{"id":27323,"date":"2026-07-23T13:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/la-fan-andbank-renuevan-patrocinio-relanzan-open-andbank-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:23:28","slug":"fan-and-andbank-renew-their-sponsorship-and-relaunch-the-2026-andbank-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/fan-and-andbank-renew-their-sponsorship-and-relaunch-the-2026-andbank-open\/","title":{"rendered":"FAN AND ANDBANK RENEW THEIR SPONSORSHIP AND RELAUNCH THE 2026  ANDBANK OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Andorran Swimming Federation and Andbank announced this morning the<br \/>\nrenewal of a sponsorship partnership that has linked them for almost a decade. The<br \/>\ntwo parties signed an agreement that Maria Su\u00e1rez, Andbank\u2019s Director of Domestic<br \/>\nBanking, described as \u201cimportant to us because it allows us to continue supporting a<br \/>\nfederation we have worked alongside for many years\u201d. FAN president Joan Clotet<br \/>\nthanked Andbank for \u201cthe support you have given us from the very first day;<br \/>\nAndbank has become a key part of the growth of swimming in the country and of our<br \/>\nability to keep moving forward with the FAN\u2019s future challenges\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming technical director Alfonso Maltrana also looked ahead by announcing the<br \/>\nrelaunch of the Andbank Open, which will take place on 1 May 2026. \u201cIt is the most<br \/>\nimportant event we have in the country and, to coincide with this renewal, we<br \/>\nwanted to give it fresh momentum.\u201d This year\u2019s sixth edition of the Andbank Open<br \/>\nwill therefore feature more than 20 Andorran and international clubs, with athletes<br \/>\nfrom the neighbouring countries to the south and north, strengthening links with the<br \/>\nfederations in both territories.<\/p>\n<p>Maltrana also highlighted the schedule for 2026. In the development categories, the<br \/>\naim is to place as many under-15 swimmers as possible in the top ten and to<br \/>\nincrease Andorran participation in the Spanish under-18 championships.<br \/>\nInternationally, the FAN will continue its preparations for Monaco 2027 while also<br \/>\ncompeting in the Comen Cup, the European Junior Championships and the<br \/>\nEuropean Senior Championships, where it hopes to qualify between two and four<br \/>\nswimmers who can continue on the path towards the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic<br \/>\nGames.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New momentum for artistic swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nat\u00e0lia Meca, the technical director for artistic swimming, also spoke at the renewal<br \/>\nevent. She explained that Andorra will again take part in the European Children\u2019s<br \/>\nChampionships, held in Luxembourg on 2 and 3 June, and the European Junior<br \/>\nChampionships, held in Munich from 30 June to 2 July. The Andorran Routine<br \/>\nChampionships will also take place at Serradells on 16 and 17 May, where master<br \/>\nswimmers are expected to join the field, with a target of ten participants. \u201cWe are<br \/>\npleased to continue increasing Andorran participation in international competitions.<br \/>\nWe are still growing after the momentum created by the JPE in the country, and we<br \/>\nsee a promising future,\u201d Meca said. The 5th Santa Eul\u00e0lia Trophy will also be held in<br \/>\nEncamp on 21 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flagship event on Andorra\u2019s swimming circuit will welcome more than 20 clubs, including swimmers from the neighbouring countries to the south and north<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":27318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-27323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27328,"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27323\/revisions\/27328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27323"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andbank.com\/andorra\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=27323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}