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waterpolo

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ID 737413 Last modified 05.06.2019
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Domain ball games - throwing games
water polo preferred
  • ujudes mängitav sportmäng, kus üritatakse palli vastase väravasse visata
  • vees (basseinis) kahe võistkonna (kummaski 13 mängijat: korraga 7 vees, kellest 1 on väravavaht) vahel mängitav sportlik pallimäng (kestusega neli 8-minutist veerandaega), kus üritatakse võrkpalliga sarnast palli vastase väravasse visata
  • ujudes mängitav sportmäng: 20 × 30 m veealal mängib 2 võistkonda (à 7 mängijat), püütakse palli (400–450 g, ümbermõõt 68–71 cm) visata vastase väravasse (3,0 × 0,9 m)
  • a game played in a rectangular pool or an enclosed rectangular area of water 75 to 100 feet long and 45 to 60 feet wide (20 to 30 meters long and 8 to 20 meters wide for international play) between 2 teams of 7 players each with the object to dribble and pass an inflated ball to a point near the opponent's goal and throw it past the opposing goalkeeper for a score and to prevent the opposing team from scoring
  • a goal game similar to soccer that is played in water by teams of swimmers using a ball resembling a soccer ball
Good to know
  • Palli ümbermõõt on 68–71 cm ja kaal 400–500 g. Basseini mõõtmed: 30 x 20 m (meestele), 25 x 17 m (naistele); vee sügavus ei tohi olla alla 1,8 m.
  • The game was originally called “football-in-the-water,” and indeed it is more like association football and basketball than polo, the name of the sport coming from an earlier form of the game ...
veepall
water polo preferred
waterpolo

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