GANEFO

Games of the New Emerging Forces
Formation1962–1967
TypeSporting event organization
PurposeTo boycott the International Olympic Committee after the suspension of Indonesia from that organisation
HeadquartersJakarta, Indonesia
Membership51 active members
Official language
English
and host country's official language when necessary
Federation cofounder
Sukarno
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The Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO; Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Negara-Negara Berkembang) were the games set up by Indonesia as a counter to the Olympic Games. Established for the athletes of the so-called "emerging nations" (mainly socialist states and newly independent former colonies), GANEFO was the name given both to the games held in Jakarta in 1963 and the 36-member sporting federation established the same year. A second GANEFO scheduled for Cairo in 1967 was cancelled and GANEFO had only one subsequent event, an "Asian GANEFO" held in Phnom Penh in 1966.

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