{"id":182,"date":"2018-11-10T16:43:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T16:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwhzuerich.ch\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2021-03-06T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T12:30:30","slug":"underwater-hockey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwhzuerich.ch\/de\/underwater-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Unterwasser Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Underwater Hockey (UWH), also known as Octopush (mainly in the <\/span>United <\/span>Kingdom<\/span>) is a globally played limited-<\/span>contact <\/span>sport<\/span> in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a <\/span>puck<\/span> across the bottom of a <\/span>swimming\u00a0<\/span>pool\u00a0<\/span>into the opposing team’s <\/span>goal<\/span> by propelling it with a <\/span>hockey stick<\/span>. It originated in <\/span>England<\/span> in 1954 when Alan Blake, a founder of the newly formed <\/span>Southsea<\/span> Sub-Aqua Club, invented the game he called Octopush as a means of keeping the club’s members interested and active over the cold winter months when open-water diving lost its appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Underwater Hockey is now played worldwide, with the <\/span>Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Mondiale des Activit\u00e9s Subaquatiques<\/span><\/a>, abbreviated CMAS, as the world governing body.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first <\/span>Underwater Hockey World Championship<\/span><\/a> was held in <\/span>Canada<\/span> in 1980 after a false start in 1979 brought about by international politics and apartheid.<\/span>[1]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Watch the finals of the\u00a0CMAS Underwater Hockey World Championships 2018, Quebec City, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nNZL vs. GBR – 20th CMAS Underwater Hockey World Championships<\/p>\n