PanAm Aquatics
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Sport | Aquatic Sports |
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Membership | 52 federations |
Founded | 1927 |
Affiliation | World Aquatics |
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PanAm Aquatics (formerly Spanish: Unión Americana de Natación, English: Swimming Union of the Americas, popularly known by its acronym UANA or ASUA)[1] is the swimming continental association for the Americas (i.e. it oversees international aquatics competition within North and South America).[2]
ASUA was founded during the 1948 Olympics in London, UK.
Organization
[edit]ASUA is divided into 4 Zones, each with its own body which organizes competitions.[3] The bodies that oversees these Zones, are:
- Zone 1: CONSANAT—the South American Swimming Confederation (Confederación Sudamericana de Natación).
- Zone 2: CCCAN—the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Confederation (Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Natación).
- Zone 3: United States Aquatic Sports (USAS)
- Zone 4: Aquatic Federation of Canada
Member countries (with FINA abbreviations), by zone:
Zone | Confederation | Countries | |||
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1 | CONSANAT (12) |
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2 | CCCAN (29) |
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3 | USAS (1) | ![]() | |||
4 | AFC (1) | ![]() |
Note: Belize (BZE) is also a member of ASUA; however, as of June 2016 it is not (yet) listed as a CCCAN member,[4] the regional confederation they geographically belong to.
Competitions
[edit]- Artistic Swimming: Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships
- Swimming: UANA Swimming Cup
- Water Polo: UANA Water Polo Cup
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ SwimSwam (2022-06-17). "PanAm Aquatics Hosting Extraordinary Congress On Rebranding Vote". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ About page from the ASUA website (uana-aquatics.org); retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ Governance page of the ASUA website; retrieved 2016-06-16.
- ^ CCCAN member page from the CCCAN website; retrieved 2016-06-16.