2023 Asian Swimming Championships

The 11th Asian Swimming Championships is scheduled to be held from December 3 to 13, 2023, at New Clark City in Capas, Philippines.[1]

11th Asian Swimming Championships
Host cityCapas[lower-alpha 1], Philippines
Date(s)December 3–13, 2023
Venue(s)1
TBA 2024 →

Host selection
New Clark City Aquatics Center, the venue for the championships

The Asia Swimming Federation (AASF) said they were looking at three Asian countries as the possible host of the event: Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines. In the end, the Philippines was chosen because of the newly built and the first FINA-certified facility of the country, the New Clark City Aquatic Center, which was used as a venue for aquatics events at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games previously.[2][3] In December 2019, the AASF, Philippine Swimming (later replaced by Philippine Aquatics), the Bases Conversion and Development Authority and the Philippine Sports Commission signed a partnership agreement for the Philippines to host the event.[4]

Postponement

The Asian Swimming Championships was originally scheduled to be held from November 7 to 17, 2020.[2][3] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was rescheduled to November 7–17, 2021.[5][6] It was then further postponed to 2023.[7]

In October 2023, a request was made by the local organizing committee to Asia Aquatics to further postpone the competition to February 2024.[8]

Notes
  1. For marketing purposes, New Clark City, a development within the municipality of Capas, Tarlac, is designated as the host "city".

References
  1. "11th Asian Age Group Swimming Championship". TicketMax.ph. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  2. "PH to host 11th Asian Swimming Championships in 2020". CNN Philippines. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  3. "PHL to host Asian Swimming Championships in 2020". GMA News. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  4. "New Clark City to host 2020 Asian Swimming Championships". Bases Conversion and Development Authority. December 9, 2019. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020.
  5. Atencio, Peter (May 10, 2020). "Asian Swimming Championships postponed for next year". Manila Standard. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  6. Navarro, June (May 14, 2020). "Asian swimming championship hosting moved to 2021". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  7. Chauhan, Rishabh (November 8, 2021). "Asian Swimming Championships postponed again, will now be held in 2023". Sportskeeda. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  8. "Organizers await Asian Aquatics' response on postponement of Asian Age Group swim tilt". The Philippine Star. October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
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