Asia Swimming Federation

The Asia Swimming Federation (AASF)[1] oversees international aquatics competitions in Asia, and is affiliated to the Olympic Council of Asia[2] and to FINA. It was founded in 1978 in Bangkok;[1] and currently has its administrative headquarters in Muscat, Oman.

As of August 2009, the AASF President is Sheikh Khalid Mohammed Al Badr Al Sabah of Kuwait.[2]

Members
Asian FINA Members (45)[3]
 Afghanistan Bangladesh Brunei Bhutan Cambodia China
 Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan
 Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon
 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar   Nepal
 North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar
 Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
 Yemen Bahrain Timor-Leste  

Competitions

References
  1. "AASF".
  2. A listing of the sport federations aligned to the Olympic Council of Asia can be found on the OCA's website here Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. FINA's listing of National Federations. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
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