The thrills and spills of today’s canoe polo stand in sharp contrast to
its beginnings as summer fun on the water. For many
the game is new, with its birth the demonstration games at Duisberg, Germany in 1987. But for over 100 years before this
different games of boat, paddle and ball were played in Europe.
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