Ten years of sports, education, fair play and fun. Ten years of waterpolo and smiles, integration and culture, sharing and friendship. In a nutshell, ten years of HaBaWaBa International Festival. From June 25th to July 2nd, the Villaggio Ge.Tur in Lignano Sabbiadoro will host the 10th edition of the event created by Waterpolo Development to spread values of sport and love for waterpolo across the children. The Festival that has constantly grown since 2008 to become the world’s biggest sports event for children from 6 to 11: a real pride for the waterpolo community.
Also in the 10th edition kids from all over the world will arrive to the Villaggio Ge.Tur to live together the experience of a lifetime, reinforcing their love for sports and waterpolo, meeting kids with different cultures and practicing educational activities. And they will be a real multitude…
In 2016 123 teams joined the HaBaWaBa International Festival
The HaBaWaBa International Festival 2017 has numbers you’ve never seen before: 132 teams will take part to the event (9 more than 2016), 110 of them will play the U11 competition, 22 will join the U9 tournament. The Festival record of 3.505 attendees of 2016 (considering players, coaches, team managers, parents and fans) is going to be overcome. The playing fields are also increasing from 5 to 6, following the increase of the number of teams.
Confirming the international character of the Festival, the teams will come from 14 different countries: Brazil, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Monaco, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, USA and Hungary.
Among the new participants, there are Italian great team Pro Recco and a huge tradition club as Ortigia, but also some young club as Swim Action Pescara or Aqamanagement (from Naples). From abroad, the new arrivals are Turkish Galatasaray, Maltese San Giljan, French Livry-Gargan and Slovenian Ljubljana. Catalan Club Nataciò Barcelona (U11 champions in 2014) is coming back to Lignano after few years of absence. The teams that triumphed in 2016 will both be present: French Marseille (U11 champions) and Hungarian KSI (U9 champions). For the first time, the HaBaWaBa International Festival will host not just one, but two teams from the USA: Newport Beach, that participated last year, and United Water Polo Club, which will return after missing the 2016 edition.
All these teams will create an absolutely unique mix, which will transform the Villaggio Ge.Tur in Lignano Sabbiadoro into the center of the waterpolo universe for a week.
Because nothing is like the HaBaWaBa International Festival, especially its 10th edition!
All the team of the HaBaWaBa International Festival 2017
U9 TOURNAMENT
| CLUB U9 | TEAM NAME | NATION | TOWN |
| AS MONACO NATATION | TEAM AZUR ENTENTE ASM-ONN | MONACO | MONACO |
| ASD BOGLIASCO 1951 | BOGLIASCO BENE U9 | ITALY | BOGLIASCO |
| ASD ANDREA DORIA | ANDREA DORIA U9 | ITALY | GENOVA |
| ABDA BAURU | ABDA BRASIL | BRAZIL | BAURU |
