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Asia Swimming Federation Annual Report 2015

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INTRODUCTION

Khalid B. Al Sabah

President

By completion of 2015, we are pleased to say that AASF achieved goals and took one more step ahead. The Meetings, programmes and events were organized perfectly and the highlight of this year was the 8th Asian Age Group Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. The quality of the competitions, the hospitality of the host and the presence of Federations (more than 30 countries) were remarkable and magnificent. At the beginning of the year, the Executive Board Members gathered in Kuwait to consider the events and discuss about the important issues The year was also marked by conducting other competitions: 6th Asian Diving Cup and Asian Water Polo Championship. The level of professionalism of these events has completely improved and we observed great competitions in Malaysia and China. One of the other important meetings was the General Assembly which conducted in Kazan and on the sideline of FINA World Championships where 36 National Federations attended the meeting. These successes could not have been possible without the commitment and support from our National Federations around the Asia. I truly express AASF's appreciation and commendation to all national Federations, athletes, coaches and officials for all their supports and patronage.


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BUREAU MEMBERS

Khalid B. Al Sabah

President

VirendraNanavati

Vice President

AndreyKryukov Vice President

Ahmed Al Falasi Vice President

Kazuo Sano

Vice President

Lee Keeheung Vice President

Jeffrey Leow

Vice President

Li Hua Vice President

Qiuping Zhang

Secretary General

Faisal Swar Honorary Treasurer

Taha Al Kishri

Director General

MajidWaseem

Ass. Secretary General

Ronnie Wong Ass. Secretary General

Mark Joseph


JacklenKhoury Ass. Secretary General

AzatMuradov


RejaulBadsha

Member SadyrMamytov

Member

Mak Chi Kun Member

Edwin Chong

Member

FaridAbiRaad Member

Yousif Al Saie

Honorary Vice President

K.M.S. Aziz Honorary Secretary General


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TECHNICAL COMMITTIES

Swimming Chairman:

Name: Yuan Haoran

Designation: Chairman Address: #4 Tuyuguan Road, Dongcheng, Beijing, China. Tel: +86 10 6717 0592 Fax: +86 10 5717 0595 Country: China Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: Shigeo Ogata - Japan

Secretary: Salem Al Hasawi Members: Qais Al Zakwani - Oman

Chung Bukwang - Korea

Soh Yew Siang - Malaysia

Rakesh Gupta - India

Ibrahim Naddeh - Jordan

GrigoryBugakov - Uzbekistan

Abdulah al Zahmai - UAE

Dr. TanonSaengnak - Thailand

Diving Chairperson:

Zhou Jihong China Address: No 2 Tiyuguan Road, Chongwen District, Beijing, China 100763 Tel: +86 10 67170586 Fax: +86 10 67170586 Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: Bashar Al Safar - Kuwait Secretary: Edwin Chong - Malaysia

Members: AkitoSuehiro - Japan

MayirVyas - India

YuliaFedorenko - Kazakhstan

DeukhaRyu - Korea

MohamadaliMojazza - Iran

NG Do Rosario - Macau

Harley Ramayani - Indonesia

mailto:[email protected]


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Water Polo Chairman:

KhosrowAmini Address: Apt.47 - No 18 Hormozan Bldg. Hormozan St. ShahrakGharb

Tehran 14666 - 64648, Iran. Tel: +98 21 88840427 Fax: +98 21 88363258 Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: Alan Balfanbayev - Kazakhstan

Secretary: Li Xiangdong - China

Members: Ahmad Farman - Kuwait

KamleshNanavati - India

Ivan Tan Hong Teck - Singapore

Boris Rustamov - Uzbekistan

Katsumi Kuroda - Japan

LuisitoMangahis - Philippines

AhnKisoo - Korea

Andreas Legawa - Indonesia

Synchronised Chairperson:

Miwako Homma - Japan Address: Japan Swimming Federation Kishi Memorial Hall 1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050 Japan. Tel: +81 334812306 Fax: +81 334810942 Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: Yu Li - China

