Sportorganisation#

Sports Association: The highest Austrian sports association is the Austrian Federal Sports Association (Bundes-Sportorganisation, BSO), founded in 1969, seat in Vienna. The administration of sports matters is subject to the Federal Chancellery. Umbrella organisations of sports in Austria are the Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Sport und Koerperkultur in Oesterreich ( ASKOe), the Allgemeine Sportverband Oesterreichs (ASVOe) and the Austrian Turn- und Sportunion. The Austrian Olympic Committee (OeOC) deals with issues concerning the Olympic Games, individual kinds of sports are governed by separate associations.

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