Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China

The Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China

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Country/Region	Macau, China
Code	MAC
Created	December 22, 1987
Continental Association	OCA
Headquarters	Rua do Desporto, nº 185–195, Taipa, Macau
President	LO Keng Siu (盧景昭)
Secretary General	CHAN Chak Mo (陳澤武)
Website	http://www.macauolympic.org/

The Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China (MOC, Portuguese: Comité Olímpico e Desportivo de Macau, China (CODM), Chinese: 中國澳門體育暨奧林匹克委員會), is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Macau and is responsible for organizing the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) participation in international sporting events. It applied for official recognition as a National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee, but as of 2013 it remains unrecognized.

Although sports in the Portugal-controlled region already had a long history, Macau first began to participate in international tournaments under a separate name following approval to do so by the Olympic Committee of Portugal in 1974. As the region's society became more affluent and more residents were able to attend sporting events, Macau's government established the Macau Sport Development Board (Portuguese: Instituto do Desporto de Macau, ID, Chinese: 澳門體育總署) on May 18, 1987 as a central coordinating office to promote sports in the city. Later that year on December 22, the Macau Olympic Committee (Portuguese: Comite Olímpico de Macau (COM), Chinese: 澳門奧林匹克委員會) was established as the National Olympic Committee for Macau using the flag of the Municipality of Macau. It applied for membership in the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in December 1989 during the Council's General Assembly in Bali, Indonesia and was accepted.