| ANTARES NUOTO LATINA | ANTARES NUOTO LATINA-AQUADEMIA | ITALY | LATINA |
| ASVO L’ISLE-ADAM | U.09 L’ISLE-ADAM | FRANCE | L’ISLE-ADAM |
| KSI SE | KSI BLUE DOLPHINS | HUNGARY | BUDAPEST |
| LATINA PALLANUOTO | LATINA PALLANUOTO ORSETTI | ITALY | LATINA |
| LUGANO PALLANUOTO | LUGANO PALLANUOTO U9 | SWITZERLAND | LUGANO |
| MULHOUSE | MULHOUSE 2008 | FRANCE | MULHOUSE |
| NUOTATORI GENOVESI | NUOTATORI GENOVESI | ITALY | GENOVA |
| PALLANUOTO DALMINE | ONDABLU DALMINE NANETTI | ITALY | DALMINE |
| PALLANUOTO SALERNO | PALLANUOTO SALERNO U09 | ITALY | SALERNO |
| PATRAS NAUTICAL CLUB | PATRAC N.C. DIAS | GREECE | PATRAS |
| RN ARENZANO | SMALL TEAM ARENZANO | ITALY | ARENZANO |
| RN NUOTO SALERNO | RN SALERNO GRANCHIETTI | ITALY | SALERNO |
| RARI NANTES SAVONA | RARI NANTES SAVONA UNDER 9 | ITALY | SAVONA |
| ROMA VIS NOVA | I LEONCINI DELLA ROMA VIS NOVA | ITALY | ROMA |
| SPORT MANAGEMENT MANTOVA | LIBERTAS MANTOVA U9 | ITALY | MANTOVA |
| SPORTIVA STURLA | SPORTIVA STURLA U09 | ITALY | GENOVA |
| SWIM ACADEMY | SWIM ACADEMY 08 | ITALY | PAGANI |
| ZF EGER | ZF EGER U9 | HUNGARY | EGER |
U11 TOURNAMENT
| CLUB U11 | TEAM NAME | NATION | TOWN |
| A.O.KASTELLAS | A.O.KASTELLAS | GREECE | PIRAEUS |
| ABDA BAURU | ABDA BRASIL | BRAZIL | BAURU |
| AKROSPORT ROMA PALLANUOTO | AKROSPORT ROMA PALLANUOTO | ITALY | ROMA |
| AMATORI NUOTO PERUGIA | GABBIANI PERUGIA | ITALY | PERUGIA |
| AMATORI NUOTO PERUGIA | GRIFONI PERUGIA | ITALY | PERUGIA |
| ANTARES NUOTO LATINA | ANTARES NUOTO LATINA SQUALI | ITALY | LATINA |
| ANTARES NUOTO LATINA | ANTARES NUOTO LATINA PIRATES | ITALY | LATINA |
| ACQUADEMIA | AQUADEMIA | ITALY | VELLETRI |
| AQUATICA TORINO | AQUATICA TORINO | ITALY | TORINO |
| AS MONACO NATATION | AS MONACO | MONACO | MONACO |
| ASD AQAMANAGEMENT | ASD AQAMANAGEMENT “A” | ITALY | NAPOLI |
| ASD AQAMANAGEMENT | ASD AQAMANAGEMENT “B” | ITALY | NAPOLI |
| ASD BOGLIASCO 1951 | BOGLIASCO BENE U11A | ITALY | BOGLIASCO |
| ASD BOGLIASCO 1951 | BOGLIASCO BENE U11B | ITALY | BOGLIASCO |
| ASD PALLANUOTO TRIESTE | TRIGLIE | ITALY | TRIESTE |
| ASD PALLANUOTO TRIESTE | SGOMBRI | ITALY | TRIESTE |
| A.S.D. S.G. ANDREA DORIA | ANDREA DORIA | ITALY | GENOVA |
| ASVO L’ISLE-ADAM | U.11 L’ISLE-ADAM | FRANCE | L’ISLE-ADAM |
| BLU 3000 | BLU 3000 | ITALY | ROMA |
| C.C. ORTIGIA | ORTIGIA GAMBERETTI | ITALY | SIRACUSA |
| C.C. ORTIGIA | ORTIGIA RANOCCHI | ITALY | SIRACUSA |
| CABASSI PN CARPI | CABASSI PN CARPI | ITALY | CARPI |
| CACHALOTS de SIX-FOURS | CACHALOTS | FRANCE | SIX-FOURS-LES-PLAGES |
| CAMPUS ROMA | CAMPUS ROMA | ITALY | ROMA |
| CANOTTIERI ARNO PISA | CANOTTIERI ARNO PISA | ITALY | PISA |
| CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE | CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE | FRANCE | CHALONS-EN-CHAMPAGNE |
| CLUB AQUATICO PESCARA | CLUB AQUATICO PESCARA U11 | ITALY | PESCARA |
| CN BARCELONA | CLUB NATACIÓ BARCELONA | SPAIN | BARCELLONA |
| CN HELIOS | WATERPOLO HELIOS | SPAIN | ZARAGOZA |
