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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 Australian national water polo team represents Australia in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Water Polo Australia. The national men's team has the nickname of "The Sharks". It is organised into the Asia/Oceania regional group.
The Australian Water Polo League (formerly known as the Australian National Water Polo League) is the premier Australian domestic water polo competition. The men's league was established in 1990 with the women's league following in 2004.
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).
Water Polo Australia (WPA) is the national governing body for Water Polo in Australia, headquartered in Sydney. [4] WPA in its current form was formed in 1982, when it broke away from the Amateur Swimming Union of Australia (now Swimming Australia ) to become the Australian Amateur Water Polo Association (AAWPA).
The sport was introduced to Australia in 1879 by Professor Fred Cavill. [1] [2] By 1880, water polo was being played in New South Wales (NSW) by members of various Sydney swimming clubs, [3] [4] [5] establishing the state as the first region outside Great Britain to adopt the sport. [6]
The Adelaide Jets Water Polo Club is an Australian club water polo team that competes in the National Water Polo League. They have a men's team and a women's team and are based in Adelaide . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Australia national women's water polo team represents Australia in women's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Water Polo Australia. It was one of the most successful women's water polo teams in the world. It is currently organised into the Asia/Oceania regional group.