Difference between revisions of "Kelssek Water Polo League"
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| data5 = {{flag|Kelssek}} | | data5 = {{flag|Kelssek}} | ||
| label6 = Most recent champions | | label6 = Most recent champions | ||
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The '''Kelssek Water Polo League''' (French: ''Ligue de water polo du Kelssek'') is a professional water polo league which is the highest-level competition of the sport in Kelssek. The league is governed by the national sport federation, Water Polo Kelssek. It has men's and women's divisions, in which the same clubs compete. The KWPL consists of two tiers. Division A is fully professional, while Division B is semi-professional, divided by geographic regions, and includes development teams of the Division A clubs. The league also has age-group divisions for under-21 and under-18 players. | The '''Kelssek Water Polo League''' (French: ''Ligue de water polo du Kelssek'') is a professional water polo league which is the highest-level competition of the sport in Kelssek. The league is governed by the national sport federation, Water Polo Kelssek. It has men's and women's divisions, in which the same clubs compete. The KWPL consists of two tiers. Division A is fully professional, while Division B is semi-professional, divided by geographic regions, and includes development teams of the Division A clubs. The league also has age-group divisions for under-21 and under-18 players. | ||
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!Colours | !Colours | ||
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− | | Breton Mooseheads||[[Breton]]||Haligonian Bank Centre|| {{color box|#00cc00}}{{color box|#ffffff}} | + | | Breton Mooseheads||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|HG}} [[Breton]]||Haligonian Bank Centre|| {{color box|#00cc00}}{{color box|#ffffff}} |
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− | | Burnaby Thunderbirds ||[[Burnaby]]|| | + | | Burnaby Thunderbirds ||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|KO}} [[Burnaby]]||UCB Aquatic Centre||{{color box|#000099}}{{color box|#dddd00}} |
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− | | Club aquatique de Langlois ||[[Langlois]]||Complexe sportif Des Plages||{{color box|#008800}}{{color box|#0000ee}} | + | | Club aquatique de Langlois ||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|BL}} [[Langlois]]||Complexe sportif Des Plages||{{color box|#008800}}{{color box|#0000ee}} |
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− | | Clayquot Neptunes||[[Clayquot]]||Portage Athletic Park|| {{color box|#bb0000}}{{color box|#000000}} | + | | Clayquot Neptunes||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|ET}} [[Clayquot]]||Portage Athletic Park|| {{color box|#bb0000}}{{color box|#000000}} |
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− | | Colwyn Aquatics||[[Colwyn]]||Commonwealth Park|| {{color box|#990099}}{{color box|#ffffff}} | + | | Colwyn Aquatics|| {{flagicon|Kelssek province|NC}} [[Colwyn]]||Commonwealth Park|| {{color box|#990099}}{{color box|#ffffff}} |
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− | | Dollard-des- | + | | Dollard-des-Oiseaux|| {{flagicon|Kelssek province|BL}} [[Outineau]]||Complexe sportif DDO||{{color box|#cccc00}}{{color box|#000000}} |
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− | | Dynamo Lupinissia||[[Ulyanof]]||NUL Swimming Centre||{{color box|#ff7722}}{{color box|#ffffff}} | + | | Dynamo Lupinissia|| {{flagicon|Kelssek province|LP}} [[Ulyanof]]||NUL Swimming Centre||{{color box|#ff7722}}{{color box|#ffffff}} |
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− | | Lakeland Storm||[[Kingstown]]||Commonwealth Place||{{color box|#dd0000}}{{color box|#eeee00}} | + | | Lakeland Storm||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|KO}} [[Kingstown]]||Commonwealth Place||{{color box|#dd0000}}{{color box|#eeee00}} |
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− | | | + | | Kewatin Vipers || {{flagicon|Kelssek province|KW}} Torbay||Rockland Sports Complex||{{color box|#009900}}{{color box|#ffff00}} |
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− | | Kirkenes | + | | Kirkenes Blues||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|NC}} [[Kirkenes]]||Varsity Aquatics Centre||{{color box|#0000cc}}{{color box|#3333ee}} |
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− | | | + | | Kirkenes Jets||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|NC}} [[Kirkenes]]||Hydestone Park||{{color box|#888888}}{{color box|#990000}} |
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− | | | + | | Kraken d'Outineau||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|BL}} [[Outineau]]||Centre Saint-Hélène|| {{color box|#cccc00}}{{color box|#000099}} |
