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All games require a result, and as such it is impossible for a game to result in a draw. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top six placed teams from each of the men's and women's divisions will progress to the finals series, with the position of each team determined by the highest number of points accumulated during the regular season.
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.
Although the game was first launched in Great Britain in the 1860s, Australia was the second nation in the world to adopt and begin playing the sport of water polo. The first match known to have occurred in Australia was held at Hegarty's Railway Baths at St Kilda , Melbourne on 1 March 1879, [ 1 ] as demonstrated by Professor Fred Cavill. [ 2 ]
Australia rallied to tie the game ... over the U.S. in women’s water polo at La Defense Arena. Australia will play Spain in the gold-medal match Saturday, while the three-time defending Olympic ...
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.
Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive) PDF documents on the FINA website: Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo ( archive ) (pp. 284–507)
Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive) PDF documents on the FINA website: Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo ( archive ) (pp. 284–507)
The University of New South Wales Wests Water Polo Club is an Australian club water polo team that competes in the National Water Polo League. There is a men's team based at Ashfield and a women's team based at the University of New South Wales. Their men's team is known as the 'Magpies' and their women's team is known as the 'Killer Whales'.