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SAN JOSE, CA. The largest age-group water polo tournament in the world gets underway in San Jose at 8 a.m. (PST) this morning. The 2018 USA Water Polo Junior Olympics<\/a> begins with games in 34 pools all over the Bay Area of Northern California.<\/p>\n

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Over the course of nine days, 400+ teams, over 10,000 athletes and 145 officials from across the country will collide on a national stage during a pair of four-day sessions. July 21-24 will see thousands of boys compete in eleven different brackets ranging from 12 and under to 18 and under over three different levels: Championship, Classic and Invitational.<\/p>\n

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July 26-29 will see the girls compete in eight different brackets from 10-U to 18-U in two different levels: Championship and Classic. There is one coed level of play for 10-U boys and girls which also takes place from July 26-29.<\/p>\n

Some of the top age group clubs in California\u2014including\u00a0680 Water Polo<\/a>,\u00a0Foothill<\/a>, Rose Bowl<\/a>, San Diego Shores<\/a>, SET<\/a>,\u00a0SHAQ<\/a>, SoCal Water Polo<\/a>,\u00a0Trojan Cardinal<\/a>, Vanguard<\/a> and many others\u2014will compete for the right to call themselves the nation\u2019s best against clubs from all over the country, including the Midwest, the Northeast, the Southwest and more.<\/p>\n

In 2017,\u00a0Vanguard defeated Santa Barbara Premier 14-7 in the 18U Boys final; 680 Water Polo held off SoCal Water Polo 7-6 in the 18U Girls final.<\/p>\n

Swimming World<\/em> will provide coverage from the different pools as it follows select teams progressing over the landscape of this massive event, with coverage of both the boys and girls 18-U Finals, to be held at Stanford\u2019s Avery Aquatics Center; the boys final on July 24 and the girls final on July 29.<\/p>\n

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Can\u2019t wait for us to post? for the first time in event history FloSwimming<\/a> will live-stream the JOs, starting this morning and will cover up through the end of competition on Sunday, July 29. Live FloSwimming coverage is available all day long from three courses at the Avery Aquatic Center at Stanford. The Avery Pool, one course from the Baker Pool, and one course from the Belardi Pool will be streamed live to water polo fans for the duration of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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