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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

2026 Paddle Europe Junior Slalom ...
July 3. - 5. 2026, Augsburg,GER
2026 Paddle Europe Junior Slalom ...
July 10. - 12. 2026, Krakow,POL
2026 PADDLE EUROPE SLALOM MASTERS ...
July 10. - 11. 2026, St. Ruprecht ob Murau, Austria
2026 Paddle Europe Junior Slalom ...
July 18. - 20. 2026, České Budějovice,CZE
2026 PADDLE EUROPE JUNIOR AND U23 ...
July 23. - 26. 2026, Szeged, HUN
All competitions

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