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). 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. The bodies that oversees these Zones, are:
*Zone 1:
CONSANAT—the South American Swimming Confederation (''Confederación Sudamericana de Natación'').
*Zone 2:
CCCAN—the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Confederation (''Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Natación'').
*Zone 3:
United States Aquatic Sports (USAS)
*Zone 4:
Aquatic Federation of Canada
Member countries (with FINA abbreviations), by zone:
Note: (BZE) is also a member of ASUA; however, as of June 2016 it is not (yet) listed as a CCCAN member,
CCCAN member page
from the CCCAN website; retrieved 2016-06-16. the regional confederation they geographically belong to.
Competitions
*Artistic Swimming: Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships The Swimming Union of the Americas organizes Pan American Championships for the sport of artistic swimming
Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized ch ...
*Swimming: UANA Swimming Cup
*Water Polo: UANA Water Polo Cup The UANA Water Polo Cup (ASUA Water Polo Cup) is an international water polo tournament for national water polo teams from North and South America, organized by Swimming Union of the Americas (UANA, or ASUA). It is the continental qualification for ...
See also
* FINA
References
External links
UANACONSANAT
{{International water polo
Swimming organizations
Swimming in the Americas
Pan-American sports governing bodies
Sports organizations established in 1948