| CN MARSEILLE | CERCLE DES NAGEURS DE MARSEILLE | FRANCE | MARSEILLE |
| CN POSILLIPO | POSILLIPO COCCODRILLI | ITALY | NAPOLI |
| CN POSILLIPO | POSILLIPO CAIMANI | ITALY | NAPOLI |
| COMITE’ DU RHONE NATATION | PIRANHAS | FRANCE | LYON |
| COMO NUOTO | BLU FROG | ITALY | COMO |
| CSS BUCHAREST | CSS BUCHAREST | ROMANIA | BUCHAREST |
| DEBRECEN VIZILABDA KLUB | DVSE POLOSULI | HUNGARY | DEBRECEN |
| DOMINO AVUS ALIGATOR | AVUS SZOMBATHELY | HUNGARY | SZOMBATHELY |
| ETHNIKOS PIRAEUS | ETHNIKOS PIRAEUS | GREECE | PIRAEUS |
| ETRURIA NUOTO | ETRURIA SQUALI | ITALY | EMPOLI |
| FERENCVAROS T.C. | FTC U11 1 | HUNGARY | BUDAPEST |
| FERENCVAROS T.C. | FTC U11 2 | HUNGARY | BUDAPEST |
| GALATASARAY SK | GALATASARAY 1 | TURKEY | İSTANBUL |
| GALATASARAY SK | GALATASARAY 2 | TURKEY | İSTANBUL |
| KSI SE | KSI BLUE SHARKS | HUNGARY | BUDAPEST |
| LATINA PALLANUOTO | LATINA PALLANUOTO AQUILOTTI | ITALY | LATINA |
| LAVAGNA 90 | LASAGNA ’90 | ITALY | LAVAGNA |
| LIVRY-GARGAN | AVENGERS | FRANCE | LIVRY-GARGAN |
| LUGANO PALLANUOTO | LUGANO PALLANUOTO U11 | SWITZERLAND | LUGANO |
| MANIANPAMA | MANIANPAMA | ITALY | ROMA |
| MONTPELLIER WATER POLO | MWP ROUGE | FRANCE | MONTPELLIER |
| MONTPELLIER WATER POLO | MWP BLANC | FRANCE | MONTPELLIER |
| MULHOUSE WATER POLO | MULHOUSE 2006 | FRANCE | RIEDISHEIM |
| MULHOUSE WATER POLO | MULHOUSE 2007 | FRANCE | RIEDISHEIM |
| MURI ANTICHI | FAMILA MURI ANTICHI | ITALY | CATANIA |
| MY SPORT GENOVA | ANPI MY SPORT | ITALY | GENOVA |
| NEWPORT BEACH WATER POLO | NEWPORT BEACH SAILORS | USA | NEWPORT BEACH |
| NUOTATORI GENOVESI | NUOTATORI GENOVESI AZZURRI | ITALY | GENOVA |
| NUOTATORI GENOVESI | NUOTATORI GENOVESI BIANCHI | ITALY | GENOVA |
| NUOTO BERGAMO ALTA | BERGAMO | ITALY | BERGAMO |
| NUOTO CATANIA | NUOTO CATANIA | ITALY | CATANIA |
| NUOTO CLUB MONZA | MONZA RED CRABS | ITALY | MONZA |
| NUOTO CLUB MONZA | MONZA WHITE CRABS | ITALY | MONZA |
| NUOTO VICENZA LIBERTAS | NUOTO VICENZA | ITALY | VICENZA |
| OLYMPIC NICE NATATION | OLYMPIC NICE 1 | FRANCE | NIZZA |
| OLYMPIC NICE NATATION | OLYMPIC NICE 2 | FRANCE | NIZZA |
| PALLANUOTO COMO ASS | PALLANUOTO COMO | ITALY | COMO |
| PALLANUOTO DALMINE | ONDA BLU DALMINE | ITALY | DALMINE |
| PALLANUOTO SALERNO | PALLANUOTO SALERNO U11 | ITALY | SALERNO |
| PATRAS NAUTICAL CLUB | PATRAS N.C. APOLLON | GREECE | PATRAS |
| PATRAS NAUTICAL CLUB | PATRAS N.C. POSEIDON | GREECE | PATRAS |
| PAYS D’AIX NATATION | PAN SHARKS | FRANCE | AIX EN PROVENCE |
| PECSI SPORT NONPROFIT ZRT | PSN ZRT. SPORTISKOLA | HUNGARY | PECS |
| PESCARA PALLANUOTO | PESCARA PALLANUOTO | ITALY | PESCARA |
| PRESIDENT BOLOGNA | PRESIDENT SQUALI | ITALY | BOLOGNA |
| PRESIDENT BOLOGNA | PRESIDENT COCCODRILLI | ITALY | BOLOGNA |
| PRO RECCO | PRO RECCO ACADEMY | ITALY | RECCO |
| RAPALLO NUOTO | ACADEMY RAPALLO | ITALY | RAPALLO |
| RARI NANTES SAVONA | RARI NANTES SAVONA UNDER 11 | ITALY | SAVONA |
| ROMAN SPORT CITY | ROMAN SPORT CITY | ITALY | POMEZIA |
