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Canoe Polo

The great paddling team ballsport

Canoe Polo is a spectacular team game, which combines elements of water polo, basketball and canoeing! The game is played by two teams of five players each, trying to score goals with a waterpolo ball in a net suspended above the water at each end of a "playing pitch", which is often a swimming pool. The fast, exciting game is played in two halves of ten minutes each, and produces fast, robust action, where a wide range of skills, including the Eskimo roll, are regularly used.

The paddlers use short, manoeuvrable polo-boat kayaks, paddled with two-bladed paddles and wear helmets, facemasks and lifejackets for safety and protection.

DOCUMENTS can be found here.

ECA Competitions

November 21. - 22. 2026, River Dee, Llangolle, GBR
May 20. - 23. 2027, Krakow, POL
May 31. - June 6. 2027, Mirandela, POR
June 10. - 13. 2027, Poznan, Poland
June 23. - 27. 2027, Mezzana,ITA
All competitions

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