Ten years of sports, education, fair play and fun. Ten years of waterpolo and smiles, integration and culture, sharing and friendship. In a nutshell, ten years of HaBaWaBa International Festival. From June 25th to July 2nd, the Villaggio Ge.Tur in Lignano Sabbiadoro will host the 10th edition of the event created by Waterpolo Development to spread values of sport and love for waterpolo across the children. The Festival that has constantly grown since 2008 to become the world’s biggest sports event for children from 6 to 11: a real pride for the waterpolo community.

Also in the 10th edition kids from all over the world will arrive to the Villaggio Ge.Tur to live together the experience of a lifetime, reinforcing their love for sports and waterpolo, meeting kids with different cultures and practicing educational activities. And they will be a real multitude…

In 2016 123 teams joined the HaBaWaBa International Festival

In 2016 123 teams joined the HaBaWaBa International Festival

The HaBaWaBa International Festival 2017 has numbers you’ve never seen before: 132 teams will take part to the event (9 more than 2016), 110 of them will play the U11 competition, 22 will join the U9 tournament. The Festival record of 3.505 attendees of 2016 (considering players, coaches, team managers, parents and fans) is going to be overcome. The playing fields are also increasing from 5 to 6, following the increase of the number of teams.

Confirming the international character of the Festival, the teams will come from 14 different countries: Brazil, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Monaco, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, USA and Hungary.

Among the new participants, there are Italian great team Pro Recco and a huge tradition club as Ortigia, but also some young club as Swim Action Pescara or Aqamanagement (from Naples). From abroad, the new arrivals are Turkish Galatasaray, Maltese San Giljan, French Livry-Gargan and Slovenian Ljubljana. Catalan Club Nataciò Barcelona (U11 champions in 2014) is coming back to Lignano after few years of absence. The teams that triumphed in 2016 will both be present: French Marseille (U11 champions) and Hungarian KSI (U9 champions). For the first time, the HaBaWaBa International Festival will host not just one, but two teams from the USA: Newport Beach, that participated last year, and United Water Polo Club, which will return after missing the 2016 edition.

All these teams will create an absolutely unique mix, which will transform the Villaggio Ge.Tur in Lignano Sabbiadoro into the center of the waterpolo universe for a week.

Because nothing is like the HaBaWaBa International Festival, especially its 10th edition!

 

All the team of the HaBaWaBa International Festival 2017

U9 TOURNAMENT

CLUB  U9 TEAM NAME NATION TOWN
AS MONACO NATATION TEAM AZUR ENTENTE ASM-ONN MONACO MONACO
ASD BOGLIASCO 1951 BOGLIASCO BENE U9 ITALY BOGLIASCO
ASD ANDREA DORIA ANDREA DORIA U9 ITALY GENOVA
ABDA BAURU ABDA BRASIL BRAZIL BAURU
ANTARES NUOTO LATINA ANTARES NUOTO LATINA-AQUADEMIA ITALY LATINA
ASVO L’ISLE-ADAM U.09 L’ISLE-ADAM FRANCE L’ISLE-ADAM
KSI SE KSI BLUE DOLPHINS HUNGARY BUDAPEST
LATINA PALLANUOTO LATINA PALLANUOTO ORSETTI ITALY LATINA
LUGANO PALLANUOTO LUGANO PALLANUOTO U9 SWITZERLAND LUGANO
MULHOUSE MULHOUSE 2008 FRANCE MULHOUSE
NUOTATORI GENOVESI NUOTATORI GENOVESI ITALY GENOVA
PALLANUOTO DALMINE ONDABLU DALMINE NANETTI ITALY DALMINE
PALLANUOTO SALERNO PALLANUOTO SALERNO U09 ITALY SALERNO
PATRAS NAUTICAL CLUB PATRAC N.C. DIAS GREECE PATRAS
RN ARENZANO SMALL TEAM ARENZANO ITALY ARENZANO
RN NUOTO SALERNO RN SALERNO GRANCHIETTI ITALY SALERNO
RARI NANTES SAVONA RARI NANTES SAVONA UNDER 9 ITALY SAVONA
ROMA VIS NOVA I LEONCINI DELLA ROMA VIS NOVA ITALY ROMA
SPORT MANAGEMENT MANTOVA LIBERTAS MANTOVA U9 ITALY MANTOVA
SPORTIVA STURLA SPORTIVA STURLA U09 ITALY GENOVA
SWIM ACADEMY  SWIM ACADEMY 08 ITALY PAGANI
ZF EGER ZF EGER U9 HUNGARY EGER