| RN ARENZANO | BIG TEAM ARENZANO | ITALY | ARENZANO |
| RN CAMOGLI | RAVATTI | ITALY | CAMOGLI |
| RN FLORENTIA | R.N.FLORENTIA | ITALY | FIRENZE |
| RN IMPERIA | CAIMANI | ITALY | IMPERIA |
| RN NUOTO SALERNO | RN SALERNO PIRANHA | ITALY | SALERNO |
| RN NUOTO SALERNO | RN SALERNO DRAGHI | ITALY | SALERNO |
| RN SORI | SORI | ITALY | SORI |
| ROMA VIS NOVA | ROMA VIS NOVA | ITALY | ROMA |
| ROMA VIS NOVA | I GLADIATORI DELLA ROMA VIS NOVA | ITALY | ROMA |
| SAN GILJAN ASC | SAN GILJAN ASC | MALTA | SAN GILJAN |
| SAN MAURO NUOTO | SAN MAURO NUOTO | ITALY | CASALNUOVO DI NAPOLI |
| SC QUINTO | SC QUINTO ROSSI | ITALY | GENOVA |
| SC QUINTO | SC QUINTO BIANCHI | ITALY | GENOVA |
| SPORT MANAGEMENT MANTOVA | LIBERTAS MANTOVA U11 | ITALY | MANTOVA |
| SPORTING CLUB FLEGREO | SPORTING CLUB FLEGREO | ITALY | POZZUOLI |
| SPORTIVA STURLA | SPORTIVA STURLA | ITALY | GENOVA |
| SSD ZERO9 | PRETORIANI | ITALY | ROMA |
| SSD ZERO9 | GLADIATORI | ITALY | ROMA |
| SWIM ACADEMY | SWIM ACADEMY 06 | ITALY | PAGANI |
| SWIM ACADEMY | SWIM ACADEMY 07 | ITALY | PAGANI |
| SWIM ACTION PESCARA | SWIM ACTION PE U11 | ITALY | PESCARA |
| SZEGEDI VIZIPOLO SULI | SZVPS SZEGED | HUNGARY | SZEGED |
| SZOLNOKI VIZILABDA SPORT CLUB | SZOLNOK WATER POLO | HUNGARY | SZOLNOK |
| VENERE AZZURRA | LITTLE SHARKS | ITALY | LA SPEZIA |
| VK LJUBLJANA SLOVAN | VK LJUBLJANA SLOVAN | SLOVENIA | LUBJANA |
| VK PRIMORAC | VK PRIMORAC | MONTENEGRO | KOTOR |
| WATERPOLIS LARIANO | WATERPOLIS | ITALY | GIULIANELLO |
| WATERPOLO BARI | WP BARI | ITALY | BARI |
| WATERPOLO BARI | WP BARI 2007 | ITALY | BARI |
| YBL WATERPOLO CLUB | YBL WPC | HUNGARY | BUDAPEST |
| ZF EGER | ZF-EGER U11 | HUNGARY | EGER |
Ciao a Tutti,
Mio figlio gioca nel team PSN ZRT. SPORTISKOLA, lui andrà HaBaWaBa International Festival.
Noi la famiglia vorremmo fare una sorpresa a Lui, ma solo al fine della settimana.
Vorrei chieder il vostro aiuto.
C’é un website o qualcosa dove troviamo informazioni del programma, e accomodazione e altre cose.
Grazie per il tuo aiuto.
A presto,
Annamolnar
Dear Miss Molnar,
you can ask Villaggio Ge.Tur’s office informations about accommodation. Their e-mail is eziana@getur.com.
We’ll also publish news about the schedule soon.
See you in Lignano!
Dear All,
were can I find the detailed playing rules? (U11/Italy)
Do you have any information about the schedules?
Thank you in advance!
M.
Dear Mr. Molnar,
you can find every informations about rules and format here: https://www.habawaba.com/en/habawaba-international-festival-new/.
We’ll also publish news about the schedule soon.
Dear All,
We are parents of the U11 players FTC Budapest team.
My question is, how can we register in advance for admitting the games?
Best regards
Miklos Molnar
Dear Mr. Molnar,
your club can register in advance the parents for HaBaWaBa pass by the accreditation system they have already used for the teams: check Family in Role option.
Anyway, write to office@habawaba.com for further informations.
See you in Lignano.