10th AASF General Congress

10th AASF General Congress

21 September 2014, 1300 hours Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Hotel Incheon, Korea

A G E N D A

 Roll Call  Welcome Speech by the AASF President, Sheikh Khalid B. Al Sabah  Speech by FINA President, Dr.  Approval of the 9th AASF General Congress Minutes  Report on AASF Activities by the AASF Secretary General, Mr. Qiuping Zhang  Financial Report by the AASF Honorary Treasurer, Mr. Faisal Swar  Reports of Technical Committee Chairmen  Host country for the 2015 AASF Events  Miscellaneous

Welcome Speech

Sheikh Khalid B. Al Sabah AASF President

It is my pleasure to welcome all of you on our 10th AASF General Congress. I am thankful to Olympic Council of for giving us the chance to have this assembly during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Korea. I also would like to acknowledge the presence of Dr. Julio Maglione, FINA President, and also our dear friends from FINA. Thank you for always supporting us. I also appreciate the hard work of all Bureau Members, Technical Committees, and AASF office for helping us oversee the various championships held in our continent. And for all the AASF delegates, please convey my sincerest gratitude to each member of your federation for the cooperation and active participation on AASF events. As we go ahead with our missions and commitments, let us create a wonderful teamwork towards one mutual goal, and that is to continue uplifting the level of performance of every member of our aquatic family.

Sincerely,

Khalid B. Al Sabah

AASF Activities

2012 -2014 Mr. Qiuping Zhang Secretary General

AASF Activities

2012 -2014

Mr. Qiuping Zhang Secretary General

Over the years, AASF has engaged in various activities that would enhance the skills of each member of our aquatic family. Each national federation had shown massive efforts in training their teams, thus producing athletes who are talented enough to compete worldwide. Our continent has generated champions in every aquatic discipline and we know for sure that we will not stop developing more champions in the future.

I would like to appreciate the excellent leadership of our President, Sheikh Khalid B. Al Sabah. AASF would have not reached this level without your supervision. Likewise, I would like to thank our colleagues from FINA for making time to be with us on these occasions. Thank you for your unending guidance and support on all AASF activities. I am proud to present to you the different activities which AASF has organized with the support and cooperation of all members. I am very happy to say that we have managed to conclude each event successfully due to everyone’s commitment. For that, I am sharing this glory to every member of AASF family. Keep up the good work everyone! The meeting was held on 17 November 2012 in conjunction with the 9th Asian Championships in Dubai, UAE.

Chaired by the AASF President, Sheikh Khalid B. Al Sabah, the gathering was successfully conducted having a fruitful discussion on various strategies pertinent to the development of aquatic sports in Asia.

The AASF General Congress was carried out on 18 November 2012 at the InterContinental Hotel Dubai Festival City. Forty (40) countries attended the assembly thru their Aquatic federations' delegates along with several prestigious officials from FINA headed by Dr. Julio Maglione, FINA The Asian Representatives in FINA President. Bureau as well as the elected AASF

Officials for the term 2013 – 2017 were one of the highlights of the assembly.

Gala Lunch

Bureau Meeting 18 November 2012 InterContinental Dubai Festival City

Right after the 9th AASF General Congress, the 1st Meeting of the 9th AASF Bureau was conducted with the presence of the new set of Board Members. Sheikh Khalid B. Al Sabah, AASF President, expressed his congratulations to the elected AASF officials for the term 2013 – 2017 and conveyed his appreciation to everyone’s support and cooperation.

During the meeting, various proposals and inputs were enthusiastically shared by each member. Mr. Qiuping Zhang, AASF Secretary General, announced the new set of AASF Technical Committee Chairmen.

This major event of AASF for the year 2012 was successfully held in Hamdan Sports Complex on 15 - 25 November 2012 wherein, for the first time, all of the four (4) Aquatic disciplines were carried out in one venue. Thirty one (31) Asian national federations had competed and taken part on the various aquatic disciplines.

In Swimming, 24 countries and 227 swimmers participated. 13 Championship records had been broken and Chinese swept the Medals by achieving 33 Gold, 17 Silver and 5 Bronze. and placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. In , 12 teams took part in 4 events (Men & Women).

In competitions, 9 Men and 7 Women Teams participated and it was a Qualification Tournament for the FINA World champion- ships. & (Men and Women) had been qualified to attend in the 15th FINA World Championships. In Synchronised Swimming, 10 teams competed for the total number of 7 Gold Medals in Solo, Duet, Team and Combination. China garnered a complete 7 in numbers. Japan secured 5 Silver medals ahead of team DPR Korea with two Silvers and four Bronzes.

