Cycle polo

Cycle polo

Bike polo match in Budapest
Highest governing body	International Bicycle Polo Federation, North American Bike Polo Association, European Hardcourt Bike Polo Association
First played	October 1891 - County Wicklow, Ireland. (Rathclaren Rovers V Ohne Hast Cycling Club)
Characteristics
Team members	Three, four, or five, depending on organization
Type	Team sport
Equipment	Bicycle, Mallet, Ball
Presence
Olympic	London, 1908. (Demonstration Game – Ireland 3-v-1 Germany)

Cycle polo, bicycle polo, or bike polo (polo-vélo in French; Radpolo in German) is a team sport, similar to traditional polo, except that bicycles are used instead of horses. There are two versions of the sport: Hardcourt Bike Polo and grass court bike polo. The hardcourt game saw a sharp spike in interest in the first decade of the 21st century^[1] and new teams are sprouting up across the world in China, Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, France, India, Germany, Pakistan, Ukraine, Russia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, England, Scotland, Argentina, Italy, Spain, United States, Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Nepal, Brazil and Cuba.