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Africa Aquatics (formerly French: Confédération Africaine de Natation, English: African Swimming Confederation, popularly known by its acronym CANA), is the continental association charged with overseeing swimming for Africa. CANA was founded in 1970, with 7 members. By 2008 it had 43 members.

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

Other African FINA members:

•  Benin
•  Burkina Faso
•  Chad
•  Djibouti
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Liberia
•  Mauritania
•  Sierra Leone
•  Somalia

Competitions

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

References

1. "CANA rebrands to Africa Aquatics". africaaquatics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
2. "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

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Asia (Asia Aquatics)	AFG BAN BRN BHU BRU CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LBN MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SGP SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TLS TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe (European Aquatics)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FAR FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GIB GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR
Oceania (Oceania Aquatics)	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM MHL NMA NZL PLW PNG SAM SOL TGA VAN
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Africa	CANA – African Championships African Games African Junior Championships
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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
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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 Men's club Champions League Euro Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup 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
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