British Olympic Association

British Olympic Association

Country/Region	United Kingdom
Code	GBR
Created	1905
Recognized	1905
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
President	HRH The Princess Royal
Website	www.teamgb.com
Notes	Also includes the following territories and dependencies:  Guernsey  Jersey  Isle of Man  Anguilla  Falkland Islands  Gibraltar  Montserrat  Pitcairn Islands  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha  Turks and Caicos Islands

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The British Olympic Association (BOA; Welsh: Cymdeithas Olympaidd Prydain)^[1] is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It represents the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), but also incorporate representatives from eight of the eleven inhabited British Overseas Territories (but not British Virgin Islands, Bermuda or Caymen Islands which have their own national Olympic associations), and the three Crown Dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man), who do not have their own separate Olympics teams.

Athletes from Northern Ireland are also entitled, as of right, to represent Ireland (the team organised by the Olympic Federation of Ireland) and routinely do so in certain sports due to all-island governing bodies existing in those sports such as rugby, tennis and field hockey.

Founded in 1905, The BOA is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, branded as Team GB, at both the summer and winter Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games, the European Youth Olympic Festivals, and at the European Games. All the constituent members of the BOA compete and operate separately at the Commonwealth Games, and the BOA is not involved.