European Olympic Committees Explained

The European Olympic Committees (EOC; fr|Comités olympiques européens, COE) is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.^[1] 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.

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.

Nation			President	Created/Recognized	IOC member	Ref.
Albania	ALB	Albanian National Olympic Committee	Viron Bezhani	1958/1959		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/albania/
Andorra	AND	Andorran Olympic Committee	Jaume Marti Mandico	1971/1975		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/andorra/
Armenia	ARM	Armenian Olympic Committee	Gagik Tsarukyan	1990/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/armenia/
Austria	AUT	Austrian Olympic Committee	Karl Stoss	1908/1912		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/austria/
Azerbaijan	AZE	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan	Ilham Aliyev	1992/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/azerbaijan/
Belarus	BLR	Belarus Olympic Committee	Victor Lukashenko	1991/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/belarus/
Belgium	BEL	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee	Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant	1906		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marijan Kvesić	1992/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/bosnia-and-herzegovina
Bulgaria	BUL	Bulgarian Olympic Committee	Stefka Kostadinova	1923/1924		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/bulgaria
Croatia	CRO	Croatian Olympic Committee	Zlatko Mateša	1991/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/croatia
Cyprus	CYP	Cyprus Olympic Committee	George Chrysostomou	1974/1978		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/cyprus
Czech Republic	CZE	Czech Olympic Committee	Jiří Kejval	1899/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/czech-republic
Denmark	DEN	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark	Hans Natorp	1905		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/denmark
Estonia	EST	Estonian Olympic Committee	Kersti Kaljulaid	1923/1991		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/estonia
Finland	FIN	Finnish Olympic Committee	Timo Ritakallio	1907		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/finland
France	FRA	French National Olympic and Sports Committee	David Lappartient	1894		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/france
Georgia	GEO	Georgian National Olympic Committee	Leri Khabelov	1989/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/georgia
Germany	GER	German Olympic Sports Confederation	Thomas Weikert	1895		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/germany
	GBR	British Olympic Association	Dame Katherine Grainger	1905		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/great-britain
Greece	GRE	Hellenic Olympic Committee	Spyros Capralos	1894/1895		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/greece
Hungary	HUN	Hungarian Olympic Committee	Zsolt Gyulay	1895		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/hungary
Iceland	ISL	National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland	Larus L. Blöndal	1921/1935		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/iceland
Ireland	IRL	Olympic Federation of Ireland	Sarah Keane	1922		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/ireland
Israel[2]	ISR	Olympic Committee of Israel	Yael Arad	1933/1952		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/israel
Italy	ITA	Italian National Olympic Committee	Giovanni Malagò	1908/1915		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/italy
	KOS	Olympic Committee of Kosovo	Ismet Krasniqi	1992/2014		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/kosovo
Latvia	LAT	Latvian Olympic Committee	Žoržs Tikmers	1922/1991		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/latvia
Liechtenstein	LIE	Liechtenstein Olympic Committee	Isabel Fehr	1935		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/liechtenstein
Lithuania	LTU	Lithuanian National Olympic Committee	Daina Gudzinevičiūtė	1924/1991		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/lithuania
Luxembourg	LUX	Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee	André Hoffmann	1912		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/luxembourg
Malta	MLT	Malta Olympic Committee	Julian Pace Bonello	1928/1936		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/malta
	MDA	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova	Nicolae Juravschi	1991/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/republic-of-moldova
Monaco	MON	Monégasque Olympic Committee	Albert II, Prince of Monaco	1907/1953		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/monaco
Montenegro	MNE	Montenegrin Olympic Committee	Dušan Sinomović	2006/2007		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/montenegro
Netherlands	NED	Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation	André Bolhuis	1912		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/the-netherlands/
	MKD	Olympic Committee of North Macedonia	Vasil Tupurkovski	1992/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/fyrom/
Norway	NOR	Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports	Berit Kjøll	1900		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/norway
Poland	POL	Polish Olympic Committee	Andrzej Kraśnicki	1918/1919		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/poland
Portugal	POR	Olympic Committee of Portugal	José Manuel Constantino	1909		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/portugal
Romania	ROU	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee	Mihai Covaliu	1914		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/romania
	RUS	Russian Olympic Committee	Stanislav Pozdnyakov	1911/1912 (restored 1993, suspended 2023[3])		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/russian-federation
San Marino	SMR	Sammarinese National Olympic Committee	Gian Primo Giardi	1959		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/san-marino
Serbia	SRB	Olympic Committee of Serbia	Božidar Maljković	1910[4] /1912 (restored 2006)		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/serbia
Slovakia	SVK	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee	Anton Siekel	1992/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/slovakia
Slovenia	SLO	Slovenian Olympic Committee	Bogdan Gabrovec	1991/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/slovenia
Spain	ESP	Spanish Olympic Committee	Alejandro Blanco Bravo	1912		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/spain
Sweden	SWE	Swedish Olympic Committee	Hans von Uthman	1913		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/sweden
Switzerland	SUI	Swiss Olympic Association	Jürg Stahl	1912		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/switzerland
Turkey	TUR	Turkish Olympic Committee	Uğur Erdener	1908/1911		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/turkey
Ukraine	UKR	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine	Serhiy Bubka	1990/1993		http://www.eurolympic.org/enocs/ukraine

Former members

State			Created/Recognized	Disbanded
	TCH	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee	1919	1992
	GDR	National Olympic Committee of the GDR	1951/1968	1990
	SCG	Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro	2003	2006
	URS	Soviet Olympic Committee	1951	1992
	YUG	Yugoslav Olympic Committee	1919/1920	2003

Events

• European Games
• European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF)
• Games of the Small States of Europe

See also

• European Paralympic Committee

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. https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-executive-board-suspends-russian-olympic-committee-with-immediate-effect 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).

External links

• Official EOC website