LEN

European Swimming League
Ligue Européenne de Natation; (LEN)
Sport	Aquatic sports
Membership	77 Federations
Founded	1927
Regional affiliation	Europe
Headquarters	Nyon
Location	Switzerland
President	Paolo Barelli

LEN (French: Ligue Européenne de Natation, English: European Swimming League) is the European governing body for aquatic sports affiliated to FINA — it is the Continental Association for Europe. It was formally organized in 1927 in Bologna,^[1] and since 2015 is headquartered in Nyon.

LEN comprises 52 national swimming federations in Europe, and includes Israel which for Olympic-sport purposes is grouped with Europe.^[2] LEN is overseen by an elected Bureau (board) composed of Members representing 17 different Federations. LEN oversees aquatic sports in Europe: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.

Events[]

Championships[]

LEN organizes one championship (European Aquatics Championships), involving three of the five LEN disciplines (swimming, diving and synchronized swimming).

European Aquatics Championships (held in even years; includes swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and Masters)

Discipline championships[]

LEN organizes four more discipline championships (swimming (25m), diving, water polo and open water).

Swimming (25m): European Short Course Swimming Championships (run every year, from 2015 run every second year)
Diving: European Diving Championships (run every second year since 2009)
Water Polo: European Water Polo Championship (run every second year)
Open Water: European Open Water Championships (run every second year since 2016)

Junior championships[]

LEN also runs various competitions restricted to a younger age:

Swimming: European Junior Swimming Championships (run every year)
Diving: European Junior Diving Championships (run every year)
Water Polo: U19 and U17 European Water Polo Championship (run every second year)
Synchro: (run every year)
Open Water: (run every year)

Masters championships[]

Swimming: European Masters Swimming Championships (run every second year)

Member federations[]

The following national federations are part of LEN:

Country	Federation	Founded	Code
Albania	Albanian Swimming Federation (FSHN)	1931	ALB
Andorra	Andorran Swimming Federation (FAN)	1986	AND
Armenia		1993	ARM
Austria	(OSV)	1899	AUT
Azerbaijan		1992	AZE
Belarus	(BFP)	1959	BLR
Belgium	Royal Belgian Swimming Federation (KBZB/FRBN)	1902	BEL
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Swimming Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina	1946/1992	BIH
Bulgaria	(BFPS)	1931	BUL
Croatia	Croatian Swimming Federation (HPS)	1909	CRO
Cyprus	Cyprus Swimming Federation (KOEK)	1972	CYP
Czech Republic	(ČSPS)	1919/1993	CZE
Denmark ^[3]	(SVØM)	1907	DEN
Estonia	Estonian Swimming Federation (EUL)	1910	EST
Faroe Islands	(SSF)	1980	FAR
Finland	Finnish Swimming Federation (SUiL)	1906	FIN
France	French Swimming Federation (FFN)	1920	FRA
Georgia		1991	GEO
Germany	German Swimming Federation (DSV)	1886	GER
Gibraltar		1946	GIB
Great Britain	British Swimming (BS)	1869	GBR
Greece	Hellenic Swimming Federation (KOE)	1927	GRE
Hungary	Hungarian Swimming Association (MÚSZ)	1907	HUN
Iceland	Icelandic Swimming Association (SSÍ)	1951	ISL
Ireland	Swim Ireland	1893	IRL
Israel	Israel Swimming Association (ISA)	1951	ISR
Italy	Italian Swimming Federation (FIN)	1899	ITA
Kosovo ^[4]^[5]	Kosovo Swimming Federation (FNK)	1997	KOS
Latvia	(LPF)	1905/1988	LAT
Liechtenstein	(LSchV)	1981	LIE
Lithuania	Lithuanian Swimming Federation (LPF)	1924/1990	LTU
Luxembourg	(FLNS)	1924	LUX
Malta	Aquatic Sports Association of Malta (ASA)	1925	MLT
Moldova	(FISN)	1989	MDA
Monaco	(FMN)	1976	MON
Montenegro	Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro (VPS)	1949/2006	MNE
Netherlands	Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB)	1888	NED
North Macedonia	(PFM)	1947	MKD
Norway	Norwegian Swimming Federation (NSF)	1910	NOR
Poland	(PZP)	1922	POL
Portugal	Portuguese Swimming Federation (FPN)	1930	POR
Romania	(FRNPM)	1930	ROU
Russia	(VFP)	1991	RUS
San Marino	(FSN)	1980	SMR
Serbia	Serbian Swimming Federation (PSS)	1921	SRB
Slovakia	(SPF)	1990	SVK
Slovenia	(PZS)	1922	SLO
Spain	Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN)	1920	ESP
Sweden	Swedish Swimming Federation (SSF)	1904	SWE
Switzerland	(SSCHV/FSN)	1918	SUI
Turkey	Turkish Swimming Federation (TYF)	1957	TUR
Ukraine	(USF)	1990	UKR

