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'. 

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