One of the highlights during the 9th AASF General Congress was the announcement of the host country for the 10th Asian Swimming Championships. This major event of AASF has been awarded to Japan Swimming Federation.

During the Congress, Japan Swimming Federation had presented to the members some ideas on what to expect for the next Asian Swimming Champion-ships. As they have a four- year preparation, AASF is indeed looking forward for another remarakable activity

The Agreement Signing ceremony with the host country, Japan, of the 10th Asian Swimming Championships was held in Dubai on 19 November 2012.

AASF on the year 2013

Following the AASF General Congress which was held in Dubai on 18 November 2012, AASF has moved onwards to having successful activities for the next year.

Formation of Technical Committees for the term 2013 – 2017

AASF, in coordination with the elected Technical Committee Chairmen, has set up the officials and members for the Committees comprising the organization for the term 2013 – 2017. An ID card has been issued to each and every member of the committees.

It is with great hope that AASF activities will be thoroughly doing well with the assistance of the new Committee members.

th 9 Asian Water Polo Clubs Championship City

Hosted by Kuwait Swimming Association, the 9th Asian Water Polo Clubs Championship was successfully held in Kuwait on 20 – 24 April 2013.

Eight (8) Water Polo Clubs from six National federations took part in the event.

Astana Club (KAZ), El Etihad Club (KSA) and Qadisia Club (KSA) Clubs bagged the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals respectively.

The two races (5km and 10km) of 6th Asian Championship were conducted in Kapshagay, Kazakhstan on 17 – 22 June 2013. The Organizing Committee did an excellent job on this event making this championship. The venue and accommodation were as great as the entire event thus making this experience, among the officials and athletes, worthwhile.

There were seven (7) national federations participated

5 km RACE Winners MEN WOMEN

Rank Name Country Rank Name Country

1 Vitally Khudyakov KAZ 1 Tang Wing Terri HKG Xeniya 2 Saleh Mohamad SYR 2 KAZ Romanchuk 3 Bekshe Zhumagali KAZ 3 Mariya Ivanova KAZ

10 km RACE - Winners MEN WOMEN

Rank Name Country Rank Name Country

1 Saleh Mohamad SYR 1 Tang Wing Terri HKG

Vitally Xeniya 2 KAZ 2 KAZ Khudyakov Romanchuk Bekshe 3 KAZ 3 Mariya Ivanova KAZ Zhumagali

The 5th Asian Diving Cup has been successfully held in Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, from 13 – 15 September 2013. Malaysian Divers won the 1st place having 6 Gold and 2 Silver Medals. Hong Kong and Singapore divers ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Singapore Swimming association hosted the 3rd Asian Youth Water Polo Championship on 25 – 30 September 2014. The event was successfully held in Toa Payoh Swimming Complex and was also considered as the Asian Qualification Tournament for the FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships, 2014. 10 Boys’ and 7 Girls’ teams had taken part on the championship.

Three Boys’ teams -Japan, , and Kazakhstan- who has bagged the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place respectively and two Girls’ teams – China & Japan - had been the Asian representatives to the FINA World Championships.

Prior to the conclusion of the 3rd Asian Youth Water Polo Championships, Singapore Swimming Association has started with the 3rd Asian Water Polo Cup which is the Water Polo Qualification Tournament for the FINA Cup, 2014. This water polo competition was conducted on 30 September – 5 October 2013.

From the 5 Women teams who had participated, China was the champion and will be representing Asia on the FINA Cup 2014.

On the other hand, among the 6 men teams, and if there will be vacancy according to FINA B.L., Iran has been qualified to attend the Cup.

From beginning till end of the two Water Polo events, Singapore Swimming Association organized these excellently.

Members of AASF had actively participated in various International and Continental aquatic events for the year 2013.

1. 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The short course swimming competition (25 m) has been a part of the 4th AIMAG which was held in Dowon Aquatic Center – Incheon, Korea on 30 June – 3 July 2013.

2. 2nd Asian Youth Games Asian Youth swimmers and divers participated in the 2nd Asian Youth Games which was held in Nanjing, China on 16 – 24 August 2013.

3. 15th FINA World Championships The 15th FINA World Championships, held in Barcelona, Spain on 20 July – 4 August 2013, was another prestigious aquatic event. Athletes and teams of the aquatic disciplines from Asia had actively taken part.

AASF has set an office during the championships which served as the meeting area among members and colleagues from other continents.

