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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:

  • :ABK Abkhazia (CONIFA)
  • :NIU Niue (Commonwealth Games, World Rugby)
  • :RNC Northern Cyprus (CONIFA, WPA)
  • :ESH Sahrawi Republic (CONIFA)
  • :SML Somaliland (CONIFA)
  • :RSO South Ossetia (CONIFA)
  • :VAT Vatican City (UCI, World Taekwondo)

Countries Not Competing Internationally:

  • :MOM Sovereign Order of Malta
  • :TRA Transnistria

Territories Competing Internationally:

  • :ALA Åland Islands (Island Games)
  • :AIA Anguilla (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
  • :BOE: Bonaire (CONCACAF)
  • :CUR Curacao (CACSO Games, FIFA, FINA)
  • :FAL Falkland Islands (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
  • :FAR Faroe Islands (Island Games, FIFA, FINA)
  • :FRG French Guiana (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)
  • :PYF French Polynesia (Pacific Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
  • :GIB Gibraltar (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
  • :GRL Greenland (Island Games, IHF, IBU)
  • :GDL Guadeloupe (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)
  • :GUE Guernsey (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
  • :ISM Isle of Man (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
  • :JRS Jersey (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
  • :MAC Macau (Asian Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
  • :MTQ Martinique (CACSO Games, CONCACAF)
  • :MTS Montserrat (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
  • :MYT Mayotte (Indian Ocean Games)
  • :NCL New Caledonia (Pacific Games, FIFA)
  • :NFK Norfolk Island (Commonwealth Games, FIBA, World Athletics)
  • :NMI Northern Marianas (Pacific Games, AFC, World Athletics)
  • :REU Reunion (Indian Ocean Games)
  • :SAB Saba Island (NORCECA)
  • :STH Saint Helena (Commonwealth Games, ICC)
  • :FRA Saint Martin (CONCACAF)
  • :SEU Sint Eustatius (NORCECA)
  • :SMA Sint Maarten (CACSO Games, CONCACAF, FINA)
  • :TOK Tokelau (Pacific Games, ITTF)
  • :TCI Turks and Caicos Islands (Commonwealth Games, FIFA, World Athletics)
  • :WAF Wallis and Futuna (Pacific Games, ITTF)

Territories Not Competing Internationally:

  • :GBR Akrotiri and Dhekelia
  • :ART Antarctica
  • :ASC Ascension Island
  • :NOR Bouvet Island
  • :IOT British Indian Ocean Territory
  • :CXR Christmas Island
  • :FRA Clipperton Island
  • :CCK Cocos Islands
  • :ATF French Southern Lands
  • :AUS Heard and McDonald Islands
  • :PCN Pitcairn Islands
  • :BLM Saint Barthelemy
  • :SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • :SGS South Georgia
  • :NOR Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • :TDC Tristan da Cunha
  • :USA US Minor Outlying Islands
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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. 

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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.

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Just now, bestmen said:

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

 

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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.

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Just now, thiago_simoes said:

What about Western Sahara?

That's the Sahrawi Republic :p 

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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.

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