Confédération Africaine de Natation

The Confédération Africaine de Natation ( CANA ) is the African umbrella organization for water sports .

It was founded in 1970 with 7 national associations. There are now 33 member associations.

CANA became President of CANA in September 2012 as the successor to Mustapha Larfaoui, the South African Sam Ramsamy .

Competitions

CANA organizes the following competitions in Africa :

• African Swimming Championships (every two years)
• African Junior Swimming Championships (all six (?; 8th championship 2005, 9th championship 2011) years)
• African Zone Swimming Championships (every year)

Members

The members of CANA were divided into their geographical locations and four zones:

country	Member association
Zone 1
Egypt	Egyptian Swimming Federation
Algeria	Fédération Algerienne de Natation
Libya	Libyan Arab Swimming Federation
Morocco	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Natation
Tunisia	Fédération Tunisienne de natation
Zone 2
Ivory Coast	Fédération Ivoirienne de Natation et de Sauvetage
Gambia	Gambia Swimming Association
Ghana	Ghana Swimming Association
Guinea	Fédération Guineenne de Natation et de Sauvetage
Cameroon	Fédération Camerounaise de Natation et de Sauvetage
Democratic Republic of Congo	Fédération de Natation en République Démocratique du Congo
Republic of the Congo	Fédération Congolaise de Natation Amateur
Mali	Fédération Malienne de Natation
Niger	Fédération Nigerienne des Sports Nautiques
Nigeria	Nigeria Aquatics Federation
Senegal	Fédération Senegalaise de Natation et de Sauvetage
Togo	Federation Togolaise de Natation
Zone 3
Burundi	Federation of Burundaise de Natation
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Swimming Federation
Kenya	Kenya Swimming Federation
Rwanda	Fédération Rwandaise de Natation Amateur
Sudan	Sudan Amateur Swimming Association
Tanzania	Tanzania Swimming Federation
Uganda	Uganda Swimming Federation
Zone 4
Angola	Federacão Angolana de Natacão
Madagascar	Fédération Malagache de Natation
Mauritius	Fédération Mauricienne de Natation
Mozambique	Federacão Mocambicana de Natacão
Namibia	Namibia Swimming Union
Seychelles	Seychelles Swimming Association
South Africa	Swimming South Africa
Swaziland	Swaziland National Swimming Association
Zambia	Zambia Amateur Swimming Union
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Aquatic Union

Web links

• Constitution of the CANA (PDF; 105 kB)
• CANA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CONGRÈS DE LA CANA: Sam Ramsamy à la présidence, Doreen Tiborcz réélue In: Le Mauricien . September 15, 2012, accessed December 15, 2012
2. ↑ Championship 2005 ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2016 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. 
3. ↑ Championship 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 70 kB)  
4. ↑ The members of FINA Africa ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on fina.org