India 7 TBD TBD

List of sports

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Following 29 sports have been competed in South Asian Games history till latest edition:

Medal table

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Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 IndiaIndia 1263 736 379 2378
2 PakistanPakistan 297 421 432 1150
3 Sri LankaSri Lanka 250 436 681 1367
4 NepalNepal 124 186 380 690
5 BangladeshBangladesh 86 210 493 789
6 BhutanBhutan 2 23 66 91
7 MaldivesMaldives 1 3 13 17
Former member1
— AfghanistanAfghanistan 21 28 79 128

1LeftSAOCand joinedCAG.

Medals by year

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Rank NOC 1984 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1999 2004 2006 2010 2016 2019
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1 IndiaIndia 44 28 16 61 32 14 91 45 19 61 43 20 64 59 41 60 46 31 106 60 19 102 58 37 103 57 32 118 69 47 90 55 30 188 92 28 175 92 45
2 PakistanPakistan 5 3 2 21 26 12 16 36 14 42 33 22 28 32 25 23 22 20 10 33 36 10 36 30 38 55 50 43 44 71 19 25 36 12 35 57 30 41 57
3 Sri LankaSri Lanka 7 11 19 2 7 9 4 7 23 6 10 21 44 34 40 20 22 39 16 25 53 16 42 62 17 32 57 37 63 78 16 35 54 25 64 98 40 84 128
4 NepalNepal 4 12 8 1 9 22 2 7 33 1 13 32 2 8 29 1 6 15 4 8 16 31 10 24 7 6 20 9 15 31 8 9 19 3 23 35 51 60 96
5 BangladeshBangladesh 2 8 13 9 17 38 3 20 31 1 12 24 4 8 28 11 19 32 7 17 34 2 10 35 3 13 24 3 15 34 18 23 56 4 16 55 19 32 89
6 BhutanBhutan 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 7 1 3 2 0 3 10 0 2 3 0 1 15 0 7 13
7 MaldivesMaldives 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 4
Former Member
— AfghanistanAfghanistan Not part ofSAOC 1 3 28 6 7 16 7 9 16 7 9 19 Not part ofSAOC

Performance table

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Country Top ranked Second-ranked Third-ranked
IndiaIndia 13 times — —
PakistanPakistan — 7 times 4 times
Sri LankaSri Lanka — 4 times 7 times
NepalNepal — 2 times —
BangladeshBangladesh — — 2 times
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South Asian Beach Games

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Edition Year Host City Host Nation Top Placed Team
I 2011 Hambantota Sri Lanka India(IND)

South Asian Winter Games

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Edition Year Host Cities Host Nation Top Placed Team
I 2011[16] DehradunandAuli India India(IND)

See also

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References

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