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Water Polo
Water polo is a pool team game: two teams use ball, caps and goals, swim without touching the bottom, stay up with eggbeater and try to score more goals than the opponent within the possession time.
LevelMain sport
FamilyAquatics Family
CategoryWater sport / aquatics
Classification
Category
Water sport / aquatics
Family
Aquatics Family
Level
Main sport
Weitere Angaben
Tags
team, water, water-polo, water-sport, aquatics-familie, wasserball, wassersport-aquatics, water-sport-aquatics
Rules and format
Die Grundlagen
Ziel
Score more goals than the opponent while playing possession, fouls, exclusions and possession time legally.
Teilnehmer
Two teams with seven players in the water.
Teamgröße
7 in the water, roster/substitutes by competition rule.
Spielfeld
Pool field with goals and markings.
Dauer
Commonly four periods; concrete duration by rulebook and age group.
Wertung
Goal scoring.
Gewinnbedingung
More goals after regulation or event tiebreak.
Ausrüstung
- water polo ball
- caps
- goals
- pool markings
- timing
Wichtige Regelpunkte
- ordinary foul
- exclusion foul
- penalty foul
- holding ball underwater
- unsafe contact
Regelquellen
Federations and sources
Federations
- World Aquatics
- World Aquatics (World Aquatics)
- Water Polo Rules World Aquatics · official-rules · high
- An introduction to water polo Swim England · federation-guide · high
- Water Polo Basic Rules Water Polo Canada · federation-guide · high
- Water Polo Fundamentals for Beginners Water Polo University · blog-guide · medium