Secretary: Steve Chew Hock Chye - Singapore

Members: FeilinaFeisol - Malaysia

Kim Young Chae - Korea

ZhannaDemchenko - Kazakhstan

Galina Krasnova - Uzbekistan

LAO Wai Man - Macau

TasmaYodsrimongkol - Thailand

Reina Suarez - Philippines

Open Water Chairman:

Ronnie Wong - Hong Kong Address: Flat 1113, 11/F, Block A2, Yau Tong Industrial City, No. 17, Ko FAI Road, Kowloon, Hongkong SAR. Tel: +852 27368638 Fax: +852 23149420 Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: Masahiro Sumi - Japan

Secretary: Abdulmonem Al Alawi - Oman

Members: Lee Dongwoon - Korea

Khalid Ahmad Abdulah - Bahrain

AkhryAmeer - Srilanka

NikolayZagritsenko - Kazakhstan

ZeyadHadid - Syria

Jiang Binbo - China





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Kamran Butt - Pakistan

NopdolLuengnimitmas - Thailand

Master Committee Chairman:

MajidWaseem - Pakistan Address: Tel: +92 3004 265 255 Fax: Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: HamoodObaid Al Hajeri - Kuwait Secretary: Shigehiro Takahashi - Japan

Members: Jung IlChung - Korea

NareshVaidya - Nepal

Tang Kwai Mae - Malaysia

SaeedAbdulahMasoud - UAE

Viktor Salnichenko - Kazakhstan

NG Chi Leong – Macau

Sarmad Mohammed - Iraq

Finance & Marketing Chairman:

Sheikh Khalid Al Sabah - Kuwait

Address: P.O.Box: 5467, Safat 13055, Kuwait.

Tel: +965 22611848

Fax: +965 22662139 Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: HilmiPanigoro - Indonesia

Secretary: Faisal Swar - Bahrain

Members: Kazuo Sano - Japan

Taha Al Kishry - Oman

Qiuping Zhang - China

Kim Dongkwon - Korea

Gaby Doueihy - Lebanon

AlexandrMargolin - Kazakhstan

Mohsen Rezvani - Iran

Tariq Al Sahlani - Oman




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Medical Chairman:

FarhadMoradi - Iran Iran Sports Medicine Federation No 17, Varzandeh Street, Mofatteh Avenue Tehran, IRAN

Tel:+98 21 88326226, Mobile: +98 9123214927 Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: RohMinsang - Korea

Secretary: Koji Kaneoka - Japan

Members: AlexandrFokin - Turkmenistan

Lu Yifan - China

Shuaib M. Al Zadjali - Oman

Anita Sapardjiman - Indonesia

Jaffer Al Muthafer - Iraq

Solidarity & Development Chairman:

Dr. K.M.S. Aziz - Bangladesh Address: K. Ahmmed& Co. Ltd, Dilalpur, Pabna-6600, Bangladesh. Tel: +880 28822827 Email: [email protected]

Vice Chairman: AbdulahMohamadShahdad - UAE

Secretary: VeenaMasoud - Pakistan

Members: Lee Namhyum - Korea

Rajesh Bajracharya - Nepal

Christian Suarez - Philippines

Tariq Juma - Bahrain

OrazKarabayev - Turkmenistan

U Nam Hui - DPR Korea

RaedFadhil - Iraq




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EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS

Khalid B. Al Sabah

President

Qiuping Zhang

Secretary General

VirendraNanavati

Vice President

Husain Al-Musallam

FINA First Vice President

Taha Al Kishri

Director General

AndreyKryukov Vice President

Faisal Swar Honorary Treasurer

Yousif Al Saie

Hon.Vice President


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MEETINGS

1) AASF EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING KUWAIT – 15TH APRIL, 2015

[ Kuwait hosted the Executive Board]

