In the Olympics, teams of men include: Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain, Serbia-Montenegro, West Germany, Ireland, CIS and Croatia.
Also in the Olympics, teams of women include: Italy, Australia, United States, Greece and Russia.
These are just for the Olympics, other countries may have teams... just not good enough to be enrolled in the Olympics.
Most countries play water polo in some shape or form, ranging from national teams competing in the likes of the Olympics to school and small-time clubs just playing for fun. It would probably be easier to list the countries that do not play water polo than those that do.
well water polo is famous in turkey
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Denver Hopkins who plays for MD
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Bicycle Polo originated in 1891 in Ireland. Countries that play today are the United States, France, India, Ireland, and Canada. Click on the 'Bicycle Polo' link on this page to go to the website of the U.S. Bicycle Polo Association where you can learn more about the history and rules of the game.
Water Polo is quite popular in many countries outside of Europe, most notably the USA and Australia who have enjoyed some recent success at international level.
Water Polo Arena
a string of polo ponies is the 7 horses that a polo player plays on during a game.
Australian Water Polo was created in 1982.
Water polo is often compared to soccer because of the similar field set-up, with two goals, each at opposing ends of the pool. The main difference between water polo and soccer, besides that fact that water polo is played in the water, is the fact that you use your hands. Water polo is also compared to basketball a lot. The plays are similar, and there are many other similar aspects, such as the large amount of fast-breaks. but also in 1860's its kinda related to football but later on the years it change its way go to waterpolox.blogspot.com
Water Polo is so named because of its likeness to normal polo and the fact that it is played in water. In reality, it is more similar to Rugby but "water rugby" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.