Swimming Union of the Americas

Swimming association for the Americas

The Swimming Union of the Americas is the swimming continental association for the Americas (i.e. it oversees international aquatics competition within North and South America).[1] It is commonly referred to as ASUA in English, or by its Spanish and French acronym, UANA - Unión Americana de Natación (Spanish) or Union américaine de natation (French).

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.[2] 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

|
|

1 | CONSANAT
(12) |

|  Argentina (ARG)
Bolivia (BOL)
Brazil (BRA)
Colombia (COL)  |  Chile (CHI)
Ecuador (ECU)
Guyana (GUY)
Paraguay (PAR)  |  Peru (PER)
Suriname (SUR)
Uruguay (URU)
Venezuela (VEN)

|
|

2 | CCCAN
(29) |

|  Anguilla (AGU)
Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)
Aruba (ARU)
Bahamas (BAH)
Barbados (BAR)
Bermuda (BER)
British Virgin Islands (IVB)
Cayman Islands (CAY)
Costa Rica (CRC)
Cuba (CUB)
Curaçao (CUR)  |  Dominica (DMA)
Dominican Republic (DOM)
El Salvador (ESA)
Grenada (GRN)
Guatemala (GUA)
Haiti (HAI)
Honduras (HON)
Jamaica (JAM)
Mexico (MEX)  |  Nicaragua (NCA)
Panama (PAN)
Puerto Rico (PUR)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
Saint Lucia (LCA)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
Turks and Caicos Islands (TCN)
Virgin Islands (ISV)

|
|

3 | USAS (1) |  USA (USA)
4 | AFC (1) |  Canada (CAN)

Note:  Belize (BZE) is also a member of ASUA; however, as of June 2016 it is not (yet) listed as a CCCAN member,[3] 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]

* FINA

## References[edit]

1. ^ About page from the ASUA website (uana-aquatics.org); retrieved 2014-06-19.
2. ^ Governance page of the ASUA website; retrieved 2016-06-16.
3. ^ CCCAN member page from the CCCAN website; retrieved 2016-06-16.

## External links[edit]

* UANA
* CONSANAT

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World Aquatics

Disciplines|

* Swimming
* Diving
* High diving
* Open water swimming
* Synchronized swimming
* Water polo

Presidents|

* George Hearn (1908–1924)
* Erik Bergvall (1924–1928)
* Émile-Georges Drigny (1928–1932)
* Walther Binner (1932–1936)
* Harold Fern (1936–1948 )
* Rene de Raeve (1948–1952)
* M.L. Negri (1952–1956)
* Jan de Vries (1956–1960)
* Max Ritter (1960–1964)
* William Berge Phillips (1964–1968)
* Javier Ostos Mora (1968–1972)
* Harold Henning (1972–1976)
* Javier Ostos Mora (1976–1980, 2nd term)
* Ante Lambaša (1980–1984)
* Robert Helmick (1984–1988)
* Mustapha Larfaoui (1988–2009)
* Julio Maglione (2009–2021)
* Husain Al-Musallam (2021–present)

Continental
associations|

* African Swimming Confederation (CANA)
* Swimming Union of the Americas (ASUA)
* Asia Swimming Federation (AASF)
* European Swimming League (LEN)
* Oceania Swimming Association (OSA)

Competitions|

* World Aquatics Championships
* World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
* World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships

Awards|

* World Aquatics Athletes of the Year

Affiliations|

* Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
* Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)

Miscellaneous|

* World Aquatics Day

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Africa|

* CANA - African Championships
* African Games
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Americas|

* UANA (AFC
* CCCAN
* CONSANAT
* USAS) - Caribbean Islands Championships
* Central American & Caribbean Championships
* South American Championships
* Pan American Games

Asia|

* AASF - Asian Championships
* Asian Games

Europe|

* LEN - European Championships
* European Short Course Championships
* European Junior Championships
* European U-23 Championships
* European Games
* European Para Championships

Oceania|

* OSA - Oceania Championships
* Pacific Games

International|

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* Universiade

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Africa|

* CANA – African Championship

Americas|

* UANA – Pan American Games
* Pan American Water Polo Championships
* Central American and Caribbean Games
* South American Games
* Bolivarian Games

Asia|

* AASF – Asian Games
* Asian Championship
* Asian Cup
* Asian Swimming Championships
* Asian Beach Games
* SEA Games
* Asian Clubs Championships

Europe|

* LEN – European Championship
* U19
* U17
* U15
* Europa Cup
* European Games
* Men's club
* Champions League
* Euro Cup
* Challenger Cup
* Super Cup
* Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
* Women's club
* Champions League
* Euro Cup
* Challenger Cup
* Super Cup

Oceania|

* OSA – Oceanian Championship

Others|

* Commonwealth Championships
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* Friendship Games
* Islamic Solidarity Games
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* Summer Universiade
* World Games

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