In the United States and Canada, collegiate polo is arena polo; in the UK, collegiate polo is both. Forms of arena polo include beach polo, played in many countries between teams of three riders on a sand surface, and cowboy polo, played almost exclusively in the western United States by teams of five riders on a dirt surface. Another modern variant is snow polo, which is played on compacted snow on flat ground or a frozen lake. The format of snow polo varies depending on the space available. Each team generally consists of three players and a bright coloured light plastic ball is preferred.
Indoor and arena polo
Polo
Polo | Indoor and arena polo
In beach and snow polo ,each team has three members each and in cowboy polo there are five members in each team. Four Each team consists of four mounted players, which can be mixed teams of both men and women. Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
who were king and queen of england during ww2
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George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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who is the current leader of this kingdom?
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Queen Elizabeth II.
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how the above mentioned king die?
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Coronary thrombosis.
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what is this disease?
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Formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel of the heart.
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could you let me know the children names of the female leader mentioned above?
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Charles, Anne, Prince Andrew , and Prince Edward.
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what are the responsibilities carried out by the first name mentioned above?
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As Prince of Wales, Charles undertakes official duties on behalf of the Queen and the Commonwealth realms. He officiates at investitures and attends the funerals of foreign dignitaries.
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does he have children from his second marriage?
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any children from his first marriage, their names?
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Yes, Prince William and Prince Harry.
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who has the latter married?
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what sports did the prince who we were chatting about earlier, play?
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Polo and fishing.
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what is the origin of the first sport mentioned above?
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It began as a simple game played by mounted Iranian and Turkic nomads in Central Asia, with the current form originating in Iran.
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how many players make a team?
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Polo (, "chogān") is an Iranian horseback mounted team sport. It is one of the world's oldest known team sports. The concept of the game and its variants date back from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD. The sport originated from equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian peoples . Polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the Persian king’s guard or other elite troops. A notable example is Saladin, who was known for being a skilled polo player which contributed to his cavalry training. It is now popular around the world, with well over 100 member countries in the Federation of International Polo.
Polo | Introduction
Although the exact origins of the game are unknown, it most likely began as a simple game played by mounted Iranian and Turkic nomads in Central Asia, with the current form originating in Iran (Persia) and spreading east and west. In time polo became a Persian national sport played extensively by the nobility. Women played as well as men. During the period of the Parthian Empire (247 BC to 224 AD), the sport had great patronage under the kings and noblemen. According to the "Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity", polo (known as "čowgān" in Middle Persian, i.e. chovgan), was a Persian ball game and an important pastime in the court of the Sasanian Empire (224–651).
Polo | Origins
The standard 10-team formation consists of two layer defenders, one strong back, a deep wing, one middle receiver, three strikers and a goalkeeper. Some teams opt for different variations of player formations, but no more than 10 players (including a goalkeeper) are allowed on the field at a time.
Tennis polo | Player positions
Each country was allowed to enter one team of 8 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total of 21"(*)" polo players from 5 nations competed at the Berlin Games: Only a few reserve players are known.
Polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics | Participating nations
Each team has 10 members or depend on how many are agreed. The first players on each team will use two stilt / kadang with one each per foot. Participants align behind the line first whipping in facing beam. Two or more teams with contrasting as many will be involved.
Tiyakad | Mechanics
Each team consists of four mounted players, which can be mixed teams of both men and women. Each position assigned to a player has certain responsibilities: Polo must be played right-handed in order to prevent head-on collisions.
Polo | Players
This is a list of the players who were on the rosters of the given teams who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics for men's water polo. The men's tournament included twelve teams, with a maximum of thirteen players per team.
Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters | Introduction
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation.
Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Introduction
As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1904 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 16 teams in the first division.
Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) | Format
The history of water polo as a team sport began as a demonstration of strength and swimming skill in mid-19th century England and Scotland, where water sports and racing exhibitions were a feature of county fairs and festivals. Men's water polo was among the first team sports introduced at the modern Olympic games in 1900. The present-day game involves teams of seven players (plus up to six substitutes), with a water polo ball similar in size to a soccer ball but constructed of air-tight nylon. One of the earliest recorded viewings of water polo was conducted at the 4th Open Air Fete of the London Swimming Club, held at the Crystal Palace, London on 15 September 1873.
