GANEFO

Games of New Emerging Forces also known as (GANEFO) 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 newly independent socialist states), 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.

Games of New Emerging Forces
Formation1962–1967
TypeSporting event organization
PurposeTo boycott the International Olympic Committee after the suspension of Indonesia from that organisation
HeadquartersJakarta, Indonesia
Membership
51 active members
Official language
English
and host country's official language when necessary
Federation cofounder
Sukarno
President of Indonesia
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