A Gala lunch for the members and FINA VIP officials was arranged on 25 July 2013.

AASF Office

FINA General Congress

AASF has gathered once again and joined the different activities of the 15th FINA World Championships which was held in Barcelona, Spain.

Delegates of the different national swimming federations had attended the FINA General Congress which was held on 26 July 2013.

A gala lunch was prepared to FINA and AASF delegates who came over to Barcelona to participate in the 15th FINA World Champion- ships.

AASF on 2014

On 30 March 2014, the AASF Executive Board came over to Kuwait City to discuss the upcoming events of AASF. One of the major issue taken up is the preparation for the 10th AASF General Congress which is going to be held in Incheon, Korea during the 17th Asian Games. 2014 AASF events a. AASF Bureau Meeting Date : 21 September 2014, 12:00 hours Venue: Regency Room, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Incheon, Korea b. 10th AASF General Congress Date : 21 September 2014 , 13:00 hours Venue : Ballroom A, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Incheon, Korea c. 4th Asian Junior Water Polo Championship - Date : 1 -10 November 2014 Venue: Seruni Aquatic Stadium d. 10th Asian Water Polo Clubs Championship - Iran Date : 15 -19 December 2014 Venue: 9 Day International Swimming Complex

Aquatics on OCA events a. 2nd Youth Olympic Games – Nanjing, China Date : 16 -28 August 2014 b. 17th Asian Games – Incheon, Korea Date : 9 September – 4 October 2014 c. 4th Asian Beach Games – Phuket, Date : 14 -23 November 2014

2014 FINA events in Asia

1. FINA/NVC Diving World Series Venue : Beijing, China Date : 14 -16 March 2014

2. FINA/NVC Diving World Series Venue : Dubai, UAE Date : 20 - 22 March 2014

3. FINA Men’s International Water Polo Tournament Venue : Shanghai, China Date : 27 May – 1 June 2014

4. FINA Women’s Water Polo League – Super Final Venue : Kunshon, China Date : 10 -15 June 2014

5. FINA Men’s Water Polo League – Super Final Venue : Dubai. UAE Date : 16 – 21 June 2014

6. 19th FINA Diving World Cup Venue : Shanghai, China Date : 15 – 20 July 2014

7. FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup Venue : Almaty, Kazakhstan Date : 19 – 24 August 2014

8. FINA Swimming World Cup Venue : Doha, Date : 27 – 28 August 2014

9. FINA Swimming World Cup Venue : Duba, UAE Date : 31 Aug – 1 September 2014

10. FINA Swimming World Cup Venue : Hong Kong Date : 29 – 30 September 2014

11. FINA 10 Km Marathon Swimming World Cup Venue : Chunan, China Date : 12 October 2014

12. FINA Diving Grand Prize Venue : Singapore Date : 17 – 19 October 2014

13. FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup Venue : Hong Kong Date : 24 – 25 October 2014

14. FINA Swimming World Cup Venue : Beijing, China Date : 24 – 25 October 2014

15. FINA Diving Grand Prize Venue : Kuala Lumpur, Date : 24 -26 October 2014

16. FINA Swimming World Cup Venue : Tokyo, Japan Date : 28 -29 October 2014

17. FINA Swimming World Cup Venue : Singapore Date : 1 – 2 November

18. 3rd FINA World Aquatic Convention Venue : Doha, Qatar Date : 29 November – 1 December 2014

19. 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Venue : Doha, Qatar Date : 3 -7 December 2014

20. 9th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy Venue : Beijing, China Date : 12- 14 December 2014

Financial Report 2012 - 2013

Mr. Faisal Swar Honorary Treasurer

On behalf of AASF, I would like thank H.E. Sheikh Khalid B. Al Sabah, AASF President, and Kuwait government for their continuous and generous support. Through their valuable financial assistance, AASF is able to maintain an excellent and open interaction, wherein the AASF office is the main channel, among members.

It is with pleasure to give a brief report on the financial status of our federation. On the succeeding pages, I hereby present to you the details pertinent to the following matters.

a. Affiliation Fees

b. Audit Company

c. 2012 & 2013 Financial Statements

Summary of Affiliation Fee

Members who settled Members with unsettled YEAR their fees fees

2009 38 5 2010 37 8 2011 37 8 2012 34 11 2013 27 18 2014 21 14

Audit Company for AASF Office

From the time AASF office has been set up in , the company responsible in reviewing the financial matters is Baker Tilly MKM LLC till 2012. For the 2013 appraisal of records, this was handed to George Mathew & Co.

