Lima has become an attractive city for hosting various international events and water sports are no exception, from 7 to 13 March we will host the Water Polo World League “Lima Intercontinental Cup, Peru 2022”, whose activities will take place in the aquatic center of Villa Deportiva Nacional (Videna).
In this way, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) assigns organizational responsibility to Peru, where the eight best teams, men’s and women’s, from Oceania, Asia, Africa and America will take part, who will debate their classification for the championship. World League Superfinals.
This will be the most important event held by the Peruvian Swimming Sports Federation in recent years, as it is a top-level FINA event.
Water polo is a sport played in a swimming pool, where two teams face each other. The object of the game is to score the highest number of goals against the opposing team during the match.
The team has 6 field players and 1 goalkeeper in the water and there must be a maximum of 6 substitutes on the bench. They differ by the color of the cap.
There are errors, temporary expulsions and definitive expulsions. A game is divided into four periods of effective eight-minute play, a total of 32 full game minutes.
The sport was created in 1877 by swimming instructor and journalist William Wilson and recognized by the United Kingdom Nautical Association in 1885.
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Published: 8/2/2022
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