HaBaWaBa International Festival: U8 teams may have 3 over-age players
WPD introduced a new rule in order to boost registrations in the youngest age-group category: teams may include 3 kids born in 2015 into their roster
The tournament dedicated to mixed U8 teams (with players born in 2016) is the big innovation of HaBaWaBa International Festival 2024, it’s an experiment launched by Waterpolo Development in order to further lower the age which kids start playing waterpolo at.
However not every club have enough U8 players to form a team to register for HaBaWaBa. That's why Waterpolo Development Board has chosen to introduce a new rule in order to facilitate registrations in this age-group category: each team may include 3 over-age players born in 2015 (formally U9 players) into their U8 roster at HaBaWaBa International Festival 2024.
You can find all the details in the updated Registration Guide, on HaBaWaBa.com
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