Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes
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This table compares IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes.
Former countries and former country names
changeCodes are shown with their last year of use.
| Flag | Country | IOC | FIFA | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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British Honduras | HBR 1972 |
BHO |
|
 |
Burma | BIR 1988 |
BUR 1989 |
BUR 1989 |
 |
Ceylon | CEY 1972 |
CEY 1972 |
|
 |
Dahomey | DAH 1972 |
DAH 1975 |
DHY 1977 |
 |
Czechoslovakia | TCH 1992 |
TCH 1993 |
CSK 1993 |
 |
East Germany | GDR 1988 |
DDR 1989 |
DDR 1989 |
 |
Khmer Republic | KHM 1976 |
? 1975 |
|
 |
Malaya | MAL 1960 |
? 1963 |
|
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Netherlands Antilles | AHO active[21] |
ANT active[22] |
ANT 2010 |
 |
North Borneo | NBO 1956 |
NBO 1963 |
|
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North Yemen | YAR 1988 |
NYE 1990 |
YEM 1990 |
 |
Northern Rhodesia | NRH 1964 |
NRH 1964 |
|
 |
Rhodesia | RHO 1972 |
RHO 1980 |
RHO 1980 |
 |
Serbia and Montenegro | SCG 2006 |
SCG 2006 |
SCG 2006 |
 |
South Yemen | YMD 1988 |
SYE 1990 |
YMD 1990 |
 |
Soviet Union | URS 1988 |
URS 1991 |
SUN 1992 |
 |
Upper Volta | VOL 1984 |
UPV 1984 |
HVO 1984 |
 |
Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of | VNO 1975 |
VDR 1977 | |
 |
Viet Nam, Republic of | VNM 1976 |
VSO 1975 |
VNM 1977 |
 |
West Germany | FRG 1988 |
FRG 1989 |
DEU 1989 |
| |
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of | YUG 2002 |
YUG 2003 |
YUG 2003 |
 |
Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of | YUG 1992 |
YUG 1992 |
YUG 1992 |
 |
Zaire | ZAI 1996 |
ZAI 1997 |
ZAR 1997 |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The name "Samoa" as political sense contains only the Independent States of Samoa and excludes American Samoa.
- ↑ In Olympic Games, Virgin Islands means the United States Virgin Islands not British Virgin Islands.
- ↑ Mainland China (People's Republic of China except Hong Kong and Macau) is designated as the "People's Republic of China", ("China" for short) in Olympic Games, and as "China PR", ("China" for short) in soccer matches.
- ↑ The Democratic Republic of the Congo is abbreviated as the "DR Congo" in Olympic Games, and as "Congo DR" in soccer matches.
- ↑ The Republic of the Congo is abbreviated as "Congo" in Olympic Games and soccer matches.
- ↑ The Commonwealth of Dominica (Dominica) is abbreviated as "Dominica" in Olympic Games and soccer matches.
- ↑ "GB-ENG" is its ISO 3166-2 code. See also ISO 3166-2:GB.
- ↑ Competes as "Tahiti" in soccer
- ↑ Hong Kong is designated as "Hong Kong, China" by IOC and in soccer matches.
- ↑ It coveres only the Republic of Ireland in the Olympic Games and soccer matches. In FIFA, the name "Republic of Ireland" is used in order to distinguish from Ireland as a former home nation of the United Kingdom.
- ↑ North Korea is designated as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", abbreviated to "DPRK", in Olympic Games, and as the "Korea DPR" in soccer matches.
- ↑ South Korea is designated as "Korea" in Olympic Games, and as the "Korea Republic" in soccer matches.
- ↑ The North Macedonia is designated as the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" in Olympic Games and soccer matches. See also Macedonia naming dispute.
- ↑ "GB-NIR" is its ISO 3166-2 code. See also ISO 3166-2:GB.
- ↑ "GB-SCT" is its ISO 3166-2 code. See also ISO 3166-2:GB.
- ↑ TW and TWN is defined as "Taiwan, Province of China" in the ISO 3166 codes list. The Republic of China is designated as "
Chinese Taipei" in Olympic Games and soccer matches. See also Chinese Taipei and the Political status of Taiwan.
- ↑ Timor-Leste is generally known as "East Timor". West Timor is a part of Indonesia.
- ↑ The United Kingdom's short names generally used in the Olympic Games are "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" or just "Great Britain" not the "United Kingdom".[source?]
- ↑ United States Virgin Islands is designated as just Virgin Islands in Olympic Games.
- ↑ "GB-WLS" is its ISO 3166-2 code. See also ISO 3166-2:GB.
- ↑ The Netherlands Antilles dissolved on 10 October 2010. Although its ISO 3166 code has been deleted, the National Olympic Committee has yet to dissolve.
- ↑ The Netherlands Antilles dissolved on 10 October 2010. Although its ISO 3166 code has been deleted, the national football confederation has yet to dissolve.
Other websites
change- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173351/https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/27246/rec/29 Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]