Africa Aquatics

Africa Aquatics
Official website
Sport	Aquatic Sports
Membership	43 federations
Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Affiliation	World Aquatics
Headquarters	Johannesburg
Location	South Africa
President	Sam Ramsamy
Chairperson	Doreen Tiborcz
Secretary	Mohamed Diop
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Africa Aquatics (formerly French: Confédération Africaine de Natation, English: African Swimming Confederation, popularly known by its acronym CANA),^[1] is the continental association charged with overseeing swimming for Africa. CANA was founded in 1970, with 7 members. By 2008 it had 43 members.^[2]

Members

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

Zone	Members
1	Algeria	Egypt	Libya	Morocco	Tunisia

2	Cameroon	Congo	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	Gambia
	Ghana	Guinea	Mali	Niger
	Nigeria	Senegal	Togo

3	Burundi	Ethiopia	Kenya	Rwanda
3	Sudan	Tanzania	Uganda

4	Angola	Botswana	Comoros	Lesotho	Madagascar
	Malawi	Mauritius	Mozambique	Namibia	Seychelles
	South Africa	Eswatini	Zambia	Zimbabwe

Other African FINA members:

Competitions

African Swimming Championships
African Junior Swimming Championships
African Zone Swimming Championships (annual; multiple locations)

References

^ "CANA rebrands to Africa Aquatics". africaaquatics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
^ "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.

External links

CANA website

World Aquatics

Disciplines

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

Competitions

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

Awards

World Aquatics Athletes of the Year

Affiliations

Miscellaneous

World Aquatics Day

National members of World Aquatics

Current Olympic disciplines
- Swimming
- Diving
- Open water
- Synchronised swimming
- Water polo
Other disciplines
- High diving

Africa (CANA)

Americas (ASUA)

North America	CAN USA
Central America and Caribbean (CCCAN)	AGU ANT ARU BAH BAR BER BIZ CAY CRC CUB CUR DMA DOM ESA GRN GUA HAI HON ISV IVB JAM LCA MEX NCA PAN PUR SKN TCN TTO VIN
South America (CONSANAT)	ARG BOL BRA COL CHI ECU GUY PAR PER SUR URU VEN

Asia (AASF)

Europe (LEN)

Oceania (OSA)

Pinnacle Events
- Olympics
- FINA World Aquatics Championships

v t e International swimming
Olympic Games Youth World Championships Open Water Short Course Junior Masters Para INAS World Cup World Series Paralympic Games Geography Achievements by nation
Africa	CANA – African Championships African Games African Junior Championships
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	Arab Championships Arab Games Commonwealth Games International Swimming League Mediterranean Games Pan Pacific Championships Universiade
World Aquatics

v t e International water polo
Geography World Rankings World medalists Achievements by nation
World	World Aquatics – Summer Olympics World Championship U20 U18 U16 World Cup men women World League (defunct) Challengers' Cup (defunct)
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 (defunct) 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 Deaflympics Friendship Games Islamic Solidarity Games Mediterranean Games Summer Universiade World Games
Athletes (teams) of the Year International Hall of Fame List of players Coaches Officials

v t e Sports governing bodies in Africa
Team Sports	Baseball (ABSA) Basketball (FIBA Africa) Cricket (ACA) Football (CAF) Handball (CAHB) Hockey (Field) (AFHF) Ice hockey (AIHC) Hockey (Roller) (FARS) Rugby (Rugby Africa) Volleyball (CAVB)
Individual Sports	Archery (FAA) Athletics (CAA) Badminton (BCA) Boxing (AFBC) Chess (ACU) Cycling (CAC) Gymnastics (UAG) Judo (UAJ) Karate (UFAK) Sailing (ASCON) Squash (SFA) Swimming (CANA) Taekwondo (ATF) Tennis (CAT)
Olympics (ACNOA) - Paralympics (ASCOD)