Association_of_National_Olympic_Committees_of_Africa
Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
International organization
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, Arabic: رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization that unites the 54 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Africa. It is currently headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. It serves as the successor to Standing Committee of African Sports or Comité permanent du sport africain founded in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Countries which are members | |
| Formation | 28 June 1981; 42 years ago (1981-06-28) |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports federation |
| Headquarters | Abuja, Nigeria |
Membership | 54 National Olympic Committees |
Official language | English, French |
President |  Mustapha Berraf |
| Website | ANOCA ACNOA |
It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) was founded on June 28, 1981, in Lome, Togo. In July 1965, ANOCA's predecessor, the Standing Committee of African Sports (SCAS) was founded in Brazzaville as Comité Permanent du Sport Africain (CPSA). Consequently, that title for the sports continental body changed to the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) on 14 December 1966 in Bamako, Mali.
On 4 March 2023, ANOCA announced their support for the International Olympic Committee's decision to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals amidst the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, as well as the countries' participation in the Olympics.[1]
- Former logo
In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created.
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ANOCA Regional Zones
ANOCA Zone 1 – North Zone
ANOCA Zone 2 – West Zone A
ANOCA Zone 3 – West Zone B
ANOCA Zone 4 – Central Zone
ANOCA Zone 5 – Central-East Zone
ANOCA Zone 6 – Southern Zone A
ANOCA Zone 7 – Southern Zone B
| S. No. | Name | Country | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Anani Matthia |  Togo |
1981-1989 |
| 2. | Jean-Claude Ganga |  Congo |
1989-1999 |
| 3. | Francis Nyangweso |  Uganda |
1999-2001 |
| 4. | Alpha Ibrahim Diallo |  Guinea |
2001-2005 |
| 5. | Lassana Palenfo |  Ivory Coast |
2005-2018 |
| 6. | Mustapha Berraf | Algeria |
2018–present |
- Encouraging mediation and conciliation between NOCs and governments
- Building the foundations of an ambitious sports policy
- Providing young athletes with the conditions for success
- Promoting sports initiatives
- Promoting Olympic ideals and values in Africa
- Taking part in the fight against doping, corruption, violence and pandemics
- Working to bring peoples together through sport to build a peaceful Africa
- African Games
- African Youth Games – first held in Rabat, Morocco in 2010 (events also in Casablanca).[4]
- African Beach Games
- ANOCA U-23 Championship/Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- ANOCA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- "Jeux africains de la jeunesse: 33 pays confirment leur participation au Maroc ("African Youth Games: 33 countries confirm their participation in Morocco")". lematin.ma (in French). 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.