During the AASF Executive Board Meeting held in Kuwait City on 30 March 2014, proposals of several audit companies are presented to the Board. The Board has approved Baker Tilly MKM to conduct the financial audit for the year 2014.

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Reports of AASF Technical Committees

Technical Swimming

Committee

Report on 9th Asian Swimming Championships 2012, in Dubai, UAE

Report by Chairman, Technical Swimming Committee, AASF

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1. The Swimming Championships were held from 15 to 18 November 2012 in the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Sports Complex.

2. A briefing of all AASF Technical Officials and UAE Officials was held on 14 November 2012 at the Sports Complex Swimming Pool.

3. Assignment of all officials to their respective positions was finalised. Emphasis was laid on having all the qualified officials rotate their duties so as to ensure their gaining experience in all areas of officiating.

4. All officials carried out their duties professionally.

5. The 4-day competition was conducted from 15 to 18 November with Heats held daily from 9.00am to 11.00am and Finals from 6.00pm to 8.00pm.

6. Only 1 appeal was lodged during the competition by the Team Manager from regarding the exclusion of their Relay Team for Event 4 x 100m F/S Relay (Men).

The appeal was rejected by the Jury of Appeal on account of the much delayed reporting of the Team at the Call Room.

7. The Prize Presentation Ceremony was carried out admirably.

8. Electronic Timing and Video Coverage, including overhead cameras – ALL ONE (Swiss Timing) did a very good job.

9. Entries:

Number of Swimmers by Nation

Countries Men Women Total

BRN 5 1 6

CHN 18 21 39

HKG 10 12 22

IND 9 5 14

JOR 2 2 4

JPN 13 17 30

KAZ 1 1 2

KOR 6 0 6

MAC 4 5 9

MAS 2 2 4

MGL 6 3 9

NEP 2 2 4

OMA 1 4 5

PHI 2 0 2

PLE 1 1 2

SIN 6 7 13

SRI 10 6 16

SYR 2 2 4

THA 4 5 9

TJK 1 0 1

TKM 4 2 6

TPE 4 0 4

UAE 12 0 12

VIE 2 2 4

24 127 100 227

10. Medal Standings: (Men and Women)

Rank Nation G S B Total Rank by Total

1. CHN – China 33 17 5 55 1

2. JPN – Japan 3 14 16 33 2

4. HKG – Hong Kong, China 1 9 10 3

3. KOR - Korea 2 4 6 4

5. SIN – Singapore 1 4 5 5

6. VIE – 1 1 2 6

8. THA – Thailand 2 2 6

9. TPE – 1 1 8

7. MAC – , China 1 1 8

11. Championships Records:

The following swimmers established Championship Records.

Name Nation Event Time

SUN Yang CHN Men’s 200m Freestyle 1:45.49

Men’s 400m Freestyle 3:42.49

Men’s 1500m Freestyle 14:44.10

WANG Shun CHN Men’s 200m Ind. Medley 1:58.66

Men’s 400m Ind. Medley 4:16.59

XU Danlu CHN Women’s 400m Freestyle 4:05.75

Women’s 800m Freestyle 8:22.24

ZHANG Fenglin CHN Men’s 200m Backstroke 1:56.38

CHENG Feiyi ` CHN Men’s 50m Backstroke 25.25

LU Zhiwu CHN Men’s 100m Freestyle 49.27

KOHINATA Kazuki JPN Men’s 200m Breaststroke 2:12.13

XU Jiayu CHN Men’s 100m Backstroke 54.24

CHINA CHN Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:21.22

12. Organisation of the Championships

The AAS Federation and the UAE Swimming Federation did an excellent job in the running of the competition and transportation of all technical officials. The UAE must be congratulated on their splendid work. We are most thankful in particular to Mr Amr Badawi, Competition Manager, for all his untiring efforts.

Woon Sui Kut

Technical Delegate

Chairman, TSC- AASF

Technical Water Polo

Committee

Mr. Khosrow Amini Chairman

REPORT ON ACTIVITIES

Following the election of the Water polo Technical Committee Members in November 2012 in Dubai – UAE, the committee commenced its activities with all its efforts on the development of water polo focused in Asian and in the world. Hereunder you will find a brief repot of activities of the TWPC during the past 2 years.

1) 9th Asian Championships Dubai – UAE

The Water polo Competitions of the 9th Asian Championships was held from November 19 -25, 2012 in Dubai – UAE.

In Men Event, 9 teams, and in Women Event, 7 teams participate.

