European Olympic Committees

European Olympic Committees
CategoryContinental Sports Organization
Membership50 National Olympic Committees
AbbreviationEOC
Founded1968
Regional affiliationEurope
HeadquartersRome, Italy
PresidentGreece Spyros Capralos
Vice presidentDaina Gudzinevičiūtė
Official website
www.eurolympic.org
Other key staffSecretary-General
Raffaele Pagnozzi
Treasurer
Peter Mennel
Official languages
English • French

The European Olympic Committees (EOC; French: Comités olympiques européens, COE) is an international organization which represents the current 50 National Olympic Committees of Europe. Among other duties, the EOC organizes three major multi-sport events. These are the European Youth Olympic Festival, the Games of the Small States of Europe and the European Games.

It is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee and its affiliated bodies, including the Association of National Olympic Committees, and serves as the continental association of Europe.

The EOC has no connection with another multi-sport event called the European Championships, which are organised by various European discipline-specific sports associations.

Member nations

In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created.

NationCodeNational Olympic CommitteePresidentCreated/Recognized IOC memberRef.
Albania ALB Albanian National Olympic Committee Viron Bezhani 1958/1959 Yes
Andorra AND Andorran Olympic Committee Jaume Marti Mandico 1971/1975 Yes
Armenia ARM Armenian Olympic Committee Gagik Tsarukyan 1990/1993 Yes
Austria AUT Austrian Olympic Committee Karl Stoss 1908/1912 Yes
Azerbaijan AZE National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev 1992/1993 Yes
Belarus BLR Belarus Olympic Committee Victor Lukashenko 1991/1993 Yes
Belgium BEL Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant 1906 Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marijan Kvesić 1992/1993 Yes
Bulgaria BUL Bulgarian Olympic Committee Stefka Kostadinova 1923/1924 Yes
Croatia CRO Croatian Olympic Committee Zlatko Mateša 1991/1993 Yes
Cyprus CYP Cyprus Olympic Committee George Chrysostomou 1974/1978 Yes
Czechia CZE Czech Olympic Committee Jiří Kejval 1899/1993 Yes
Denmark DEN National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark Hans Natorp 1905 Yes
Estonia EST Estonian Olympic Committee Kersti Kaljulaid 1923/1991 Yes
Finland FIN Finnish Olympic Committee Timo Ritakallio 1907 Yes
France FRA French National Olympic and Sports Committee Amélie Oudéa-Castéra 1894 Yes
Georgia GEO Georgian National Olympic Committee Leri Khabelov 1989/1993 Yes
Germany GER German Olympic Sports Confederation Thomas Weikert 1895 Yes
Greece GRE Hellenic Olympic Committee Isidoros Kouvelos 1894/1895 Yes
Hungary HUN Hungarian Olympic Committee Zsolt Gyulay 1895 Yes
Iceland ISL National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Larus L. Blöndal 1921/1935 Yes
Ireland IRL Olympic Federation of Ireland Lochlann Walsh 1922 Yes
Israel ISR Olympic Committee of Israel Yael Arad 1933/1952 Yes
Italy ITA Italian National Olympic Committee Luciano Buonfiglio 1908/1915 Yes
Kosovo KOS Olympic Committee of Kosovo Ismet Krasniqi 1992/2014 Yes
Latvia LAT Latvian Olympic Committee Žoržs Tikmers 1922/1991 Yes
Liechtenstein LIE Liechtenstein Olympic Committee Isabel Fehr 1935 Yes
Lithuania LTU Lithuanian National Olympic Committee Daina Gudzinevičiūtė 1924/1991 Yes
Luxembourg LUX Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee André Hoffmann 1912 Yes
Malta MLT Maltese Olympic Committee Julian Pace Bonello 1928/1936 Yes
Moldova MDA National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova Nicolae Juravschi 1991/1993 Yes
Monaco MON Monégasque Olympic Committee Albert II, Prince of Monaco 1907/1953 Yes
Montenegro MNE Montenegrin Olympic Committee Dušan Sinomović 2006/2007 Yes
Netherlands NED Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation André Bolhuis 1912 Yes
North Macedonia MKD Olympic Committee of North Macedonia Vasil Tupurkovski 1992/1993 Yes
Norway NOR Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports Berit Kjøll 1900 Yes
Poland POL Polish Olympic Committee Andrzej Kraśnicki 1918/1919 Yes
Portugal POR Olympic Committee of Portugal José Manuel Constantino 1909 Yes
Romania ROU Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee Mihai Covaliu 1914 Yes
Russia RUS Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev 1911/1912 (restored 1993, suspended 2023, restored 2026) Yes
San Marino SMR Sammarinese National Olympic Committee Gian Primo Giardi 1959 Yes
Serbia SRB Olympic Committee of Serbia Božidar Maljković 1910/1912 (restored 2006) Yes
Slovakia SVK Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee Anton Siekel 1992/1993 Yes
Slovenia SLO Olympic Committee of Slovenia Bogdan Gabrovec 1991/1993 Yes
Spain ESP Spanish Olympic Committee Alejandro Blanco Bravo 1912 Yes
Sweden SWE Swedish Olympic Committee Hans von Uthman 1913 Yes
 Switzerland SUI Swiss Olympic Association Jürg Stahl 1912 Yes
Turkey TUR Turkish National Olympic Committee Uğur Erdener 1908/1911 Yes
Ukraine UKR National Olympic Committee of Ukraine Serhiy Bubka 1990/1993 Yes
United Kingdom GBR British Olympic Association Dame Katherine Grainger 1905 Yes

Former member nations

NationCodeNational Olympic CommitteeCreated/RecognizedDisbanded
Czechoslovakia TCH Czechoslovak Olympic Committee 1919 1992
East Germany GDR National Olympic Committee of the German Democratic Republic 1951/1968 1990
Serbia and Montenegro SCG Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro 2003 2006
Soviet Union URS Soviet Olympic Committee 1951 1992
Yugoslavia YUG Yugoslav Olympic Committee 1919/1920 2003

The National Olympic Committee of the Saarland [de] (Saar Protectorate) was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1950 to 1957, but never a member of the European Olympic Committees.

Events

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ EOC members include transcontinental countries Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Russian Federation, as well as Israel, Cyprus and Armenia which are geographically in Asia but due to political-cultural reasons are often assigned to Europe.
  2. ↑ Between 1954 and 1974, Israel took part in the Asian Games, but political pressure exerted by Arab countries due to the Arab–Israeli conflict led to Israel's exclusion from the re-organized Olympic Council of Asia in 1981 (See Israelis Facing Asian Ban). It then became a member of the European Olympic Committees in 1994.
  3. ↑ IOC Executive Board suspends Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect
  4. ↑ The Olympic Committee of Serbia was founded in 1910, as a successor to the Serbian Olympic Club (source).