South Asian Games
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South Asian Games
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Abbreviation
SAG
First event
September 1984 Kathmandu, Nepal
Occur every
2 years
Last event
29 January - 9 February 2012 Dhaka, Bangladesh
The South Asian Games (SAF Games, SAG, or SA games, & formerly known as South Asian Federation Games) are a biennial 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 1984 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.[1] These Games are often hyped as the South Asian version of Olympic Games. XII South Asian Games are being held at Guwahati and Shillong from 5 February to 16 February, 2016.

 

Contents
1 Venues
2 South Asian Beach Games
3 South Asian Winter Games
4 Gold medal tally
5 All-time medal table
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
 

Venues
Year
Games
Host City
Country
1984
I
Kathmandu

Nepal
1985
II
Dhaka

Bangladesh
1987
III
Calcutta

India
1989
IV
Islamabad

Pakistan
1991
V
Colombo

Sri Lanka
1993
VI
Dhaka

Bangladesh
1995
VII
Madras

India
1999
VIII
Kathmandu

Nepal
2004
IX
Islamabad

Pakistan
2006
X
Colombo

Sri Lanka
2010
XI
Dhaka

Bangladesh
2016
XII
Guwahati, Shillong [2]

India
2019
XIII
Kathmandu

Nepal
South Asian Beach Games
Year
Games
Host City
Country
2011
I
Hambantota

Sri Lanka
South Asian Winter Games
Year
Games
Host City
Country
2011[3]
I
Dehradun and Auli

India
Gold medal tally
COUNTRY
OVER-ALL CHAMPIONS
2nd GOLD
3rd GOLD
 India
11 Times
-
-
 Pakistan
-
7 Times
3 Times
 Sri Lanka
-
3 Times
7 Times
   Nepal
-
1 Time
-
 Bangladesh
-
-
1 Time
All-time medal table
Rank
NOC
Participated
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
 India
11
1200
544
286
2028
2
 Pakistan
11
311
375
336
1022
3
 Sri Lanka
11
185
288
455
928
4
   Nepal
11
76
99
238
413
5
 Bangladesh
11
63
162
347
572
6
 Afghanistan
2
13
16
34
64
7
 Bhutan
11
2
15
38
55
8
 Maldives
11
0
1
8
9
See also
Football at the South Asian Games
Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games
South American Games
Athletics at the South Asian Games
Basketball at the South Asian Games
References
It will be South Asian Games.Rediff news.April 2, 2004.

"12th SAF Games Mantle Falls on State". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

"South Asian Winter Games to have two opening and closing". The Times of India. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-08-01.