Water Polo

Water polo

Description of sport: It is played with a team of seven. Matches are split into four to eight minute periods. At the start of the game, the teams race to the ball. Whichever gets it first will then have thirty seconds to score on the opposing team before giving them the ball. Players may swim up to three miles in a game.

Rules of the sport: players cannot hold, sink or pull back on the opposing players if they do not have the ball. These are called exclusion fouls, if you make an exclusion foul you will be excluded from game play for twenty seconds giving the other team a great advantage these are also called a man-up-play. The ball under foul is called when a player takes or holds the ball under water. Only the goal keeper can hold the ball with more than one hand

Facts about water polo

•Great Britain won four out of five tournaments of water polo.

•In the nineteenth century water polo was developed in England.

•Women's water polo started of in Sydney 2000 Olympic games.

•It has been played since 1900 in the Paris Olympic games.

•Water polo now, is played more like handball.

•This sport was made to be an aquatic version of rugby.

Water polo Schedule

Men's Water PoloJuly, Sunday 29July, Tuesday 31August, Thursday 2August, Saturday 4August, Monday 6August, Wednesday 8August, Friday 10

Men's medal eventAugust Sunday 12

Women's Water PoloJuly, Monday 30August, Wednesday 1August, Friday 3August, Sunday 5August, Tuesday 7

Women’s medal eventAugust, Thursday 9

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