EuroKayak Experience Announces Its First 33 Clubs
Twelve countries. Eleven exchange groups of three. One first network, ready to travel.
EuroKayak Experience’s first batch of kayak polo exchanges is complete: 33 clubs, in 12 countries, organized into 11 exchange groups of three. Every group will travel to and host the other two clubs in its group, turning a shared interest in kayak polo into a season of real trips, real matches, and — as the clubs who’ve already signed on keep telling us — real friendships that start well before anyone packs a bag.
This is the first time the full network has been counted and grouped in one place. It’s the direct result of the recruiting, the calls, the championships, and the conversations told across our «Origins» series — and the starting point for everything the project does next.
12 countries
How many clubs from each country made up the first batch.
- Italy 8
- Spain 7
- Germany 4
- Portugal 3
- Sweden 2
- Lithuania 2
- Netherlands 2
- Czech Republic 1
- France 1
- Poland 1
- Norway 1
- Austria 1
11 exchange groups
Every group pairs three clubs from three different countries for a shared exchange.
Group A
- TJ Kotva Braník — Czech Republic
- Club Regatas Burriana — Spain
- Skellefteå Kanotklubb — Sweden
Group B
- Oxio Useras — Spain
- Kayak Club Arenzano — Italy
- RSV Hannover — Germany
Group C
- AVSK Trakai — Lithuania
- Club Natació Banyoles — Spain
- Kanusportvereinigung Havelbrüder — Germany
Group D
- Valle Hermoso el Retiro — Spain
- Kano Vereniging Waterwolf — Netherlands
- Circolo Canoa Nazario — