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The great paddling team ballsport
Canoe Polo is a spectacular team game, which combines elements of water polo, basketball and canoeing! The game is played by two teams of five players each, trying to score goals with a waterpolo ball in a net suspended above the water at each end of a "playing pitch", which is often a swimming pool. The fast, exciting game is played in two halves of ten minutes each, and produces fast, robust action, where a wide range of skills, including the Eskimo roll, are regularly used.
The paddlers use short, manoeuvrable polo-boat kayaks, paddled with two-bladed paddles and wear helmets, facemasks and lifejackets for safety and protection.
The organisers of the 2025 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships in Ponte de Lima could hardly have hoped for a better end to the competition, as Fernando Pimenta and Jose Ramalho claimed victory in the elite men's kayak double, while Rui Lacerda and Ricardo Coelho took the title in the men's canoe double. The remaining two titles of the day went to Hungary.
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The 2025 ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Championships in Mezzana concluded with an exciting Wildwater Sprint Canoeing final. The last gold medals of the championships went to France, Italy, and Slovenia.
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The penultimate day of the 2025 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships in Ponte de Lima featured individual races in the senior events, where spectators witnessed a few surprises and new faces at the top of the podium.
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