The Executive Board held a meeting in the city of Kuwait on 15 April 2015. At the outset, the President, HE Sheikh Khalid Al Sabah, welcomed all the attendants using video conferencing facility and Mr. VirendraNanavati presided over the meeting on behalf of the AASF President. The meeting conducted as per the agenda and continued by discussing and clarifying important issues regarding the FINA Extraordinary Meeting in Kazan. It was proposed and confirmed to conduct AASF General Congress during the World Championships scheduled to be held Kazan. The brief report was presented to the attendants on the upcoming AASF activities and events which took place in 2015, particularly referred to the next meeting of the AASF's General Congress pointing out that the members agreed to convene this meeting on the sideline of the FINA World Swimming Championships scheduled to be held in Kazan. The Meeting also reviewed the term of the office, as set forth in Article (14.3), page 11, of the Constitution. In this respect, a recommendation was made for approval at the upcoming General Congress that the President should be unlimitedly eligible for reelection on completion of a term of office. Financial Report was provided and an overview of the procedures followed to obtain the 2014. Honorary Treasurer thanked the state of Kuwait for providing financial support to cover the cost of AASF's activities and events.


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2) 11th AASFGENERAL CONGRESS KAZAN – 22nd JULY, 2015

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[General Congress - Kazan]

AASF General Assembly was held on 22nd July, 2015 at Korston Hotel at 12:30 hrs in Kazan City – Russia with 36 Asian National Federations/Associations attending the meeting. The President welcomed the delegates of each National Federation and Bureau Members for their presence in the General Congress and expressed his utmost appreciation to Dr. Julio Maglione, FINA President and Mr. Cornel Marculescu, FINA Executive Director, for their full support and for giving AASF the chance to conduct its General Congress during the 16th FINA World Championships. H.E. Sheikh Khalid stressed that AASF would support FINA on its various proposals and campaigns which are believed to be intended for the development and progress of the Federations. Dr. Julio Maglione, FINA President, in a message to the Congress, expressed his sincere appreciation to AASF and added that FINA is very happy with the fruitful partnership and privileged relationship with the Asian continent. The Congress was presented with a copy of the minutes of the 10th General Congress and took a decision approving the same.The summary of AASF activity report presented to all delegates and that was included in the file given to each one of them. The report unanimously approved. Some important amendments made to FINA Constitution had been explained to the members, namely creating new position of FINA First Vice-President, the age limit for FINA Bureau becoming 80 years and terms of office of the FINA Presidency becoming 3 terms instead of 2. The Financial Report and the reports of committee chairmen were submitted to the members in writing.A brief report on ongoing preparations for the 10th Asian Swimming Championships scheduled to be held in Japan in 2016 was presented by Mr. Kiho Abe, Vice President of Japan Swimming Federation.HE Sheikh Khalid Al Sabah concluded the meeting by wishing everyone all the best and invited all for the Gala Lunch.


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TECHNICAL ASPECT

FINA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME In line of cooperation with FINA, Office circulated the bid form to conduct the clinics in this year and after three reminders, unfortunately, we received only 18 requests (out of 25 Asian Continent's quotas) from our National Federations' Members. All the requests were collected and sent to FINA for final approval. In the year of 2015, a total of 12 Swimming (Officials & Coaches), 3 Diving, 2 Water Polo and 1 Synchronised Clinics were organized in different Asian Countries.

6thASIAN DIVING CUP MALAYSIA, 4 – 6 SEPTEMBER 2015

[Malaysian diver achieved a Gold medal]


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[Remarkable performance in Malaysia]

The above mentioned event which also was considered as qualification tournament for the Olympic Games (Rio) and hosted by Amateur Swimming union of Malaysia in the beautiful city of Kuala Lumpur. Chinese divers achieved 12 gold medals while Malaysia ended up with 3 gold medals and Korea 2 gold medals placed in the first, second and third respectively.