 

 

U11 TOURNAMENT

CLUB U11 TEAM NAME NATION TOWN
A.O.KASTELLAS A.O.KASTELLAS GREECE PIRAEUS
ABDA BAURU ABDA BRASIL BRAZIL BAURU
AKROSPORT ROMA PALLANUOTO AKROSPORT ROMA PALLANUOTO ITALY ROMA
AMATORI NUOTO PERUGIA GABBIANI PERUGIA ITALY PERUGIA
AMATORI NUOTO PERUGIA GRIFONI PERUGIA ITALY PERUGIA
ANTARES NUOTO LATINA ANTARES NUOTO LATINA SQUALI ITALY LATINA
ANTARES NUOTO LATINA ANTARES NUOTO LATINA PIRATES ITALY LATINA
ACQUADEMIA AQUADEMIA ITALY VELLETRI
AQUATICA TORINO AQUATICA TORINO ITALY TORINO
AS MONACO NATATION AS MONACO MONACO MONACO
ASD AQAMANAGEMENT ASD AQAMANAGEMENT “A” ITALY NAPOLI
ASD AQAMANAGEMENT ASD AQAMANAGEMENT “B” ITALY NAPOLI
ASD BOGLIASCO 1951 BOGLIASCO BENE U11A ITALY BOGLIASCO
ASD BOGLIASCO 1951 BOGLIASCO BENE U11B ITALY BOGLIASCO
ASD PALLANUOTO TRIESTE TRIGLIE ITALY TRIESTE
ASD PALLANUOTO TRIESTE SGOMBRI ITALY TRIESTE
A.S.D. S.G. ANDREA DORIA ANDREA DORIA ITALY GENOVA
ASVO L’ISLE-ADAM U.11 L’ISLE-ADAM FRANCE L’ISLE-ADAM
BLU 3000 BLU 3000 ITALY ROMA
C.C. ORTIGIA ORTIGIA GAMBERETTI ITALY SIRACUSA
C.C. ORTIGIA ORTIGIA RANOCCHI ITALY SIRACUSA
CABASSI PN CARPI CABASSI PN CARPI ITALY CARPI
CACHALOTS de SIX-FOURS  CACHALOTS FRANCE SIX-FOURS-LES-PLAGES
CAMPUS ROMA CAMPUS ROMA ITALY ROMA
CANOTTIERI ARNO PISA CANOTTIERI ARNO PISA ITALY PISA
CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE FRANCE CHALONS-EN-CHAMPAGNE
CLUB AQUATICO PESCARA CLUB AQUATICO PESCARA U11 ITALY PESCARA
CN BARCELONA CLUB NATACIÓ BARCELONA SPAIN BARCELLONA
CN HELIOS WATERPOLO HELIOS SPAIN ZARAGOZA
CN MARSEILLE CERCLE DES NAGEURS DE MARSEILLE FRANCE MARSEILLE
CN POSILLIPO POSILLIPO COCCODRILLI ITALY NAPOLI
CN POSILLIPO POSILLIPO CAIMANI ITALY NAPOLI
COMITE’ DU RHONE NATATION PIRANHAS FRANCE LYON
COMO NUOTO BLU FROG ITALY COMO
CSS BUCHAREST CSS BUCHAREST ROMANIA BUCHAREST
DEBRECEN VIZILABDA KLUB DVSE POLOSULI HUNGARY DEBRECEN
DOMINO AVUS ALIGATOR  AVUS SZOMBATHELY HUNGARY SZOMBATHELY
ETHNIKOS PIRAEUS ETHNIKOS PIRAEUS GREECE PIRAEUS
ETRURIA NUOTO ETRURIA  SQUALI ITALY EMPOLI
FERENCVAROS T.C. FTC U11 1 HUNGARY BUDAPEST
FERENCVAROS T.C. FTC U11 2 HUNGARY BUDAPEST
GALATASARAY SK GALATASARAY 1 TURKEY İSTANBUL
GALATASARAY SK GALATASARAY 2 TURKEY İSTANBUL
KSI SE KSI BLUE SHARKS HUNGARY BUDAPEST
LATINA PALLANUOTO LATINA PALLANUOTO AQUILOTTI ITALY LATINA
LAVAGNA 90 LASAGNA ’90 ITALY LAVAGNA
LIVRY-GARGAN AVENGERS FRANCE LIVRY-GARGAN
LUGANO PALLANUOTO LUGANO PALLANUOTO U11 SWITZERLAND LUGANO
MANIANPAMA MANIANPAMA ITALY ROMA
MONTPELLIER WATER POLO MWP ROUGE FRANCE MONTPELLIER
MONTPELLIER WATER POLO MWP BLANC FRANCE MONTPELLIER
MULHOUSE WATER POLO MULHOUSE 2006 FRANCE RIEDISHEIM
MULHOUSE WATER POLO MULHOUSE 2007 FRANCE RIEDISHEIM
MURI ANTICHI FAMILA MURI ANTICHI ITALY CATANIA