The Teams tanking at the end of the final round is as follows:

MEN 1) CHINA 2) KAZAKHSTAN 3) JAPAN 4) SINGAPORE 5) 6) 7) HONG KONG 8) THAILAND 9)

WOMEN 1) CHINA 2) KAZAKHSTAN 3) UZBEKISTAN 4) SINGAPORE 5) 6) HONG KONG 7) SRI LANKA

2) 9th Asian Water Polo Clubs Championship

The 9th Asian Water polo Clubs Championship was held in Kuwait on 20-24 April 2013 with participation of 8 teams.

The final ranking is as follows:

1) ASTANA CLUB KAZAKHSTAN 2) EL-ETIHAD CLUB SAUDI ARABIA 3) QADSIA CLUB SAUDI ARABIA 4) NAFAT GAZ CLUB I.R.IRAN 5) KAZMA CLUB KUWAIT 6) KUWAIT CLUB KUWAIT 7) SATALITI CLUB 8) NAVY CLUB SRI LANKA

3) 3rd Asian youth Water polo Championships

The 3rd Asian Water polo (17 years and under) Championships was held in Singapore on 30 September to 5 October, 2013 with participation of 10 teams in Men and 7 teams in Women.

The final ranking is as follows:

MEN 1) JAPAN 2) I.R.IRAN 3) KAZAKHSTAN 4) CHINA 5) KUWAIT 6) INDONESIA 7) SINGAPORE 8) SRI LANKA 9) INDIA 10) PHILIPINES

WOMEN 1) CHINA 2) JAPAN 3) KAZAKHSTAN 4) INDONESIA 3) INDIA 6) SRI LANKA 7) SINGAPORE

4) 3rd Asian Water Polo Cup

The 3rd edition of the Asia Water polo cup was held from 30 September till 5 October 2013 in Singapore with participation of 6 Men and 5 Women teams.

The final ranking is as follow:

MEN 1) I.R.IRAN 2) SINGAPORE 3) KUWAIT 4) CHINA 5) PHILIPINES 6) SRI LANKA

WOMEN 1) CHINA 2) SINGAPORE 3) THAILAND 4) PHILIPINES 5) SRI LANKA

5) Water Polo Referees List

In view of the organization of various competitions in Asia, the number of which is currently increasing and also the demand for sufficient number of international referees is greatly felt nowadays, and to better meet this exigency, there are presently 58 international water polo referees in 2014 FINA list who are able to function in the best manner possible.

6) School for Water Polo Referees

I have the pleasure to inform you that FINA would like to organize a FINA Water Polo School for Referees in China for the Asian referees.

The purpose of this course is to achieve the following objectives: - Enlarge the number of referees and enhance the quality of the existing referees. - Create a uniform pattern of interpretation and application of Water polo rules, thus raising the quality of knowledge and skill. - Use the school as an instrument to develop and promote Water polo worldwide.

For future designation of FINA Water polo Referees, only the referees who have passed the final exam and received the title of "FINA WATER POLO REFEREE" will be selected for FINA and Asian competitions.

7) Referees and Coaches Clinic

Various Clinics aimed at expanding Water polo Refereeing and Coaching in Asia were organized in the years 2013 and 2014. These Clinics were conducted by FINA lecturers and the FINA issued certificates were awarded to the participants. This educational approach did undoubtedly contribute to the qualitative promotion of referees and coaches.

All above events were held under full supervision of the AASF – TWPC.

Technical Synchronised

Swimming Committee

Ms. Miwako Homma Chairperson

On separate sheet, you may find the comprehensive report on TSSC activities during the 9th Asian Swimming Championships which was held in Dubai, UAE on 15 – 25 September 2012.

1. After the conclusion of 9th AASF General Congress, the following members were elected to the Technical Committee from 2013 – 2017 :

Chairperson : Miwako Homma (Japan) Vice Chairperson : Yu Li (China) Secretary : Steve Chew Hock Chye (Singapore) Members : Feilina Feisol (Malaysia) : Kim Young Chae (Korea) : Zhanna Demchenko (Kazakhstan) : Galina Krasnova (Uzbekistan) : Lao Wai Man (Macau) : Tasma Yodsrimongkol (Thailand) : Reina Suarez ()

2. The 1st TSSC meeting was held at St Petersburg, Russia on 2 Nov 2013 during the Synchronized Swimming Worldwide Seminar. Members present at the meeting are : Present : Miwako Homma (Japan) : Yu Li (China) : Steve Chew Hock Chye (Singapore) : Feilina Feisol (Malaysia) : Kim Young Chae (Korea) : Zhanna Demchenko (Kazakhstan) : Galina Krasnova (Uzbekistan)

We confirmed the following policy for judges’ eligibility at the AASF competitions from 2014: At the Asian Championships and the Asian Games, a judge must be in the FINA list and must have passed the judge’s examination at a FINA Judges School 2013-2017.

