Water basketball is a water sport which mixes the rules of basketball and water polo. Ideated and promoted by Italian teacher Francesco Rizzuto in 1986, it is played in a swimming pool. Teams of five players each must shoot at the goal with a ball within a certain time after gaining possession.
In the USA, Brazil, and Europe, some amatorial matches are organized to develop this sport.
In 2005, the Italian Federation of Basketball recognized it as a form of basketball.
In the Netherlands, people have been playing water basketball (known there as waterbasketbal) since the 1970s. Besides regular tournaments, they also organize a national championship where the best teams compete for the official Dutch Waterbasketbal championship title.
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