African Swimming Confederation

African Swimming Confederation (CANA) is the African Swimming Confederation: Confédération Africaine de Natation. It 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]

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
	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	Swaziland	Zambia	Zimbabwe

Other African FINA members:

Competitions

African Swimming Championships (biennial, in even years; next is September 2010 in Casablanca, Morocco)
African Junior Swimming Championships
African Zone Swimming Championships (annual; multiple locations)

References

↑ "Message from the President". 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

National members of FINA

Current Olympic Disciplines

Other Disciplines
- Masters
- High Diving

Africa (CANA)

Americas (ASUA)

North America	CAN USA

Central America and Caribbean (CCCAN)	AHO ANT ARU BAH BAR BER CAY CRC CUB DMA DOM ESA GRN GUA HON ISV IVB JAM LCA MEX NCA PAN PUR SKN TCN TRI 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

International swimming

Olympic Games World Championships Short Course Worlds Junior Worlds Masters Worlds World Cup Achievements by nation All-Africa Games Asian Games European Games Pacific Games Pan American Games Commonwealth Games Pan Pacific Championships Universiade Mediterranean Games Geography

Asia	AASF – Asian Championships

Africa	CANA – African Championships

Americas	UANA (AFC CCCAN CONSANAT USAS) – Caribbean Islands Championships Central American & Caribbean Championships South American Championships

Europe	LEN – European Championships European Short Course Championships European Junior Championships

Oceania	OSA – Oceania Championships

Fédération Internationale de Natation

Sports governing bodies in Africa

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