3. The 1st FINA Judge’s School for Asia was held in Beijing, China from 17th to 21st February 2013. The 2nd FINA Judge’s School for Asia was held in Kazakhstan from 28th to 31st March 2013. Lecturer for the Judge’s Schools was Miwako Homma.

FINA JUDGES SCHOOL in Asia 2014 2014 Host China Swimming Association Swimming Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan Place Beijing, China Almaty, Kazakhstan Dates 18 – 21 February, 2014 28 – 31 March, 2014 Lecturer Miwako Homma (FINA) Miwako Homma (FINA) Participants 33judges:CHN,JPN,KOR,MAC,PHI,VIE,SI 19judges: KAZ, RUS, JPN, UZB, N,THA,INA,HKG INA 80 Chinese national coaches & judges

4. Competitions

2012 2014 9th Asian SwimmingChampionships 2ndSouth East Asian Championships Place Dubai, UAE Singapore Venue Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin OCBC Aquatic Centre Rashid Sports Complex Dates 15–18 Nov., 2012 22 – 24 June, 2014 (Meetings: 14 Nov.) (Meetings: 21 June) Conducted by Asia Swimming Federation South East Asia Federation Hosted by UAE Swimming Federation Singapore Swimming Association Age Groups Senior (15 years old and above) 14 years old and above Events 7 events 5 events Solo Tech, Solo Free, Duet Tech, Duet Tech, Duet Free, Team Tech, Duet Free, Team Tech, Team Free, Team Free, Free Combination Free Combination Programs Solo Tech (100pt), Solo Free (100pt), Duet Tech (100pt), Duet Free (100pt), Duet Tech (100pt), Duet Free (100pt), Team Team Tech (100pt), Team Free (100pt), Tech (100pt), Team Free Free Combination (100pt) (100pt),Free Combination (100pt) Entries 6 Solo Tech, 6 Solo Free, 8 Duets 8 Duet Tech, 9 Duet Free, 4 Teams 5 Team Tech, 4 Team Free, 3 Free Combinations 4 Free Combinations Participating 10 (CHN, HKG, JPN, KAZ, KOR, MAC, 6 (SIN, INA, VIE, THA, PHI, MAS) Countries MAS, PRK, SIN, UZB) Total athletes 70 swimmers 38 swimmers Total Judges 12 FINA listed judges fromparticipating 9 FINA listed judges from participating countries (2CHN, 2HKG, 2JPN,1MAC, countries (2SIN, 2INA,2VIE, 1THA, 1SIN, 2KAZ, 2UZB) 1PHI, 1MAS) 6 Neutral judges (HUN, CAN, SVK, FRA, 1 Neutral judge (GBR) ESP, USA) Tech.Delegate Miwako Homma (AASF) Miwako Homma (AASF) Referee Philip Lee (SIN, AASF TSSC) Miwako Homma (AASF) FINA Evaluator HortensiaGraupera (ESP, FINA) ZhannaDemchenko (KAZ, AASF) AASF TSSC 7 members Meet Director DanaeChristou (EGY) Philip Lee (SIN) Chief recorder Ami Black (INA) Diane Yong (SIN) Results of Medals China- 7 Gold Singapore – 4 Gold, 1 Silver Japan- 5 Silver Malaysia – 1 Gold, 4 Silver DPR Korea - 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Indonesia - 5 Bronze Kazakhstan - 2 Bronze Uzbekistan - 1 Bronze

We sincerely appreciate all federations for supporting our activities.

Respectfully submitted,

Miwako Homma, AASF TSSC Chairperson Steve Chew Hock Chye, AASF TSSC Secretary

Technical Diving

Committee

Ms. Zhou Jihong Chairperson

Respected President,

Respected Secretary General, Bureau Members,

It is my great honor to make this working report on behalf of the AASF Technical Diving Committee. Under your able leadership, the AASF TDC has made great achievements since 2012 London Olympic Games. We have undertaken the technical issues of a series of Diving Competitions, details of which as below.

