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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

17th Ordinary Congress of the ...
March 29. 2025, Budapest, Hungary
2025 ECA Canoe Marathon Club ...
April 5. - 6. 2025, Rheine, GER
2025 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European ...
April 11. - 13. 2025, Markkleeberg, GER
2025 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European ...
April 19. - 20. 2025, Krakow, POL
All competitions

NEWS

Tony Estanguet elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee
Tony Estanguet elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee

Congratulations to former French canoe slalom paddler Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, who was elected as an IOC member.

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BULLETIN – 2025 ECA CANOE POLO EUROPEAN CUP II
BULLETIN – 2025 ECA CANOE POLO EUROPEAN CUP II

The second ECA Canoe Polo European Cup of the year 2025 will take place in June, more precisely on 21st and 22nd, in Avranches, France.

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History written at the ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup

The Pyrenees Cup, which counted as the ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup and the ICF Canoe Slalom World Ranking, has concluded in La Seu d’Urgell. The final day featured the kayak cross events, where Portuguese paddler Federico Alvarenga won the men's final, writing a new chapter in Portugal’s canoeing history. This marks Portugal’s first-ever gold medal in high-level international kayak cross competitions.

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