Swimming Union of 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

ASUA is divided into 4 Zones, each with its own body which organizes competitions.[2] The bodies that oversees these Zones, are:

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
(27)

 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 (TRI)
 Turks and Caicos Islands (TCN)
United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands (ISV)

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

Note:  Belize (BZE) is also be 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.

See also

References

  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

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