The Japanese game can be consider ancestor of water Polo, which essence was to pass the ball with special poles to the players of their team, while being afloat on straw barrels. William Wilson invented modern water Polo in the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1869, water Polo was first introduced to the General public in London, at that time the game was called "water football" and did not have clearly defined rules. In 1870, a Commission of sports experts was convened for formalize the rules, but the Commission did not achieve any results. It was not until 1876 William Wilson created the rules for the game of water Polo, which still was relevant up to 1890. Since 1900, the game has been included in the list of Olympic sports, and the first world water Polo championship was hold in 1973. A water Polo match consists of four period’s length 8 minutes each. Six field players and one goalkeeper can be on the field at the same time.

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