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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 ...
June 6. - 7. 2026, Ivrea,ITA
2026 PADDLE EUROPE FREESTYLE ...
June 10. - 13. 2026, Lieksa, FIN
2026 PADDLE EUROPE SPRINT, ...
June 11. - 14. 2026, Montemor-o-Velho, POR
2026 Paddle Europe Junior Slalom ...
June 13. - 14. 2026, Valstagna,ITA
2026 Paddle Europe Junior Slalom ...
June 20. - 21. 2026, Flattach,AUT
All competitions

NEWS

Europe shines at Canoe Marathon World Cup in China during another busy international canoeing ...
Europe shines at Canoe Marathon World Cup in China during another busy international canoeing ...
The 2026 ICF Canoe Marathon World Cup in Bazhong, China delivered an intense weekend of racing across both short race and classic marathon formats, with European paddlers once again playing a major role at the top of the international field. Read more
Strong International Field Delivers High-Level Racing at Bratislava Junior & U23 Regatta
Strong International Field Delivers High-Level Racing at Bratislava Junior & U23 Regatta
The 39th International Junior & U23 Regatta in Bratislava once again confirmed its status as one of Europe’s most important development competitions in canoe sprint, bringing together a deep international field at the Zemník venue in Slovakia.
Held at the same course that hosted the 2024 ECA Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships, Bratislava continued to demonstrate why it has become a key centre for youth international canoe sprint competition.
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Europe dominates the 2026 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in Banja Luka
Europe dominates the 2026 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in Banja Luka
The 2026 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships concluded in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, after four days of competition on the Vrbas River, once again confirming Europe as the global centre of wildwater canoeing.
A total of 27 nations participated in the championships, with 21 European countries representing approximately 78% of all competing nations. Throughout the Classic, Sprint and Team events, European athletes dominated the medal tables and produced many of the standout individual performances of the competition.
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