Canoe polo at the 2022 World Games

Canoe polo

at the 2022 World Games

Venue| Birmingham CrossPlex
Dates| 14–17 July 2022
No. of events| 2

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The canoe polo competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

## Qualification

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Main article: Canoe polo at the 2022 World Games – Qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 ICF canoe polo world championships, that would have served as the qualification event for The World Games, were cancelled. Therefore, on October 25 of 2021, the International Canoe Federation announced that Eight men's teams and eight women's teams had been officially invited to compete. The teams were chosen based on the results of the 2018 ICF canoe polo world championships.[3]

## Participating nations

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* Chinese Taipei
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Italy
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Singapore
* Spain
* United States

## Medal table

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* Host nation (United States)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  France| 1| 1| 0| 2
Germany| 1| 1| 0| 2
3|  New Zealand| 0| 0| 1| 1
Spain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (4 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's tournament  |  Germany
Arne Linus Beckmann
Jonas Gauselmann
Marco Hoppstock
René Kirchoff
Julian Oskar Prescher
Tim Riecke
Lennart Unterfeld
Jonas Vieren  |  France
Christophe Belat
Patrice Belat
Baptiste Cotta
Clement Kindig
Antoine Le Floch Decorchemont
Alan Lignel
David Linet
Benoit Richer  |  Spain
Javier Arego
Alejandro Casal
Sergio Corbella
Alejandro Gordo
Angel Gordo
Ivan Hoyo
Samuel Pardavila
Alejandro Valls
Women's tournament  |  France
Eloise Frigot
Mélissa Ledormeur
Clotilde Lemasle
Celeste Louis
Camille Meyer
Claire Moal
Marion Robert
Aline Roulland  |  Germany
Elena Gilles
Katharina Kruse
Jill Lara Rutzen
Svenja Schaeper
Nele Schmalenbach
Jule Schwarz
Hilke Sophie Vogt
Leonie Wagner  |  New Zealand
Julie Bolton
Kate Bolton
Casey Hales
Erin Moore
Klara Richter
Emma Sutherland
Georgia Wheeler
Sophie Winton

## References

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1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
3. ^ "Canoe polo teams invited for 2022 World Games". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

## External links

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* The World Games 2022
* Planet Canoe
* Results book

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Events at the 2022 World Games

* Acrobatic gymnastics
* Aerobic gymnastics
* Air sports
* Archery
* Artistic roller skating
* Beach handball
* Boules sports
* Bowling
* Canoe polo
* Canoe marathon
* Cue sports
* Dancesport
* Duathlon*
* Finswimming
* Fistball
* Flag football*
* Floorball
* Flying disc
* Inline hockey
* Ju-jitsu
* Karate
* Kickboxing
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* Lifesaving
* Muaythai
* Orienteering
* Parkour
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Rhythmic gymnastics
* Road speed skating
* Softball
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* Sumo
* Track speed skating
* Trampoline gymnastics
* Tug of war
* Water skiing
* Wheelchair rugby*
* Wushu*

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