Saturday, May 8, 2010

South Asian Games

South Asian Games (also known as SAF Games or SAG & formerly known as South Asian Federation Games) are a bi-annual 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 1983 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. These Games are often hyped as the South Asian version of Olympic Games.

VENUES

Year Games Host City Country
1984 I Kathmandu Nepal
Nepal
1985 II Dhaka Bangladesh
Bangladesh
1987 III Calcutta India
India
1989 IV Islamabad Pakistan
Pakistan
1991 V Colombo Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
1993 VI Dhaka Bangladesh
Bangladesh
1995 VII Madras India
India
1999 VIII Kathmandu Nepal
Nepal
2004 IX Islamabad Pakistan
Pakistan
2006 X Colombo Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
2010 XI Dhaka Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2012 XII New Delhi India
India



==Gold medal tally==

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