2012.11.22- 9th Asian Swimming 1 Dubai·UAE 25 Championships

2 2013.3.15-17 FINA Diving World Series Beijing·CHN

3 2013.3.21-23 FINA Diving World Series Dubai·UAE

4 2013.8.17-18 2nd Asian Youth Games Nanjing·CHN

5 2013.9.13-15 5th Asian Diving Cup Singapore·SIN

6 2013.10.7-9 6th East Asian Games Tianjin·CHN

7 2014.3.14-16 FINA Diving World Series Beijing·CHN

8 2014.3.20-22 FINA Diving World Series Dubai·UAE

9 2014.7.15-20 19th FINA Diving World Cup Shanghai·CHN

2014.9.29- 10 17th Asian Games Incheon·KOR 10.3

2014.10.17- 11 FINA Diving Grand Pix Singapore·SIN 19

2014.10.24- 12 FINA Diving Grand Pix Kuala Lumpur·MAS 26 So far, all the finished events have been successfully conducted. Through all above mentioned games, Asian divers have achieved great performance and increased self-competence. Meanwhile, the Asian Judges had the chance to upgrade their judging levels through experience differentiated. In addition, the organizers have also accumulated experience in competition management which laid a sound foundation for conducting higher standard competition in the future.

Till now, diving has been conducted by nearly 20 Asian Federations. Besides the traditional diving countries like China and Malaysia, other countries and regions like Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Kuwait, Saudi Arab, ，Qatar, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong (China), and Macau (China) have also made this sport popularized.

Many Federations sent judges to attend the FINA Diving Judges Schools and also conducted the Judges school to train and improve their judges’ level. See the FINA Diving Certification Courses and Development Schools which have been held in Asia since November of 2012 as below.

Federation Event Date

Singapore FINA Diving Development Course 2013.1.12-14

Malaysia FINA Diving Certification School 2013.4.11-13

Singapore FINA Diving Development Course 2014.1.11-12

Sri Lanka FINA Diving Development Course 2014.2.8-9

China FINA Diving Certification School 2014.3.13-15

Vietnam FINA Diving Certification School 2014.5.25-27

Japan FINA Diving Certification School 2014.6.13-15

Out of the 377 FINA Diving Judges, 98 Judges are from Asia which account for 26% of all registered FINA diving judges; meanwhile, 3 seats are taken by Asian Federations in FINA TDC.

In the resent years, Asia is playing a leading role in diving worldwide. Amazing strength has been demonstrated by the outstanding performance of Asian divers in FINA World Swimming Championships, FINA Diving World Series and FINA Diving Grand Prix. It is worth to be mentioned that, accomplishment achieved by Asian divers in the world-class events indicated that the diving technical level of Asian has been improved, as a whole, step by step.

In general, the diving sport in Asia has achieved prosperous development in the last few years. While making progress, we have enlarged the communication among Asian Federations and deepened friendship in the diving community which keeps the line with the AASF’s principle of promoting human goodness and peace through sport. As AASF TDC Chairman, I will be sure to make continuous efforts to prompt diving in Asia under this conformity, work closely with the AASF TDC, and assist AASF to enhance cooperation and exchanges among Asian countries and regions, so as to achieve greater development in Asian Diving.

Dear Mr. President, Secretary General, and all AASF Bureau Members, on behalf of the AASF TDC, I would like to express our great appreciation to your unfailing support to us. We sincerely hope we could receive your continuous attention and assistance in the future.

Thanks to all!

Technical Open Water

Swimming Committee

Mr. Ronnie Wong Chairman

Since the last AASF Bureau and Congress meeting held in Dubai on 18/11/2012, many national swimming federations within Asia has been organizing their own open water championships. The number of open water activities is increasing and the trend is encouraging.

The largest Continental Open Water activity of 2013 in Asia,The 6th Asian Open Water Swimming Championships was held between 17/6/2013-22/6/2013 at the city of Kapshegay, The Republic of Kazakhstan. Report of 6th Asian Open Water Swimming Championship has been submitted to AASF’s Secretariat.

The 4thAsian Beach Games will be held in Phuket, Thailand between 14/11-23/11 this year.

In November 2013, I attended the Technical Delegate meeting for the above Games, a site inspection was carried out. The site chosen for the Marathon Swimming events is at the Karon North Beach, the FOP is right in front the beach with is very easily accessible by spectators and suitable for promotion of open water swimming.

As at to-date, the entry by numbers is very promising with 45 male and 26 female swimmers from 13 and 8 federations respectively. There will be 5km and 10km distances for both genders making a total of 4 events.