Water polo | History
A match comprises four, six or eight chukkas. The three players in each section play the position of a No. 1, attack, a No. 2, midfield (a combination of defence and offence), or a No. 3, defence. The team structure was designed to force players to pass the ball about amongst themselves, making it a better skilled, faster sport.
Polocrosse | Rules
At the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul, South Korea, the Iran men's national water polo team participated and placed 4th, despite close to a decade of not playing within international competitions. Hossein Nassim and Ahmad Yaghouti were the only players to have participated both on the 1974 Asian games team, and the 1986 Asian games squad.
Hossein Nassim | Water polo career
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation. All teams entered 11 players. A total of 142"(*)" water polo players from 16 nations competed at the Berlin Games: Not all reserve players are known.
Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics | Participating nations
The objective is to score goals against an opposing team. The goals are traditionally marked by bar stools in width and height, but simple street hockey goals can also be used. Players score by driving a softball ball (hard despite the name) into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled croquet mallet. A full match has six 6-minute-long "chukkas" (periods), and each team may consist of up to six people (depending on the size of the field and the amount of interest). The minimum size of the field is long and wide. A 'last man' rule applies, as any player may act as goalkeeper.
Hobby horse polo | Rules
There are three players per team in arena polo as opposed to four in the outdoor version. Games can be very physical, and because of the smaller size of the playing field, opponents are almost always in close proximity. Players that enjoy arena polo are typically those who do not shy away from physical contact. Arena polo is often very fan friendly because the action is contained in a smaller area.
Arena polo | The Players
Polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the king's guard or other elite troops. In time polo became an Iranian national sport played normally by the nobility. Women as well as men played the game, as indicated by references to the queen and her ladies engaging King Khosrow II Parviz and his courtiers in the 6th century AD. Certainly Persian literature and art give us the richest accounts of polo in antiquity. Ferdowsi, the famed Iranian poet-historian, gives a number of accounts of royal chogan tournaments in his 9th century epic, Shahnameh (the Book of Kings).
Chovgan | Chovgan in Iran
British immigrants in the Argentine pampas started practising polo during their free time. Among them, David Shennan is credited with having organised the first formal polo game of the country in 1875, at Estancia El Negrete, located in the province of Buenos Aires. The sport spread quickly between the skilful gauchos, and several clubs opened in the following years in the towns of Venado Tuerto, Cañada de Gómez, Quilmes, Flores and later (1888) Hurlingham. In 1892 The River Plate Polo Association was founded and constituted the basis for the current Asociación Argentina de Polo. In the Olympic Games held in Paris in 1924 a team composed by Juan Miles, Enrique Padilla, Juan Nelson, Arturo Kenny, G.
Polo | Argentina
In Manipur, polo is traditionally played with seven players to a side. The players are mounted on the indigenous Manipuri pony, which stands less than . There are no goal posts, and a player scores simply by hitting the ball out of either end of the field. Players strike the ball with the long side of the mallet head, not the end. Players are not permitted to carry the ball, although blocking the ball with any part of the body except the open hand is permitted. The sticks are made of cane, and the balls are made from the roots of bamboo.
Polo in India | Origins
The Turkish men's national water polo team was formed in 1930s.
Turkey men's national water polo team | Introduction
It is believed that Polo first originated in Persia ages ago. The poet Firdowsi described royal polo tournaments in his 9th century epic, the Shahnameh. Polo competitions are the subject of many traditional paintings in Iran. Despite the emphasis in Islam on learning the equestrian arts, in modern times, especially after the 1979 Iranian revolution, the equestrian sports fell out of favor in Iran, as they were associated with the aristocracy. However, recent signs suggest that it may be witnessing a comeback, with renewed interest in the sport. Horse racing is a very popular sport between Turkmens of Iran, and there are two great Gymnasium of horse racing at Gonbad Kavous and Bandar Torkaman.
