water polo
team sport played in water by teams competing to put the ball into the opponent's goal
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Summary
water polo is a type of sport[1]. It draws 7,160 Wikipedia views per month (type of sport category, ranking #77 of 435).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: team sport[3], water sport[4], ball game[5], Olympic sport[6]
- Commons category: Water polo[7]
- Unicode character: 🤽[8]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[9]
- Inception: 1900[10]
- Sport: water sport[11]
- Authority: World Aquatics[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Water polo[13]
- OpenStreetMap tag: sport=water_polo[14]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15]
- Topic has template: Template:Waterpolo-stub[16]
- Maximum number of players: 14[17]
- Uses: water polo ball[18]
- Practiced by: water polo player[19], water polo coach[20]
- Alternative name: Waasserpolo[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
Why It Matters
water polo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]