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− | | | + | | Latrobe Dolphins ||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|ET}} [[Latrobe]]||Southbank Park||{{color box|#aa0000}}{{color box|#0000aa}} |
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− | | | + | | Laneux Natation 1874 ||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|RO}} [[Laneux]]||Centre Saint-Hélène|| {{color box|#000099}}{{color box|#000099}} |
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− | | Vickery Tsunami||[[Vickery]]||Northlands Place||{{color box|#dddd00}}{{color box|#00cc00}} | + | | Natanel Aquatic Club||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|LP}} Natanel || Willems Park || {{color box|#cc0000}}{{color box|#00ff00}} |
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+ | | Redswyth Marlins ||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|NC}} [[Redswyth]]||Lancswold Athletic Centre||{{color box|#cc0000}}{{color box|#eeee00}} | ||
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+ | | Neorvins Sharks||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|NFT}} [[Neorvins]]||National Aquatics Arena||{{color box|#cccccc}}{{color box|#000000}} | ||
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+ | | Vickery Tsunami||{{flagicon|Kelssek province|CN}} [[Vickery]]||Northlands Place||{{color box|#dddd00}}{{color box|#00cc00}} | ||
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==Match days== | ==Match days== | ||
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Teams are free to make their own agreements with regional broadcasters, but only the "big five" clubs have such deals which for all of their matches to be televised. KWPL matches are broadcast nationally in Kelssek on the National Sports Network and KBC Sport cable channels. Since 2006, the final series of the KWPL playoffs is also shown live on KBC broadcast channels. It has the fourth-highest viewership of domestic Kelssekian sports leagues, behind hockey, soccer, and rugby union. | Teams are free to make their own agreements with regional broadcasters, but only the "big five" clubs have such deals which for all of their matches to be televised. KWPL matches are broadcast nationally in Kelssek on the National Sports Network and KBC Sport cable channels. Since 2006, the final series of the KWPL playoffs is also shown live on KBC broadcast channels. It has the fourth-highest viewership of domestic Kelssekian sports leagues, behind hockey, soccer, and rugby union. | ||
− | == | + | ==Most successful clubs== |
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
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− | ! style="width: | + | ! style="width:15em" |Club |
− | ! | + | ! Titles |
− | ! style="width: | + | ! style="width:15em" | Seasons |
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− | | Dynamo Lupinissia || 12 | + | | Dynamo Lupinissia || 12 || 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 33, 34 |
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− | | Burnaby || 8 | + | | Burnaby || 8 || 2, 6, 19, 21, 23, 27, 28, 32 |
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− | | Latrobe || 3 | + | | Latrobe || 3 || 9, 10, 20 |
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− | | Kirkenes Jets || 3 | + | | Kirkenes Jets || 3 || 13, 29, 32 |
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− | | Dollard-des-Ormeaux || 3 | + | | Dollard-des-Ormeaux || 3 || 5, 30, 31 |
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− | | CA Langlois || 2 | + | | CA Langlois || 2 || 11, 18 |
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− | | Kirkenes Blues || 2 | + | | Kirkenes Blues || 2 || 12, 22 |
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− | | Breton || 1 | + | | Breton || 1 || 14 |
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− | | Outineau || 1 | + | | Kraken d'Outineau || 1 || 24 |
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Kelssek]] | [[Category:Kelssek]] | ||
[[Category:Sports leagues]] | [[Category:Sports leagues]] |
Latest revision as of 04:21, 23 December 2019
Abbreviation | KWPL, LWPK |
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Sport | Water polo |
Teams | 18 |
Country | Kelssek |
Most recent champions | Dynamo Lupinissia (season 34) |
The Kelssek Water Polo League (French: Ligue de water polo du Kelssek) is a professional water polo league which is the highest-level competition of the sport in Kelssek. The league is governed by the national sport federation, Water Polo Kelssek. It has men's and women's divisions, in which the same clubs compete. The KWPL consists of two tiers. Division A is fully professional, while Division B is semi-professional, divided by geographic regions, and includes development teams of the Division A clubs. The league also has age-group divisions for under-21 and under-18 players.
