PanAm Aquatics

PanAm Aquatics
SportAquatic Sports
Membership52 federations
Founded1927 (1927)
AffiliationWorld Aquatics
Official website
panamaquatics.com

PanAm Aquatics or PAQ, (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

ASUA is divided into 4 Zones, each with its own body which organizes competitions.[3] The bodies that oversees these Zones, are:

Member countries (with FINA abbreviations), by zone:

Zone Confederation Countries
1 CONSANAT
(12)
2 CCCAN
(29)
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,[4] the regional confederation they geographically belong to.

Competitions

See also

References

  1. ^ SwimSwam (2022-06-17). "PanAm Aquatics Hosting Extraordinary Congress On Rebranding Vote". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  2. ^ About page from the ASUA website (uana-aquatics.org); retrieved 2014-06-19.
  3. ^ Governance page of the ASUA website; retrieved 2016-06-16.
  4. ^ CCCAN member page from the CCCAN website; retrieved 2016-06-16.
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