Underwater Hockey World Championships

History Of Underwater Hockey World Championships

• The Underwater Hockey World Championship is the peak international event for the underwater sport of Underwater Hockey. 
  
• The event is conducted on behalf of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) by an affiliated national federation.
  
• The championship was first held in 1980 in Vancouver, Canada
  
• World championship has been held every two years in locations around the world up until 2006.
  
• WAA was founded by CMAS national federations in dispute with CMAS over policy and governance matters concerning underwater hockey.
  
• Since 2008 CMAS has once again administered all the world championship events in various age/gender divisions with the most recent having been held in Eger in Hungary in 2013.