Canoe Polo Playing Countries
Chronologically listed according to the year of their documented origins
GREAT BRITAIN
1883
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1906
GERMANY
1922
FRANCE
1929
AUSTRALIA
1952
NEW ZEALAND
1964
SWEDEN
1972
HONG KONG
1974
DENMARK
1975
THE NETHERLANDS
1976
SPAIN
1976
ITALY
1979
FINLAND
1979
BELGIUM
1979
IRELAND
1984
PORTUGAL
1985
SOUTH AFRICA
mid 1980's
ARGENTINA
mid 1980's
SINGAPORE
1986
SWITZERLAND
1986
MALAYSIA
1986
JAPAN
1986
AUSTRIA
1988
HUNGARY
1989
CZECH REPUBLIC
1990
CANADA
1991
CHINESE TAIPEI
1991
BRAZIL
1994
NORWAY
mid 1990's
LITHUANIA
1997
PUERTO RICO
2010
MALTA
2014
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IRAN
?
ISRAEL
?
NAMIBIA
?
POLAND
?
RUSSIA
?
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
?
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Call it by any name.....But just play it!

WHAT'S IN A NAME? Although the game is played with the same rules around the world it is known and spelt in many different ways: It is known as 'CANOE POLO' in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Namibia, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore and in Lithuania. In Italy it is known as 'CANOA POLO'. In Brazil it is known as 'CAIAQUE POLO'. In Iran it is known as 'CANOPOLO'. In The Netherlands it is known as 'KANO POLO'. In Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Russia it is known as 'KANU POLO'. In Denmark, Spain, Poland it is known as 'KAJAK POLO'. In Portugal, France, Belgium, Canada, the United States of America, Puerto Rico it is known as 'KAYAK POLO'. In Sweden it is 'KANOTPOLO'. In Norway it is known as 'KAJAKKPOLO'. In Finland it is known as 'KANOOTTIPOOLO'.