Underwater football

Underwater Football
Underwater football match involving United States Navy personnel in Panama City, Florida on June 3, 2011
Highest governing bodyManitoba Underwater Council
First played1967[citation needed], University of Manitoba, Canada
Characteristics
Contactyes
Team members13 (5 in play)
TypeAquatic
Equipmentdiving mask, snorkel, fins and water polo cap
VenueSwimming pool

Underwater football is a two-team underwater sport that shares common elements with underwater hockey and underwater rugby. As with both of those games, it is played in a swimming pool with snorkeling equipment (mask, snorkel, and fins).

The goal of the game is to manoeuvre (by carrying and passing) a slightly negatively buoyant ball from one side of a pool to the other by players who are completely submerged underwater. Scoring is achieved by placing the ball (under control) in the gutter on the side of the pool. Variations include using a toy rubber torpedo as the ball, and weighing down buckets to rest on the bottom and serve as goals.

It is played in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan.[1]

  1. ^ "Where is it Played". underwaterfootball.com. Retrieved 7 November 2014.