Sport in Iran | Polo
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total of 155"(*)" water polo players from 18 nations competed at the London Games: Not all reserve players are known.
Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics | Participating nations
The term was first used in 1909 for the team of Devereaux Milburn, Harry Payne Whitney, Lawrence Waterbury, and James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr.. The term was still in use for the 1927 team of James Watson Webb, Sr., Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., Malcolm Stevenson (polo) and Devereaux Milburn.
Big Four (polo) | History
A list of players contemporary to the match does not include Robertson, but does list Coe and Kemp in addition to Robert Crawshaw, William Henry, John Arthur Jarvis, Victor Lindberg, and Frederick Stapleton. Lindberg has been considered the first New Zealand Olympian, although he "was born in Fiji to Swedish and Irish parents, lived in New Zealand from a young age and, in Paris, represented a British club."
Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics | Team composition
The Brazilian, Greek, Japanese, Italian, Hungarian and American squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Montenegrin squad was made up entirely of players employed by abroad country clubs.
Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters | Player representation by league
A total of 20 players from 4 nations competed at the Paris Games:
Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics | Participating nations
This is a list of the players who were on the rosters of the given teams who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics for women's water polo. The women's tournament included eight teams, with a maximum of thirteen players per team.
Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters | Introduction
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total of 109"(*)" water polo players from 14 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:
Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics | Participating nations
Polo is not widely spread in West Asia, but still counts five active clubs in Iran, four active polo clubs in the UAE, one club in Bahrain and The Royal Jordanian Polo Club in Amman, Jordan. Polo in Iran is governed by the Polo Federation of Iran. There are five polo clubs in Iran: Ghasr-e Firoozeh, Nowroozabad, Army Ground Forces, Kanoon-e Chogan and Nesf-e Jahan. Iran possesses some of the best grass polo fields in the region. The country currently has over 100 registered players of which approximately 15% are women. Historically, Kurdish and Persian Arabian horses were the most widely used for polo.
Polo | West Asia
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and they all were eligible for participation. Austria withdrew without playing a match. A total of 101 water polo players from 13 nations competed at the Paris Games:
Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics | Participating nations
Hungary has qualified a men's and a women's team. The team will have 13 athletes.
Hungary at the 2012 Summer Olympics | Water polo
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown. Head coach: File Bonačić
Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Yugoslavia
The Soviet Union entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 38 goals but only four scorers are known. Head coach: Vadim Kuznetsov and Ivan Dmitriev
Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Soviet Union
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), date of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Sixteen American athletes have each made at least three Olympic appearances. Tony Azevedo is the first and only American water polo player (man or woman) to have competed in five Olympic Games.
United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics (appearances) | Players
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 11 players and all were eligible for participation. A total of 41"(*)" water polo players from 5 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games: Not all reserve players are known.
Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics | Participating nations
Each team may consist of five to eight players (no more than five players could play for the team in a match at any given time however). Some teams are participating for many years (there are players who have participated in every season since 1997). Each season at least several new teams registers for participation. Many teams represent some particular faculty or institute, while other teams are mixed.
Protmušis | History
The Pakistan Polo Association (PPA) organises the sport, and the national side takes part in the Polo World Cup. Polo is played professionally with a number of Argentine players playing in Pakistan. Notable players include Murad Ismail, Raja Sami Ullah, Raza Muhammad Ali Khan Bangash, and Hissam Ali Haider. Raza Bangash is Pakistan's number-one player since June 2009, playing for the President's Body Guard team.
Sport in Pakistan | Polo
The following players represented the United Arab Republic.
Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | United Arab Republic
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 44 goals but only four scorers are known. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Yugoslavia
The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 October 2010 at Guangzhou. The men were drawn into two groups of five teams, the women were played in round robin format. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2009 Asian Championships. * Iran withdrew shortly after the draw.
Water polo at the 2010 Asian Games | Draw
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known. Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)
Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | United States
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), Cap number or name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Twelve players were born outside the United States, in four continents (Asia, Europe, North America, and South America).
