Associação de Natação de Coimbra

Name

Associação de Natação de Coimbra

Legal name

Associação de Natação de Coimbra

Website

https://ancoimbra.pt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Federation / Swimming Competition Management

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

International Sport Federations (IFs) (MPAKAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Individual-Sport Clubs & Teams (Cycling Teams, Athletics/Track Clubs, Swimming Clubs, etc.) (MPAKABAD), Open Water Swimming Events (OWS Races, Swim Challenges) (MPAKAIAF)

Keywords

• Competitive swimming organization
• Regional swimming federation
• Aquatic sports management
• Swimming competition events
• Para swimming programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Coimbra

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Associação de Natação de Coimbra (ANC) is a regional swimming federation that governs and organizes competitive aquatic sports across six disciplines: competitive swimming (Natação Pura), Masters, adapted/para swimming (Natação Adaptada), open water (Águas Abertas), water polo (Polo Aquático), and synchronized swimming (Natação Sincronizada). It runs an annual calendar of regional competitions, tournaments, and training camps for affiliated clubs and athletes from mini-atletas (ages 7-13) to senior level, and selects regional teams for national and international competitions.

Product overview

Associação de Natação de Coimbra (ANC) is a regional swimming federation organizing competitive swimming across six disciplines: Natação Pura (competitive swimming), Masters (adult swimming), Natação Adaptada (para/adapted swimming), Águas Abertas (open water), Polo Aquático (water polo), and Natação Sincronizada (artistic/synchronized swimming). The association operates as a platform-and-events model, combining its six discipline programs with a structured tournament calendar that includes named competitions such as the Coimbra Swimming Open, Torneio Especialista, Taça Velocidade, the multi-round 1ºMergulho (youth initiation circuit) and Torregri (Cadete progression circuit), Festival Salv'Aqua, and Regional Championships. Supporting services include the Competition Calendar, a Documents repository, and an all-time Regional Rankings system. The association also runs Technical Training Camps (Estágios de Capacitação Técnica) for Infantis and Cadetes, leveraging elite athlete mentorship to develop regional talent.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Natação Pura (Competitive Swimming)
• Masters Swimming
• Natação Adaptada (Adapted/Para Swimming)
• Águas Abertas (Open Water Swimming)
• Polo Aquático (Water Polo)
• Natação Sincronizada (Synchronized Swimming)
• Coimbra Swimming Open
• Torneio Especialista (Specialist Tournament)
• Taça Velocidade (Speed Cup)
• 1ºMergulho Circuit
• Torregri Circuit
• Estágios de Capacitação Técnica (Technical Training Camps)
• Festival Salv'Aqua
• Calendário de Provas (Competition Calendar)
• Documentos (Documents Repository)

Quantifiable outcome

• At the 2026 Meeting Internacional Porto, ANC Selection won 14 medals (6 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze) and achieved 3rd place collective and 4th place medal tally out of all participating teams
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Federação Portuguesa de Natação (FPN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFPN is the national governing body for swimming in Portugal. ANC is a regional association affiliated with FPN, organizing competitions under FPN rules and regulations. FPN manages national teams, international competitions, and referee/judge certification. ANC athletes are FPN-registered and compete in FPN-sanctioned events including national championships.
• Câmara Municipal de CoimbracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Municipality of Coimbra provides venue infrastructure (Complexo Olímpico Piscinas de Coimbra, Piscinas Rui Abreu) for ANC competitions and training activities. The municipality supports the association's mission to develop swimming in the region.
• Associação Natação Centro Norte de PortugalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional swimming association. ANC co-organized the Campeonato Interdistrital Juvenis, Juniores e Seniores Inverno 2025/2026 together with this association and Associação Natação Distrito Leiria.
• Associação Natação Distrito LeiriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional swimming association. ANC co-organized the Campeonato Interdistrital Juvenis, Juniores e Seniores Inverno 2025/2026 together with this association and Associação Natação Centro Norte de Portugal.
• C.N. Santa Olaya (Gijón, Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish swimming club that organized the XXXVIII Trofeo Internacional Villa de Gijón. ANC sent a selection team of 12 swimmers to compete at this international event in May 2025, placing 8th out of 32 clubs.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Louzan Natação / EFAPEL: Affiliated ANC swimming club in the Coimbra region that has produced national record holders (e.g., Tomás Coelho Cordeiro). Comparable as an embedded member-club counterparty within ANC's ecosystem and a pipeline supplier of elite athletes.
• Clube Náutico Académico de Coimbra: Member swimming club within the ANC ecosystem. Comparable because it operates at the grassroots/competitive-club layer that ANC governs and serves, producing athletes who feed the association's regional selections.

Direct peers

• Associação de Natação de Lisboa: Regional swimming association covering the Lisbon district. Most directly comparable peer — same organizational structure (member clubs, regional championships, athlete development) operating in a parallel Portuguese geography.
• Associação de Natação do Norte de Portugal: Northern regional swimming association that co-organizes inter-district competitions with ANC. Comparable as a peer regional federation running the same competition model, athlete pathway and disciplines across northern Portugal.
• Associação Natação Distrito Leiria: Leiria district swimming association identified in ANC's partnership data as a co-organizer of the Campeonato Interdistrital. Operates the same regional-association model and disciplines as ANC in a contiguous district.
• Associação de Natação do Algarve: Algarve regional swimming association running the same federated competition structure across southern Portugal. Comparable in mission, governance and programming despite different geography and demographic profile.

Broad incumbents

• Federação Portuguesa de Natação (FPN): The Portuguese national swimming federation that ANC is directly affiliated with. Comparable because it operates the same competitive framework (six disciplines, regional-to-national pipeline, national records) one tier above ANC, governing all Portuguese regional associations.
• World Aquatics (FINA): Global governing body for aquatic sports. Comparable as the international counterpart that defines the rules, classifications and competition standards ANC's adapted-swimming and open-water programs operate under.
• Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Pessoas com Deficiência: National body coordinating Paralympic and adapted sport pathways in Portugal. Comparable because it sits in the same adapted/para-swimming value chain that supports ANC's Natação Adaptada program and its national-record para-swimmers.

Regional players

• Clube Fluvial Portuense: Historic Portuguese sports club (Porto) with an active swimming section participating in national and international events. Comparable as a Portuguese swimming stakeholder competing in the same national championships ANC athletes target.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/assnatacaocoimbra
• Instagraminstagram.com/associacaonatacaocoimbra
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-nata%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-coimbra

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