African Swimming Confederation

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Africa Aquatics
Sport Aquatic Sports
Membership43 federations
Founded1970;54 years ago (1970)
Regional affiliation Africa
Headquarters Johannesburg
Location South Africa
President Sam Ramsamy
ChairpersonDoreen Tiborcz
SecretaryMohamed Diop
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Africa Aquatics, previously known as African Swimming Confederation (CANA), is the continental association charged with overseeing swimming for Africa. CANA was founded in 1970, with 7 members. By 2008 it had 43 members. [1]

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Members

CANA is geographically divided into four (4) Zones, each of which hosts its own Age Group Championships. The Zones are as follows:

ZoneMembers
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Libya.svg  Libya Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
2Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
3Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
4Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

Other African FINA members:

Competitions

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References

  1. ↑ "Message from the President". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-10-07. Note: The 43 number is what is listed on the CANA website; however, FINA has 45 national federations in Africa.
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