United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics | Players born outside the United States
Escala i corda may be played one-on-one, but it is mainly a team sport. Teams may be formed by two or three players, and they may play in every combination (2 vs. 2, 3 vs. 3, or 3 vs. 2 if those three players are considered not to be as good as the other two); this way, bets are more interesting. The favourite team (the one organizers thinks is better) will dress in red, and the other one in blue. Players are called according to their position in the "trinquet". So, there is "dauer", a "mitger" and a "punter". There used to be also two special players called the "feridors" which are drawn by lots before the match begins to know who'll they play for (the "punter" may be the "feridor" as well).
Escala i corda | Players
The following players represented Spain: Jesús Rollán, Miguel Chillida, Marco Antonio González, Miguel Pérez, Manuel Estiarte, Pere Robert, Jorge Payá, José Rodriguez, Jorge Sans, Salvador Gómez, Mariano Moya, Jorge Neira and Pedro Garcia. Head Coach: Antonio Esteller.
Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Spain
Some Pashtuns in Central Asia participate in buzkashi, which is a sport introduced in the region during the Mongol period from the 13th century onward. The word "buz" means "goat" and "kashi" means "dragging" or "pulling" in the Persian language. The basic objective is to carry the headless carcass of a calf or goat around a flag and back to the starting point while on horseback with other riders trying to do the same thing by taking the carcass away. This is not a team sport, it is every man for himself, which becomes apparent as soon as the game starts.
Pashtun culture | Buzkashi and polo
Brooke Naylor and A. Peña obtained the first gold medal for the country's olympic history; this also occurred in Berlin 1936 with players Manuel Andrada, Andrés Gazzotti, Roberto Cavanagh, Luis Duggan, Juan Nelson, Diego Cavanagh, and Enrique Alberdi. The game spread across the country, and Argentina is credited globally as the capital of polo; Argentina is notably the country with the largest number ever of 10 handicap players in the world.
Polo | Argentina
The Iran men's national water polo team represents Iran in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by the IR Iran Amateur Swimming Federation.
Iran men's national water polo team | Introduction
Some authors give dates as early as the 5th century BC (or earlier) to the 1st century AD for its origin by the Medes. Certainly, the earliest records of polo are Median (an ancient Iranian people). According to the "Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity", polo i.e. chovgan was a Persian ball game (polo = chovgan in Middle Persian) and an important pastime in the court of the Sasanian Empire (224-651). During the period of the Parthian Empire (247 BC to 224 AD), the sport had great patronage under the kings and noblemen. According to the "Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity", polo (known as "čowgān" in Middle Persian, i.e.
Chovgan | History
Spain had only a squad of eight players entered. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Spain
The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 15 goals. Head coach: Andrey Kistyakovsky and Evgeny Semenov
Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Soviet Union
In Manipur, polo is traditionally played with seven players to a side. The players are mounted on the indigenous Manipuri pony, which stands less than . There are no goal posts, and a player scores simply by hitting the ball out of either end of the field. Players strike the ball with the long side of the mallet head, not the end. Players are not permitted to carry the ball, although blocking the ball with any part of the body except the open hand is permitted. The sticks are made of cane, and the balls are made from the roots of bamboo.
Polo | India and Britain
Clubs with 6 or more players represented are listed.
Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters | Player representation by club
Hungary entered a squad of 13 players. They scored 53 goals. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Hungary
As of 2015, Iran decided to form a national ice hockey team with the intension of participating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. A team was formed in the first quarter of 2016 after Iran made a campaign of recruiting players of Iranian heritage who live abroad. In order to fast track the creation of a national team, the coaching staff decided that it would be best to select players from the Iranian inline hockey national team powered by hockey players of Iranian-origin from abroad. In 2016, three national camps were held, 26–28 June in Asiago (Italy), 20–27 August in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and 21–24 December in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
Iran men's national ice hockey team | National team
The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 21 goals. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Soviet Union
Hungary entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 38 goals. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Hungary
Mohammad Bahiraei ( Persian: محمد بحیرایی born April 3, 1990) is an Iranian professional water polo player who is currently playing for Iran men's national water polo team. from 2007 to 2016 he was the national water polo player of Iran.
