
About Us
General Association of Asia Pacific Sports Federations (GAAPSF), previously called SportAccord Asia-Pacific Headquarters (SAAPH), is a non-profit international sports organisation. It was incorporated on 20th November 2014 in Macau as an organization with legal personality and changed name on 18th February, 2018.
GAAPSF was initiated by Mr. Yu Zaiqing, Vice President of The International Olympic Committee, Mr. Ma Wenguang, then Secretary General of the International Weightlifting Federation and Dr. Che Kuong Hon, major international sporting events organisation expert. With the approval from SportAccord to use the name of SportAccord Asia-Pacific Headquarters, later changed to GAAPSF and began to operate as an umbrella organisation of many international, continental and national sports federations and organisations.
GAAPSF has now over 350 international, continental and national members federations, and had signed co-operation agreements with quite a number of international organisations, which became partners of the GAAPSF. In addition, GAAPSF also gained the permission and registered with the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China to launch events and activities in China and set up its representative offices in Beijing, Shangdong and Guangdong, and offices in Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, Thailand, Chongqing, Hong Kong and Mcau, with activities covering China ands Asia-Pacific regions, including sports games, competitions, trainings, forums, etc.