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The first history of the sport in Australia was launched in February 2009, under the title 'Water Warriors: Chronicle of Australian Water Polo', [8] by Dr. Tracy Rockwell. The 592-page publication features over 1,300 images and is an in-depth reference on water polo in Australia from its first match in 1879 to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Australia's best international water polo success came in 1996, when the Sharks won the six-nation Control Cup in Hungary, and followed it up with a bronze medal at an eight nation tournament in Italy in the same year. However, they failed to qualify for that year's Olympics for the first time since 1948.
Australian women's national team: Aussie Belles [44] Australian men's national team: Aussie Storm [45] Netball: Women's national team: Diamonds [46] [47] Origin Energy [48] Men's national team: Kelpies, previously known as Sonix. [49] [50] Touch Football: Australian Touch Football Team Emus [51] Quizzing: Australian Quiz Team Quokkas [52 ...
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Water polo is an international game, contested by over 120 countries, and with artistic swimming are the only Olympic team sports played in water. First introduced to the Olympic program at the 1900 Paris Games, water polo and rowing remain the only team sports to be continually programmed for every edition of the Summer Olympics.
The forerunner of the current national Water polo championship was the Australian Water Polo Club Championship, which was contested annually from 1975 until 1990 for men, and from 1984 until 2003 for women. [4] Today, the Australian Water Polo League (AWL) is Australia’s premier domestic water polo competition.
The U.S. has been the dominant force in women’s water polo for more than a decade, winning gold medals in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics (postponed a year due to COVID).
For instance, Australia's women's water polo team wears green caps. For NFHS, CWPA, and NCAA rules (United States) the home team is dark and the away team is white. [6] [7] The water polo cap is used to protect the players' heads and ears, and the numbers on them (1-13) make them identifiable from afar, especially by the referee(s).