Mohammad Bahiraei | Introduction
Though the sport has written rules, the most commonly enforced rule is unwritten: any rider who falls off his or her horse must buy beer for the entire team. Teams consist of five players, with two horseback referees and two goal spotters. Riders are limited to two horses per game, though most players use one horse throughout. The game is played in four periods of 15 minutes each, called, as in regular polo, "chukkas." There are mandatory four-minute rest periods at the end of each chukka and a nine-minute break at half time. Each team is allowed four two-minute time outs during the game.
Cowboy polo | Rules
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's water polo tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Rosters can be have a maximum of 13 athletes.
Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters | Introduction
It was rumored that post victory over China, that Hossein had climbed the 10m meter diving board and jumped into the pool in celebration, yet it was later discovered that it was a fan by name of Hooshang Parvin that was responsible for the celebratory leap. In the ensuing years that followed leading up to the Iranian Revolution in 1978 to 1979, the national team was hindered in being unable to host or attend any major competitions. During the early 1980s, government policy limited what sports could be played, with swimming and water polo being nearly completely eliminated. Iran was absent from Asian game appearances in 1978 and 1982, due to political and social turmoil.
Hossein Nassim | Water polo career
After the return of the team to Karwina, 10,000 Poles welcomed the winning team.
Polonia Karwina | Introduction
The men's team founded in 1984 and currently is playing in the Italian league water polo Series A2. As in previous seasons, is one of the few Italian clubs formed by 15/16 rose from Padua, from the youth sector.
CS Plebiscito Padova | Men's team
Argentina entered a squad of ten players. They scored six goals but only three scorers are known. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Argentina
This debate was settled by the eighth century when all four Muslim schools of jurisprudence declared them to be Haraam (forbidden), however they are still played today in many Arab countries. Other popular games included Mancala and Tâb. Polo (Persian: "chawgan", Arabic: "sawlajan") was first played in Sassanid Persia. It passed from Sassanid Persia to the neighboring Byzantine Empire at an early date, and a Tzykanisterion (stadium for playing polo) was built by emperor Theodosius II (r. 408–450) inside the Great Palace of Constantinople. After the Muslim conquests, it passed to the Ayyubid and Mameluke dynasties, whose elites favored it above all other sports.
History of games | Middle East
Teams consist of 12 players (men) or 10 players (women), including a goalkeeper. A match is played over two halves of 45 minutes. With the exception of the goalkeeper, no player is allowed to play the ball with his hands. There are also variants with smaller sides, with some adjustments in the field size and duration of play.
Shinty | Team size
The following table is pre-sorted by number of goals (in descending order), date of the match (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. In water polo, if a player scores three times in a game, a hat-trick is made. Thirty-two American athletes have each made at least one hat-trick in an Olympic match. Tony Azevedo is the American water polo player with the most hat-tricks made at the Olympic Games, scoring 11.
United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics | Players with at least 4 goals in an Olympic match
Games were supposed to be the team's first tournament.
Iran men's national ice hockey team | National team
In the United States and Canada, collegiate polo is arena polo; in the UK, collegiate polo is both. Forms of arena polo include beach polo, played in many countries between teams of three riders on a sand surface, and cowboy polo, played almost exclusively in the western United States by teams of five riders on a dirt surface. Another modern variant is snow polo, which is played on compacted snow on flat ground or a frozen lake. The format of snow polo varies depending on the space available. Each team generally consists of three players and a bright coloured light plastic ball is preferred.
Polo | Indoor and arena polo
This was probably also the case in ancient times. Today Thoroughbreds are being increasingly used alongside the Kurdish and Persian Arabian horses. Some players have also been experimenting with Anglo-Arabians. Iranians still refer to the game of polo by its original Persian name of "Chogan", which means mallet. Iranians still maintain some of the ancient rituals of the game in official polo matches.
