Asian Sports Confederation

Japanese: アジア競技連盟 - あじあきょうぎれんめい
Asian Sports Confederation

…It was launched in New Delhi (India) on December 5, 1982, after the 9th Asian Games. It restructured the former Asian Games Federation (AGF), and has 43 member countries (as of 1997), each of which is made up of its National Olympic Committee (NOC). In addition to hosting the Asian Games every four years, it also carries out various projects to promote sports exchanges among Asian countries. …

From the Asian Games

…It is a regional competition officially recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that is held in principle once every four years, in the middle of the Olympic year. Until the 9th competition (1982, India), it was hosted by the Asian Games Federation (AGF), but at the end of 1982, the AGF was reorganized to be hosted by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Before World War II, there were two Asian sporting competitions, the Far Eastern Championship Games and the West Asian Games, but after the war, there was a movement centered around India and the Philippines to integrate these and hold an all-Asian competition, and the formation of the IOC was decided upon by discussions between Asian countries that participated in the 1948 London Olympics. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Asian Sports Confederation" are explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1982年第9回アジア競技大会終了後,12月5日,ニューデリー(インド)で発足した。それまでのアジア競技連盟(AGF)を改組し,加盟国は43ヵ国(1997現在)で,それぞれの国内オリンピック委員会(NOC)で構成される。4年ごとにアジア競技大会を主催するほか,アジア諸国のスポーツ交流を促進する各種の事業を行う。…

【アジア競技大会】より

…原則として4年に1回,オリンピックの中間年に開催するIOC(国際オリンピック委員会)公認の地域競技会である。第9回大会(1982,インド)までは,アジア競技連盟Asian Games Federation(AGF)が主催したが,1982年末からAGFはアジア・オリンピック評議会Olympic Council of Asia(OCA)主催と改組された。第2次世界大戦前のアジアのスポーツ大会としては,極東選手権競技大会と西アジア競技大会の二つがあったが,戦後これを統合して全アジア的な大会を開こうとの動きがインド,フィリピンを中心に起こり,1948年ロンドンのオリンピックに参加したアジア諸国の話合いで結成が決まった。…

※「アジア競技連盟」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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