Non-Olympic Countries and Territories Thread

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

I made this thread for all discussions, questions and breaking news about countries and territories that aren't IOC members; whether it's Bougainville's attempts to become independent, the Faroe Islands trying to join the IOC, Vatican City's athletics team, or a small island competing in organized sport for the first time. 

 

To track where everyone is I made a list here. The list includes all countries and dependencies with some kind of population (going off of ISO codes mostly) and I will be updating it as statuses change. "Competing Internationally" means they're active on an international sporting level – either part of a multi-sport Games or an international sport federation.

 

Countries Competing Internationally:

•  Abkhazia (CONIFA)
•  Niue (Commonwealth Games, World Rugby)
•  Northern Cyprus (CONIFA, WPA)
•  Sahrawi Republic (CONIFA)
•  Somaliland (CONIFA)
•  South Ossetia (CONIFA)
•  Vatican City (UCI, World Taekwondo)

Countries Not Competing Internationally:

•  Sovereign Order of Malta
•  Transnistria

Territories Competing Internationally:

•  Åland Islands (Island Games)
•  Anguilla (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
•  Bonaire (CONCACAF)
•  Curacao (CACSO Games, FIFA, FINA)
•  Falkland Islands (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
•  Faroe Islands (Island Games, FIFA, FINA)
•  French Guiana (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)
•  French Polynesia (Pacific Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
•  Gibraltar (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
•  Greenland (Island Games, IHF, IBU)
•  Guadeloupe (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)
•  Guernsey (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
•  Isle of Man (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
•  Jersey (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
•  Macau (Asian Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
•  Martinique (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)
•  Montserrat (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
•  Mayotte (Indian Ocean Games)
•  New Caledonia (Pacific Games, FIFA)
•  Norfolk Island (Commonwealth Games, FIBA, World Athletics)
•  Northern Marianas (Pacific Games, AFC, World Athletics)
•  Reunion (Indian Ocean Games)
•  Saba Island (NORCECA)
•  Saint Helena (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
•  Saint Martin (CONCACAF)
•  Sint Eustatius (NORCECA)
•  Sint Maarten (CACSO Games, CONCACAF, FINA)
•  Tokelau (Pacific Games, ITTF)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
•  Wallis and Futuna (Pacific Games, ITTF)

Territories Not Competing Internationally:

•  Akrotiri and Dhekelia
•  Antarctica
•  Ascension Island
•  Bouvet Island
•  British Indian Ocean Territory
•  Christmas Island
•  Clipperton Island
•  Cocos Islands
•  French Southern Lands
•  Heard and McDonald Islands
•  Pitcairn Islands
•  Saint Barthelemy
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
•  South Georgia
•  Svalbard and Jan Mayen
•  Tristan da Cunha
•  US Minor Outlying Islands

Edited September 30, 2023 by ahjfcshfghb

[Olympian1010 8,305]

1 hour ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

Since everyone on here seems so interested in exotic nations and all I thought I’d make a list of all those territories that haven’t yet appeared anywhere- and where they could appear too!

 

To get off the list a territory had to either:

1) be part of a ‘Games’ type competition with actual countries present (Reunion, Mayotte, Tokelau)

2) be part of a national federation for something and participate in its tournaments (St Eustatius, Saba in FIVB, St Martin, Bonaire in CONCACAF)

 

So I hope y’all find this interesting, and for one more question- am I missing anyone? Cheers  

 

African Games

• ??Sahrawi Republic

CONCACAF Nations League

• ??Saint Barthelemy
• ??Saint Pierre et Miquelon

IAAF World Championships

• ??Vatican City

Island Games

• ??Ascension Island
• ??Svalbard and Jan Mayen
• ??Tristan da Cunha

Pacific Games

• ??Bougainville
• ??Christmas Island
• ??Cocos Islands
• ??Pitcairn Islands

“De Facto” Olympics?

• ??Abkhazia
• ??Nagorno-Karabakh
• ??Northern Cyprus
• ??Somaliland
• ??South Ossetia
• ??Transnistria 

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Not Going to Happen:

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??Akrotiri and Dhekelia

??Ashmore and Cartier Islands

??Antarctica

??Bouvet Island

??British Indian Ocean Territory

??Clipperton Island

??Coral Sea Islands

??French Southern Lands

??Heard and McDonald Islands

??South Georgia

??Sovereign Military Order of Malta

??US Minor Outlying Islands

 

 

BIOT has people that were born and that would make eligible at the Commonwealth Games. 

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

41 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

BIOT has people that were born and that would make eligible at the Commonwealth Games. 

Yeah but it’s not ever going to happen. Those people got evicted in the 70s and are, well, in their 70s now. Maybe their descendants could take part but they’d never represent the ‘BIOT’, it just represents the injustice. There might be a status change soon anyway so we’ll see what happens.

Edited March 9, 2019 by ahjfcshfghb

[bestmen 2,924]

the sahrawi republic has already participated in the first African games of workers

 

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

Just now, bestmen said:

the sahrawi republic has already participated in the first African games of workers

 

That’s a good one! But it’s not a true Africa-wide official competition with the best athletes. Most territories I mentioned have done some sport or another. This is about Olympic-level or similar top-level competition.

[thiago_simoes 1,458]

What about Western Sahara?

[heywoodu 16,465]

Just now, thiago_simoes said:

What about Western Sahara?

That's the Sahrawi Republic  

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

Just so y'all know I've changed the purpose of this thread so it's not too narrow. So any breaking news about non-Olympic countries can all go here. And I added flags too!

[intoronto 6,911]

Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan are all under one banner now...

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

18 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan are all under one banner now...

That one’s kinda complex. But the Commonwealth Games and Island Games teams only draw from/represent St Helena. And Ascension/Tristan do have their own reserved ISO codes so I put them in. And they’re still represented separately at overseas territory council meetings etc.

Edited March 10, 2019 by ahjfcshfghb