Polo | West Asia
Hungary entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 26 goals but only twenty scorers are known. Head coach: Béla Rajki
Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Hungary
There are seven players in the water from each team at one time. There are six players that play out and one goalkeeper. Unlike most common team sports, there is little positional play; field players will often fill several positions throughout the game as situations demand. These positions usually consist of a center forward, a center back, the two wing players and the two drivers. Players who are skilled in all positions of offense or defense are called utility players. Utility players tend to come off of the bench, though this is not absolute. Certain body types are more suited for particular positions, and left-handed players are especially coveted on the right-hand side of the field, allowing teams to launch two-sided attacks.
Water polo | Positions
Romania entered a squad of nine players. They scored 26 goals but all scorers are unknown. Head coach: Balint Adalbert
Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Romania
Hossein Nassim was known for his speed and strength, earning the nickname 'Shark from the South' from his teammates and competitors, due to his coming from Abadan (which is located in the south of Iran). In joining the national men's team in 1967, he became a starting player for the team in 1970, with his first trip being to Romania for a competition. During the 1974 Asian Games, held in Tehran, Iran, the national team was able to win the gold medal, with the finals being held against China, which ended in a 5–5 tie. Hossein scored three goals in the game, playing from the striker position.
Hossein Nassim | Water polo career
Ahmed Yaghoti (born 2 September 1951) is an Iranian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Ahmed Yaghoti | Introduction
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 27 goals. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Yugoslavia
The team started with 15 players from the previous team.
FC Parva Atomna Kozloduy | History
The following players represented China: Ni Shiwei, Wang Minhui, Yang Yong, Yu Xiang, Huang Long, Huang Qijiang, Cui Shiping, Zhao Bilong, Li Jianxiong, Cai Shengliu, Wen Fan, Ge Jianqing and Zheng Qing. Head Coach: Peng Shaorong.
Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | China
Argentina had only a squad of eight players entered. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Argentina
Austria entered a squad of eleven players. They scored fourteen goals but all scorers are unknown. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Austria
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in descending order), Cap number or name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Craig Wilson is the first starting goalkeeper for the United States men's national team to have competed in three Olympic Games (1984–1992). He is the only starting goalkeeper to have won two Olympic medals (1984 , 1988 ).
United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics | Starting goalkeepers
After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1991–1992, the original Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was dissolved. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina NT), Croatia (Croatia NT), Macedonia (Macedonia NT) (later known as North Macedonia), and Slovenia (Slovenia NT) then formed their own national teams. While the then remaining and smaller Yugoslavia (originally known as FR Yugoslavia, and later as Serbia and Montenegro) formed its own national team. That national team was originally named either "Yugoslavia men's national water polo team", or "FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team", from 1992 until 2003, after the country's name at the time.
Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team | History
Both Rahimi and Zibanejad have represented Sweden in international competitions while Rakhshani represented the United States. Currently there are two players of Iranian-origin in Oman, Mustafa Hamedi and Ali Reza Rasoli. Umut Taherzadeh have represented Turkey internationally. Other notable players are Mark Ardelan, Ryan Mior, Farzad Khojasteh and Arian Ali-Zade. Also a Canadian player, Calvin Crowe was born in Tehran. There are currently four Ice Rinks which are Aramis Sports Complex (Tehran), Damoon Shopping Center (Kish Island) and Padide Shandiz Shopping Center (Mashhad), which were respectively opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015. There is a standard Ice Rink called Ice Box, located in Iran Mall, Tehran, that was opened in 2019.
Iran men's national ice hockey team | Ice hockey in Iran
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
2012–13 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) | Results
Argentina qualified a men's and a women's team. Each team consisted of 13 athletes, for a total of 26.
Argentina at the 2015 Pan American Games | Water polo
The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 30 goals. Head coach: Vitaly Ushakov and Nikolai Malin
Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Soviet Union
The following table is pre-sorted by number of total matches played (in descending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Tony Azevedo is the American water polo player with the most matches played at the Olympic Games.