MY SPORT GENOVA ANPI MY SPORT ITALY GENOVA
NEWPORT BEACH WATER POLO NEWPORT BEACH SAILORS USA NEWPORT BEACH
NUOTATORI GENOVESI NUOTATORI GENOVESI AZZURRI ITALY GENOVA
NUOTATORI GENOVESI NUOTATORI GENOVESI BIANCHI ITALY GENOVA
NUOTO BERGAMO ALTA BERGAMO ITALY BERGAMO
NUOTO CATANIA NUOTO CATANIA ITALY CATANIA
NUOTO CLUB MONZA MONZA RED CRABS ITALY MONZA
NUOTO CLUB MONZA MONZA WHITE CRABS ITALY MONZA
NUOTO VICENZA LIBERTAS NUOTO VICENZA ITALY VICENZA
OLYMPIC NICE NATATION OLYMPIC NICE 1 FRANCE NIZZA
OLYMPIC NICE NATATION OLYMPIC NICE 2 FRANCE NIZZA
PALLANUOTO COMO ASS PALLANUOTO COMO ITALY COMO
PALLANUOTO DALMINE ONDA BLU DALMINE ITALY DALMINE
PALLANUOTO SALERNO PALLANUOTO SALERNO U11 ITALY SALERNO
PATRAS NAUTICAL CLUB PATRAS N.C. APOLLON GREECE PATRAS
PATRAS NAUTICAL CLUB PATRAS N.C. POSEIDON GREECE PATRAS
PAYS D’AIX NATATION  PAN SHARKS FRANCE AIX EN PROVENCE
PECSI SPORT NONPROFIT ZRT PSN ZRT. SPORTISKOLA HUNGARY PECS
PESCARA PALLANUOTO PESCARA PALLANUOTO ITALY PESCARA
PRESIDENT BOLOGNA PRESIDENT SQUALI ITALY BOLOGNA
PRESIDENT BOLOGNA PRESIDENT COCCODRILLI ITALY BOLOGNA
PRO RECCO PRO RECCO ACADEMY ITALY RECCO
RAPALLO NUOTO ACADEMY RAPALLO ITALY RAPALLO
RARI NANTES SAVONA RARI NANTES SAVONA UNDER 11 ITALY SAVONA
ROMAN SPORT CITY ROMAN SPORT CITY ITALY POMEZIA
RN ARENZANO BIG TEAM ARENZANO ITALY ARENZANO
RN CAMOGLI RAVATTI ITALY CAMOGLI
RN FLORENTIA R.N.FLORENTIA ITALY FIRENZE
RN IMPERIA CAIMANI ITALY IMPERIA
RN NUOTO SALERNO RN SALERNO PIRANHA ITALY SALERNO
RN NUOTO SALERNO RN SALERNO DRAGHI ITALY SALERNO
RN SORI SORI ITALY SORI
ROMA VIS NOVA ROMA VIS NOVA ITALY ROMA
ROMA VIS NOVA I GLADIATORI DELLA ROMA VIS NOVA ITALY ROMA
SAN GILJAN ASC SAN GILJAN ASC MALTA SAN GILJAN
SAN MAURO NUOTO SAN MAURO NUOTO ITALY CASALNUOVO DI NAPOLI
SC QUINTO SC QUINTO ROSSI ITALY GENOVA
SC QUINTO SC QUINTO BIANCHI ITALY GENOVA
SPORT MANAGEMENT MANTOVA LIBERTAS MANTOVA U11 ITALY MANTOVA
SPORTING CLUB FLEGREO SPORTING CLUB FLEGREO ITALY POZZUOLI
SPORTIVA STURLA SPORTIVA STURLA ITALY GENOVA
SSD ZERO9 PRETORIANI ITALY ROMA
SSD ZERO9 GLADIATORI ITALY ROMA
SWIM ACADEMY SWIM ACADEMY 06 ITALY PAGANI
SWIM ACADEMY SWIM ACADEMY 07 ITALY PAGANI
SWIM ACTION PESCARA SWIM ACTION PE U11 ITALY PESCARA
SZEGEDI VIZIPOLO SULI SZVPS SZEGED HUNGARY SZEGED
SZOLNOKI VIZILABDA SPORT CLUB SZOLNOK WATER POLO HUNGARY SZOLNOK
VENERE AZZURRA LITTLE SHARKS ITALY LA SPEZIA
VK LJUBLJANA SLOVAN VK LJUBLJANA SLOVAN SLOVENIA LUBJANA
VK PRIMORAC VK PRIMORAC MONTENEGRO KOTOR
WATERPOLIS LARIANO WATERPOLIS ITALY GIULIANELLO
WATERPOLO BARI  WP BARI ITALY BARI
WATERPOLO BARI WP BARI 2007 ITALY BARI
YBL WATERPOLO CLUB YBL WPC HUNGARY BUDAPEST
ZF EGER ZF-EGER U11 HUNGARY EGER