The league has a regular season and playoffs tournament format. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs, which are contested using a final eight system originally devised for the Australian Football League. Playoff rounds are best-of-three series of matches played on consecutive days at the home venue of the team which finished with a higher league ranking in the regular season.
- Round one (Qualifying/Elimination):
- Teams placing in the top four play Qualifying Finals against each other with winners receiving a bye to the Semi-Finals
- Teams placing 5th to 8th play Elimination Finals in which the losing team is knocked out. The winners proceed to round two.
- Round two (Quarter-finals):
- Winners of the Elimination Finals play against the losers of the Qualifying Finals.
- Round three (Semi-finals):
- Winners of the Qualifying Finals play against the winners of the Quarter-finals.
- Final series
- Winners of the Semi-finals play for the championship at a pre-selected neutral venue.
Current Division A teams
Team | City | Pool | Colours |
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Breton Mooseheads | Breton | Haligonian Bank Centre | |
Burnaby Thunderbirds | Burnaby | UCB Aquatic Centre | |
Club aquatique de Langlois | Langlois | Complexe sportif Des Plages | |
Clayquot Neptunes | Clayquot | Portage Athletic Park | |
Colwyn Aquatics | Colwyn | Commonwealth Park | |
Dollard-des-Oiseaux | Outineau | Complexe sportif DDO | |
Dynamo Lupinissia | Ulyanof | NUL Swimming Centre | |
Lakeland Storm | Kingstown | Commonwealth Place | |
Kewatin Vipers | Torbay | Rockland Sports Complex | |
Kirkenes Blues | Kirkenes | Varsity Aquatics Centre | |
Kirkenes Jets | Kirkenes | Hydestone Park | |
Kraken d'Outineau | Outineau | Centre Saint-Hélène | |
Latrobe Dolphins | Latrobe | Southbank Park | |
Laneux Natation 1874 | Laneux | Centre Saint-Hélène | |
Natanel Aquatic Club | Natanel | Willems Park | |
Redswyth Marlins | Redswyth | Lancswold Athletic Centre | |
Neorvins Sharks | Neorvins | National Aquatics Arena | |
Vickery Tsunami | Vickery | Northlands Place |
Match days
Matches are commonly scheduled in coordination with Interuniversity Sport Kelssek and junior competitions, so spectators would be able to take in a junior-level or amateur match, followed by a match between Division B or university teams, before the Division A game.
Broadcasting
Teams are free to make their own agreements with regional broadcasters, but only the "big five" clubs have such deals which for all of their matches to be televised. KWPL matches are broadcast nationally in Kelssek on the National Sports Network and KBC Sport cable channels. Since 2006, the final series of the KWPL playoffs is also shown live on KBC broadcast channels. It has the fourth-highest viewership of domestic Kelssekian sports leagues, behind hockey, soccer, and rugby union.
Most successful clubs
Club | Titles | Seasons |
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Dynamo Lupinissia | 12 | 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 33, 34 |
Burnaby | 8 | 2, 6, 19, 21, 23, 27, 28, 32 |
Latrobe | 3 | 9, 10, 20 |
Kirkenes Jets | 3 | 13, 29, 32 |
Dollard-des-Ormeaux | 3 | 5, 30, 31 |
CA Langlois | 2 | 11, 18 |
Kirkenes Blues | 2 | 12, 22 |
Breton | 1 | 14 |
Kraken d'Outineau | 1 | 24 |