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Canoe Polo

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.

DOCUMENTS can be found here.

ECA Competitions

	2025 ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing ...
November 22. 2025, River Dee/Llangollen, GBR
2026 ECA Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe ...
June 10. - 14. 2026, Montemor-o-Velho
2026 ECA Canoe Freestyle European ...
June 10. - 13. 2026, Lieksa, FIN
2026 ECA Canoe Marathon European ...
June 22. - 28. 2026, Pitesti, ROU
2026 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe ...
July 23. - 26. 2026, Szeged, HUN
All competitions

NEWS

ECA opens up to recreational sports, “Paddle sports for all” as a new guiding principle
ECA opens up to recreational sports, “Paddle sports for all” as a new guiding principle
The European Canoe Association (ECA), the umbrella organization for European canoe associations, was founded in Rome in 1993 and today brings together more than 40 national organizations. Its goal is to promote canoeing in all its facets. In recent decades, however, the focus has mostly been on competitive sports on European championships, cups, and youth programs. Read more
Athletes committee
Athletes committee

Monica Doria elected as the first Chair of the European Canoe Association Athletes’ Committee

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European Canoe Association and Memosoft Join the Paddle Games Project Next Weekend
European Canoe Association and Memosoft Join the Paddle Games Project Next Weekend
The European Canoe Association (ECA), soon to be known as Paddle Europe, together with its official technology partner Memosoft, will join next weekend the 2025 edition of the Paddle Games in Spain.
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