Aquatic Sports Association of Malta

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Aquatic Sports Association of Malta
Founded 1925
president Joe Caruana Curran
societies 17th
Association headquarters National Swimming Pool Complex , Gżira
Official languages) English
Homepage www.asaofmalta.org

Aquatic Sports Association of Malta (ASA of Malta for short; German  for example: "Maltese Watersports Association" ) is the national umbrella organization for water sports in Malta and one of 47 sports associations of the Malta Olympic Committee . His area of ​​responsibility includes swimming , synchronized swimming , water polo and open water swimming ; this also includes the organization of swimming and water polo competitions on a national and international level. The office is located at the National Pool Complex in the city of Gżira . The association is a member of the "Mediterranean Swimming Association" ( Confederation Mediterranée de Natation , COMEN), the European Swimming Association LEN and the World Swimming Association FINA .

The association was founded in 1925 as the Amateur Swimming Association of Malta on the initiative of supporters of water polo and immediately accepted into the FINA. In order for Malta's water polo team to make their first international appearance at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , an Olympic Committee was set up for the then crown colony that same year . The team won the first game, which was also Malta's premiere at the Olympic Games , 3-1 against Luxembourg .

In 2000 the association was given its current name Aquatic Sports Association of Malta by resolution of a general assembly .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See under ASA Council on the official website of ASA of Malta ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 20, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.asaofmalta.org
  2. ↑ Malta Olympic Committee: Affiliated Associations ( Memento of November 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 23, 2011 (English)
  3. ↑ a b c Aquatic Sports Association of Malta: About ASA ( Memento from January 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 23, 2011 (English)
  4. ↑ Aquatic Sports Association of Malta http://www.asaofmalta.org/rules®ulations/pdfs/ASA Statue - AGM 2009 - Word -rR.pdf (link not available)

Coordinates: 35 ° 54 ′ 9.5 ″  N , 14 ° 29 ′ 13.6 ″  E