Valamar Blog

The unofficial league, popular water polo championship of the Dubrovnik bathing areas, is entering its 25 edition. This biggest sports-amateur competition in the world gathers together hundreds of players who began meeting together back in long ago 1922. The competition was occasionally stopped and then restarted, but in 1983 it gained it continuity and since then has been traditionally held every year (an exception was the war year 1992).

The games are held in Dubrovnik and its surrounding areas, at swimming centres registered that year, while the finals are always held in the old town port. Aside from this, especially attractive games are held at Porporela, in Pila and at the swimming area Mlini in Župa Dubrova?ka.

If you get a chance to join one of the groups of fans, don’t think twice, good fun is guaranteed. Fans most often go to the game in small boats and dingys, so that each match location is surrounded on all sides by happy fans and their equipment.

Aside from Dubrovnik inhabitants and their guests, this sports event has also been accepted well by numerous public personalities, which as an overture to the big final traditionally play a show game.

Currently qualifications are underway for the main tournament which begins on the 20 July and judging by what has been seen to date, this will be the ‘wildest’ league to date. A total of 44 teams have registered to participate.

If you have the opportunity, don’t miss out on coming to at least one game of the Dubrovnik unofficial league, the ‘most-water-polo’ town in the world.