LEN European Water Polo Players of the Year[]

Men[]

2008: Peter Biros (HUN)
2009: Filip Filipovic (SRB)
2010: Vanja Udovicic (SRB)
2011: Stefano Tempesti (ITA)
2012: Miho Boskovic (CRO)
2013: Denes Varga (HUN)
2014: Filip Filipovic (SRB)
2015: Dusko Pijetlovic (SRB)
2016: Filip Filipovic (SRB)
2017: Marko Bijac (CRO)
2018: Filip Filipovic (SRB)
2019: Francesco Di Fulvio (ITA)

Women[]

2008: Daniëlle de Bruijn (NED)
2009: Iefke van Belkum (NED)
2010: Sofia Konukh (RUS)
2011: Alexandra Asimaki (GRE)
2012: Anni Espar (ESP)
2013: Jennifer Pareja (ESP)
2014: Maica García (ESP)
2015: Roberta Bianconi (ITA)
2016: Roberta Bianconi (ITA)
2017: Laura Ester (ESP)
2018: Sabrina van der Sloot (NED)
2019: Laura Ester (ESP)

References[]

^ The Founding of LEN page of the LEN website; retrieved 2016-07-07.
^ member list Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine of the European Olympic Committees (EOC); retrieved 2012-03-05.
^ (in Danish) Historien Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine "History" page from the Danish Swimming Union's website (www.svoem.dk); retrieved 2012-03-05.
^ "Kosovo Swimming Federation admitted into FINA". Tanjug. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
^ "Nuoto: Kosovo aderisce a Fina".

External links[]

LEN Official Website.

[1] The Founding of LEN page of the LEN website; retrieved 2016-07-07.

[2] r list Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine of the European Olympic Committees (EOC); retrieved 2012-03-05.

[3] (in Danish) Historien Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine "History" page from the Danish Swimming Union's website (www.svoem.dk); retrieved 2012-03-05.

[4] "Kosovo Swimming Federation admitted into FINA". Tanjug. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-22.

[5] "Nuoto: Kosovo aderisce a Fina".

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Regional	Adriatic Nordic
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Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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Disciplines	Swimming Diving High diving Open water Synchronised swimming Water polo
Presidents	George Hearn (1908–1924) Erik Bergvall (1924–1928) Émile-Georges Drigny (1928–1932) Walther Binner (1932–1936) Harold Fern (1936–1948 ) Rene de Raeve (1948–1952) M.L. Negri (1952–1956) Jan de Vries (1956–1960) Max Ritter (1960–1964) William Berge Phillips (1964–1968) Javier Ostos Mora (1968–1972) Harold Henning (1972–1976) Javier Ostos Mora (1976–1980, 2nd term) Ante Lambaša (1980–1984) Robert Helmick (1984–1988) Mustapha Larfaoui (1988–2009) Julio Maglione (2009–present)
Continental associations	African Swimming Confederation (CANA) Swimming Union of the Americas (ASUA) Asia Swimming Federation (AASF) European Swimming League (LEN) Oceania Swimming Association (OSA)
Competitions	FINA World Aquatics Championships
Awards	FINA Athletes of the Year
Affiliations	Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
Miscellaneous	World Aquatics Day

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Olympic Games Youth World Championships Open Water Short Course Junior Masters Para INAS World Cup World Series Paralympic Games Geography Achievements by nation
Africa	CANA – African Championships African Games African Junior Championships
Americas	UANA (AFC CCCAN CONSANAT USAS) – Caribbean Islands Championships Central American & Caribbean Championships South American Championships Pan American Games
Asia	AASF – Asian Championships Asian Games
Europe	LEN – European Championships European Short Course Championships European Junior Championships European Games European Para Championships
Oceania	OSA – Oceania Championships Pacific Games
International	International Swimming League Pan Pacific Championships Universiade Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games
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Geography World Rankings World medalists Achievements by nation
World	FINA – Summer Olympics World Championship U20 U18 World Cup men women World League Challengers' Cup
Africa	CANA – African Championship
Americas	UANA – Pan American Games UANA Cup Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games Bolivarian Games
Asia	AASF – Asian Games Asian Championship Asian Cup Asian Swimming Championships Asian Beach Games Southeast Asian Games Asian Clubs Championships
Europe	LEN – European Championship U19 U17 Europa Cup European Games Men's club Champions League Euro Cup Super Cup Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Women's club Euro League LEN Trophy Super Cup
Oceania	OSA – Oceanian Championship
Others	Commonwealth Championships Deaflympics Friendship Games Islamic Solidarity Games Mediterranean Games Summer Universiade World Games
Athletes (teams) of the Year International Hall of Fame List of players Coaches Officials

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