The biggest youth water polo event in the world: for U9, U11 and U13, held every year in Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) and drawing teams from five continents.
When is the next Festival?
From 13 to 20 June the week for U9 and U11, from 20 to 27 June the week for U13.
Do boys and girls play together?
U9 and U11 tournaments include girls’, boys’ and mixed teams. The U13 event is split into a girls-only tournament and one for boys-only or mixed teams.
How do you enter the Festival?
Open the page of the event for your team (U9-U11 or U13) and follow the Registration Guide: it contains the information, duties, costs and deadlines. A club can enter more than one team in a single tournament.
Where do teams stay during the Festival?
Teams, made up of players, coaches and officials, all stay inside Bella Italia & EFA Village. Parents, family and supporters travelling with the team can enter the village by paying admission.
What is the Champion’s Passport?
It is a code of ethics: the values of sport to respect in order to be part of the HaBaWaBa community.
What is the aim of the HaBaWaBa project?
To spread the values of sport among children and create a deep bond with water polo through an unforgettable experience.
Here is the date for the third session of the WPD project: fill out the form and share the links to the videos of your drills
The HaBaWaBa School Webinar #3 is scheduled for March25th at 3:00 p.m. CET. This Waterpolo Development project is co-funded by the European Union* as part of the European program CR Kids – Erasmus+ Sport Project. All coaches of the HaBaWaBa categories (athletes aged 7 to 12) are invited to participate.
HOW TO REGISTER. To participate in the HaBaWaBa School webinars, simply register via the form at this link: each registrant will receive via e-mail a link to the Zoom platform to join the session. If you attended Webinar #1 or #2 and would like to join Webinar #3, you must register again for Webinar #3.
PLEASE NOTE: In the registration form for Webinar #3, you will find two fields to enter suggestions and comments regarding kids waterpolo training. You may also provide links (YouTube, WeTransfer, etc.) to your own drills videos to share with the HaBaWaBa School community. Your videos will be reviewed by our experts and discussed during upcoming webinars.
THE WEBINARS. Through free webinars, HaBaWaBa School aims to improve the training of young waterpolo players by providing coaches with new tools. Each session will present and discuss 5 skills and 25 drills to improve a specific fundamental. Throughout the project, Waterpolo Development will progressively produce videos of these skills and drills. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss them with the speakers, share observations and offer their own experience by proposing drills for future webinars. The goal is to encourage a collaborative exchange that generates practical knowledge to support HaBaWaBa coaches in their daily work.
Drills and videos presented during the webinars will be collected and made available free of charge on a web platform specifically created by the Technical University of Crete, project partner alongside Anemos Nautical and Cultural Club (Greece) and Club Aquatico Pescara (Italy).
*HaBaWaBa School is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.