Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), i mohiotia i mua ko te South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), he huihuinga takaro maha-takaro e whakahaerehia ana i waenga i nga kaitakaro mai i Ahia ki te Tonga. Ko te rōpū whakahaere o ēnei kēmu ko te South Asia Olympic Council (SAOC), i whakatūria i te 1983. I tenei wa, e 7 nga whenua mema o te SAOC, ara Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, me Sri Lanka. I tīmata a Afghanistan ki te whai wāhi ki ngā kēmu SAF i te tau 2004, ā, i wehe atu ia i te SAOC i muri i tana whai wāhi ki te whakataetae SAF i te tau 2004.
Ko te putanga 2016.