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]

The 2020 Africa Zone VI swimming championship was set to be held in February 2020, but was postponed to April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Members

CANA is geographically divided into four (4) Zones, each of which hosts its own Age Group Championships. The Zones are as follows:

ZoneMembers
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:

Competitions
  • African Swimming Championships (biennial, in even years; most recent was in 2018 in Algiers, Algeria)
  • African Junior Swimming Championships
  • African Zone Swimming Championships (annual; multiple locations)

References
  1. "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.
  2. "South Africa Announces New OLY Trials Date For Postponed Event". SwimSwam. 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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