South Asian Games

South Asian Games (also known as SAF Games or SAG & formerly known as South Asian Federation Games) are a bi-annual 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 1983 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. These Games are often hyped as the South Asian version of Olympic Games.

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
2012	XII	New Delhi	India