Date of the competition has been fixed for 15 and 17 of November 2014.

Japan Visit

At the last Bureau meeting, Japan Swimming Federation has undertaken to organize The Asian Swimming Championship in 2016, plus their eventual successful in obtaining the hosting right of the 2020 Olympic Games, the undersigned was invited to pay a visit to their proposed site for the above two events. I took a visit to Tokyo from 29/7/2014-31/7/2014 and was received by representatives from Japan Swimming Federation, the Organizing Committee official of TOGOC (Tokyo Olympic Games Organizing Committee) and Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The Open Water Swimming site of the 2016 Asian Swimming Championship’s and 2020 Olympic Games will be the same, which is located inside the ODaiba Marine Park within the Tokyo Bay. This site is centrally located only 20 minutes from the Olympic Village and the swimming pool complex for the swimming event. Furthermore the water temperate and water quality satisfies the FINA Open Water requirement. I strongly believe that the 2016 Asian Swimming Championships will be a great success.

Lastly, the swimmers qualifying procedure has been determined for the 2016 Olympic Games which is quite similar to that of the 2012 London Olympic Games. I look forward to see more Asian swimmers qualifying for the Brazil Olympic Games.

Medical Committee

Dr. Farhad Moradi Chairman

By support of AASF president, Secretary General and Director General, doping control was conductedat9th AASF Championships in Dubai, UAE from15 to 25 November 2012.

In this event, AASF Medical and Doping control delegate conducted and supervised the doping control procedure to meet WADA, FINA and AASF rules and at the same time hedirected the presence of minimum medical requirements in events.

Team Leaders Meetings were held on 14th of November for swimming and synchronized swimming, 18th for Water polo and 21st for Diving in the Swimming Pool Media Center Hall. The doping control process and related issues were discussed at all of these meetings by presence of AASF medical and doping control delegate.

Very well equipped medical room was considered inside swimming pool. There were also ambulances and well trained paramedics as well as physician and nurses. During all of competitions also a table for emergency medical services was considered.

There was no significant injury or illness. Just on 17th of November, a Hong Kong Swimmer after a tough competition of 1500 final, suffered from tachycardia (120/min), tachypnea (38/min) and exhaustion which was related to poor recovery. The blood pressure was normal (130/60) and he was referred to hospital for more investigations by EmergencyService Ambulance.

The whole doping control procedure including athlete selection by random draw, notification and sampling was smooth and all the athletes were cooperative.

The total numbers of 40 samples were distributed among different disciplines as follows: 20 for swimming, 4 for Synchronized Swimming, 8 for Water polo and 8 for Diving.

A desk in mixed zone was installed for all of competitions and athlete selection was same as other AASF Swimming events, and all the (6) DCOs and (12) chaperones were expert. UAE

NADO forms and Berlinger kits were used and all other issues were explained in doping control forms.

It also should be mentioned that the event was very well organized and Doping Control issues was in a high standard totally adhered to AASF, FINA and WADA rules.

There was no new world record but all new Asian Championships records were tested.

Person in charge of samples for chain of custody was Dr. Amr ADEL and all samples were sent to WADA-accredited Laboratory in Bloemfontein (South Africa).

Doping control was conducted in different AASF events during recent years and AASF shows its strong fight against doping and emphasis on athletes’ health. Nomination of new AASF Medical Committee Members from a number of well recognized sports physicians also demonstrates a very shining horizon of this issue. Hence we offer the following suggestions:

1-AASF Medical Committee suggests developing an educational anti-doping program with cooperation of national federations (NFs), national and regional anti-doping organizations (NADOs & RADOs) and FINA.

2- An educational program of one day seminar on Sports Nutrition and Supplements could be held during upcoming Asian competitions for coaches.

3-Developing Medical and Anti-Doping webpages linked to AASF website could update athletes, coaches and team physicians about Anti-Doping and health related issues.

4-Publishing a quarterly electronic newsletter to update athletes, coaches and team physiotherapists as well team physicians.

Hereby we gratefully acknowledge AASF President, Secretary General and Director General for their support during these years. AASF Medical Committee is also thankful to the National Swimming Federations of UAEand the Organizing Committees of 9th AASF Swimming Championships. The co-operation of Doping Control personnel in UAE- NADO is also gratefully acknowledged.

. Events Country Date

1. 8th Asian Age Group Championships India End of Sep. 2015

2. 11th Asian WP Clubs Championship ______

3. 7th Asian Open Water Swimming Championship ______

4. 6th Asian Diving Cup Malaysia TBD