Team Sports
Water Polo score tracker, approved by everyone who played.
Swim and pass a ball to throw it into the other team’s goal. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.
Scoring
How log8 scores Water Polo
Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it.
- Any size from 1v1 up to 7v7. Uneven sides count too.
- Record the score, or just who won.
- Add goal scorers if you like.
- Draws count. Add the penalty throws if they decided it.
The basics
How to play Water Polo
The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.
- Players7 a side in the water, with a goalkeeper.
- How to winScore more goals than the other team by the end.
- The official gameWorld Aquatics writes the rules. A match is four quarters of 8 minutes.
- How groups differCasual games often use a shallow end, a smaller goal and no shot clock. Agree before you start.
- Only the goalkeeper can touch the ball with two hands. Everyone else uses one.
- Tread water. You can’t stand on the bottom or hold the side.
- Don’t hold, sink or push a player who doesn’t have the ball.
- A team has 30 seconds to shoot once it gets the ball.
- A serious foul sends a player out of the water for 20 seconds.
- After a goal, the other team restarts from the centre.
Play better
Water Polo tips
- Learn the eggbeater kick. It keeps you high and your hands free.
- Pass fast. The ball moves quicker than you swim.
- Aim for the corners of the goal.
- Keep your body between the defender and the ball.
In the app
Logging a game in log8
- Pick the game and the playersChoose Water Polo, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
- Enter the resultRecord the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it.
- The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
- Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.
Log a game · Results everyone approves · Head-to-head records · Guest players · Cups and tournaments · How to play guides
Questions
Water Polo in log8: questions
Can I keep Water Polo scores with friends in log8?
Yes. Water Polo is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it. The other players approve it, then it counts.
How do you win at Water Polo?
Score more goals than the other team by the end.
How many people play Water Polo?
7 a side in the water, with a goalkeeper.
Do people play Water Polo differently?
Casual games often use a shallow end, a smaller goal and no shot clock. Agree before you start.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.
Settle your Water Polo rivalry.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team