World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Founded as FINA (; ) in 1908, the federation was officially renamed World Aquatics in January 2023. World Aquatics currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. World Aquatics also oversees "Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. History FINA was founded on 19 July 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations. Number of national federations by year: 1908: 8 1928: 38 1958: 75 1978: 106 1988: 109 2000: 174 2008: 197 2010: 202 2012: 203 2015: 208 2016: 207 2017: 209 Members In June 2017, Bhutan became the 208th national member federation of FINA (now World Aquatics); and on 30 November 2017, Anguilla became the 209th national member federation. Members are grouped by continent, and there are 5 continental associations of which they can choose to be a member: Africa (52): African Swimming Confederation (CANA) Americas (45): Swimming Union of the Americas (ASUA) Asia (45): Asia Swimming Federation (AASF) Europe (52): European Swimming League (LEN) Oceania (15): Oceania Swimming Association (OSA) Note: The number following each continental name is the number of World Aquatics members which fall into the given geographical area. It is not necessarily the number of members in the continental association. Organisation World Aquatics' membership meets in General Congress every two years, usually coinciding with the biennial World Aquatics Championships. General Congress is World Aquatics' highest authority. Each General Congress has two voting members from each Member Federation, plus the following non-voting members: the 22 members of the World Aquatics Bureau, the Honorary Life President, and all Honorary Members. Technical issues concerning World Aquatics' six aquatic disciplines are decided by a Technical Congress which meets every four years. The Technical Congress has the following additional non-voting members: all members from the respective Technical Committees. Additional "Extraordinary Congresses" may also be called at other times, to deal with a specific topic or area of concern that arises. Congress meetings are