8thASIAN AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 – 7 OCT. – 2015

[Opening Ceremony in Bangkok]


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The Age Group Championship was the most important event in this year where 31 Asian member countries competed in different disciplines, namely swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. Site inspections carried out twice coupled with hard-working and cooperation between AASF and Thailand Swimming Association guaranteed a remarkable performance in Bangkok. It was fortunate that most of the federations attended the Championships and, thus, we had a new record in the number of participants.

[Medal Presentation by AASF Director General]


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[Mayor of Bangkok received AASF Trophy]

Swimming:

[Captain Al Musallam awarded medals to winners]


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The competitions approved by FINA as qualification tournament for Olympic Games with 438 Swimmers from 31 countries trying to be qualified for Olympic Games.33 records were broken, one swimmer achieved A qualifying time and 13 swimmers got B qualifying time. By collecting 22 Gold Medals, Japanese swimmers ranked first while China and Vietnam took the second and third positions respectively.

Diving: Divers from 14 countries did their performance in 4 days competitions in different age

groups. 16 Gold medals achieved by Japan in different categories.

[TDC Members & Officials with Chairperson, Ms. Zhou Jihong]

Synchronised Swimming:


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[TSSC Members & Officials with Chairperson, Ms. Miwako Homma]

[Elegant performance in Synchro]

These Competitions were held during the period from 4 – 7 October in Assumption University where 138 swimmers from 14 countries started the event in free combination, figure, solo, duet and team. All the gold medals were swept by Japan (7 gold medals) and Kazakhstan (6 gold medals).

Water Polo:


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[ China VS Kazakhstan]

8 Boy and 7 Girl Teams played to get best ranks as the competition was qualification tournament for the FINA World Junior Championships, 2016. In Thamassat University and after 7 days close competitions; Japan, Kazakhstan and Iran got the gold, silver and bronze medals in Men while Japan, China and Kazakhstan (in Women) achieved the first, second and third places respectively.

Asian Water Polo Championship & Qualification

Tournament for Olympic Games, Rio 16–20 Dec. 2015, Foshan

[Everything is ready to start competitions]


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[Vice Mayor of Foshan City in Opening Ceremony]

This championship was also Asian Qualification Tournament for Olympic Games, Rio 2016 where only first ranked men and women teams could be qualified as Asian representatives. Two times site inspections had been done by AASF Director General and TWPC Delegate. All the facilities, equipment, hotel accommodation, etc. were checked. 5 Men teams (China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia) and 2 Women (China & Japan) attended the event. After 5 days of competitions, Japan (males) and China (females) achieved the gold medals and qualified as Asian representatives for Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro during the period from 5 – 21 August 2016.


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10th Asian Swimming Championships – Japan

It was a good opportunity for the Japan Swimming Federation to brief a report of preparation for the most important Asian championships in 2016. Mr. Kiho Abe, vice President of Japan Swimming Federation, presented a report and mentioned all the facilities, venues, hotels and local transportation have been considered so the Organizing Committee is fully prepared to host Asian Federations.

The events schedule was informed as follows: Swimming 17 – 20 Nov. Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Diving 17 – 20 Nov. Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Synchro 17 – 20 Nov. Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Water Polo 14 – 20 Nov. Tokyo Metropolitan Swimming pool


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In conclusion, we can clearly see the development and progress in aquatic sports in

Asia.

The participants in different events significantly increased and the quality of the

competitions have been promoted.

In Thailand, Age Group Championships constituted magnificent opportunities to

display our young athletes' excellence. In Malaysia, Diving Cup was a big challenge

for divers to get Olympic Games' quota and in Foshan, we observed unique

competitions and strong games between the participating teams who tried to be

qualified for Rio, 2016 as Asian representative.

Unitedly, we will continue to serve and support in the best possible way, our

National Federations, their athletes, coaches and officials in upcoming years and in

this way, we are looking forward to receiving your continuous patronage and help.

Taha Al Kishry

Director General

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