No regulation changes for this year’s European polo events

With the regulations currently in force, this year’s European interclub water polo events will continue and be completed, as European Aquatics clarifies in its announcement. Following the international federation’s decision last week to implement the rule changes, which were initially known to be trialled at the 2025 World Cup, with immediate effect, there has been resentment from many in the sport that major changes were made suddenly and without prior consultation. or test. The European federation was quick to clarify that no changes will be implemented during the current season. The date of entry into force of the new regulations for European Aquatics events will be announced in due course, as the European federation points out.

The changes which were decided concern, among other things, the reduction of the length of the playing field for men’s matches from 30 to 25 meters (as it is already for women), the reduction of the attack time from 30 to 25 seconds (for men only), the time sending off time from 20 to 15 seconds and second attack time from 20 to 15 seconds, the ability to replace the goalkeeper with a field player at any time (but without goalkeeper privileges) and increasing the available players from 13 to 14 (with a maximum of 12 field players).