Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation explained

CCCAN (pronounced C-C-Can) is the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation (in Spanish: la Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Natación). It is the body that organizes and overseas aquatic sports competitions in the Caribbean and Central American region. It is a member organization of UANA and affiliated to FINA.

Members

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda
  • Cayman Islands
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
  • Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Puerto Rico
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Virgin Islands

Competitions

CCCAN oversees the following competitions:

• The Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships (known as "CCCAN"s), held in odd years. The most recent Swimming competition was in June 2015 in Bridgetown, Barbados.^[1] CCCAN competitions in Water Polo and Synchronized Swimming are scheduled for June and July 2016.^{[2] [3]}
• The Caribbean Island Swimming Championships (CISCs), in even years. This will be held at the end of June 2016 in Nassau, Bahamas.^[4]
• CAMEX, an age-group championship featuring Central American and Mexico, held in even years. This was most recently held in June 2016 in Panama City, Panama.^[5]

External links

• CCCAN website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120514165847/http://www.chrishuxley.com/SLASA_web_site/events/2011/CCCAN/index.html

Notes and References

1. https://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=cccan&_stabid_=118188 Competitions: CCCAN
2. https://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=cccan&_stabid_=140623 CCCAN 2016 Water Polo June 21 - 27 in GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA
3. https://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=cccan&_stabid_=140624 CCCAN 2016 Synchronized Swimming/Nado Sincronizado
4. http://bahamasswimmingfederation.com/UserFiles/HTMLEditor/CISC/2016/CISC%202016%20Summons.pdf CISCs 2016 Summons
5. https://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=cccan&_stabid_=140621 2016 Meets - CAMEX Swimming & Open Water