United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics | Players with at least 20 matches played at the Olympics
The following players represented the United States:
Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | United States
Askar Orazalinov (born 13 September 1961) is a Kazakhstani water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Askar Orazalinov | Introduction
The United States has qualified a men's and women's teams. Each team will consist of 13 athletes, for a total of 26.
United States at the 2015 Pan American Games | Water polo
In each camp players were coached by three different instructors, Christian Müller from Germany, Former head coach of Kyrgyzstan and Yenbek Almaty, Sergei Shavernev from Kazakhstan, and head coach of Dubai White Bears, Troy Kahler from Canada. On 23 August 2016, Iran national team played its first match against a non-Iranian team. Iran won 5–4 over Kazakh team HC Almaty in the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan. Iran was supposed to participate at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, but was disqualified after a number of Iranian players were deemed ineligible to compete in the regional games. Reported concerns leading to the disqualification includes some players failing to reside in Iran for at least three years despite having Iranian heritage, and claims of some players having represented other countries.
Iran men's national ice hockey team | National team
Great Britain entered an unknown number of players. They scored 25 goals but all scorers are unknown. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Great Britain
In the early years, teams of soldiers from the outpost played in the team. The strongest moment of the team was in the early 80s. Only 5 years after its creation, the team quickly rose to top positions, thanks to teachers, soldiers and residents of the village, players in the team. Some of the first players were Ahmed Kyoibashiev, Bekir Bekirov, Aliosman Kotelov, Mehmed Kyoibashiev and others. In 2000, the team ceases to exist due to financial reasons. In 2009 the team was registered again by the initiative of local residents and sponsoring of the Tuhovishtan immigrant Mehmed Kasapov.
Tuhovishta | Sport
France had only a squad of nine players entered. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | France
Afghanistan had a squad of 18 players five of them are unknown. They scored seven goals but only one scorer is known. Head coach:
Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Introduction
A total of 210 athletes, consisting of 137 men and 73 women, competed for Iran in the 2018 Asian Para Games in 13 sports. The following is a list showing the number of competitors by sport and gender.:
Iran at the 2018 Asian Para Games | Competitors
Germany entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 16 goals but all scorers are unknown. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | United Team of Germany
Portugal entered a squad of ten players. They scored two goals but both are unknown. Head coach:
Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Portugal
Pas' first official match took place versus "Koroush F.C." in 1964. Pas's starting lineup for this match had the following players: Faramarz Zelli, Hassan Habibi, Mohammad Ranjbar, Heshmat Mohajerani, Rasouli, Yazdanian, Meiarian, Mahmoud Yavari, Homayoun Shahrokhi, Yinehvarzan and Parviz Mirza Hassan. The final result was a 1–1 tie. Some of the above players such as Habibi, Mohajerani, Shahrokhi and Yavari are still involved in Iranian football.
PAS Tehran F.C. | First official match
In recent years, an alternate form of the game known as "Hardcourt Bike Polo" has grown in popularity. In this variation, teams composed of three players compete on tennis courts, street hockey rinks, or whatever other surfaces are available. The rules vary slightly by city. Generally this is a faster game with three members on a team and no substitutions, and with all members on the court at all times. A street hockey ball is used and matches are played until one team scores five points or time has expired, without playing chukkars. During tournament play, a time limit, such as 10 minutes, may be used to maximise the number of tournament rounds possible during the day.
Cycle polo | The hardcourt game
1932 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 26th water polo championship in Hungary. There were nine teams whose divided into two groups because of the Olympics. Group A played for the championship, here were five teams who played one-round match for the title. Group B played avoid relegation, here were four teams who played two-round match. At the end of the regular season the Group A 5th place team and the Group B 1st team played placement match for fifth place.
1932 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) | Introduction
The following players represented Hungary: Péter Kuna, Gábor Bujka, Gábor Schmiedt, Zsolt Petőváry, István Pintér, Tibor Keszthelyi, Balázs Vincze, Zoltán Mohi, Tibor Pardi, László Tóth, András Gyöngyösi, Zoltán Kósz and Imre Tóth. Head Coach: Zoltan Kasas
Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads | Hungary