 

 

 

 

6 Comments

  • Anna Molnar says:

    Ciao a Tutti,
    Mio figlio gioca nel team PSN ZRT. SPORTISKOLA, lui andrà HaBaWaBa International Festival.
    Noi la famiglia vorremmo fare una sorpresa a Lui, ma solo al fine della settimana.
    Vorrei chieder il vostro aiuto.
    C’é un website o qualcosa dove troviamo informazioni del programma, e accomodazione e altre cose.
    Grazie per il tuo aiuto.
    A presto,
    Annamolnar

    • Fabrizio Napoli says:

      Dear Miss Molnar,
      you can ask Villaggio Ge.Tur’s office informations about accommodation. Their e-mail is eziana@getur.com.

      We’ll also publish news about the schedule soon.

      See you in Lignano!

  • Miklos Molnar says:

    Dear All,
    were can I find the detailed playing rules? (U11/Italy)
    Do you have any information about the schedules?
    Thank you in advance!
    M.

  • Mr. Miklos Molnar says:

    Dear All,
    We are parents of the U11 players FTC Budapest team.
    My question is, how can we register in advance for admitting the games?
    Best regards
    Miklos Molnar

    • Fabrizio Napoli says:

      Dear Mr. Molnar,
      your club can register in advance the parents for HaBaWaBa pass by the accreditation system they have already used for the teams: check Family in Role option.

      Anyway, write to office@habawaba.com for further informations.

      See you in Lignano.

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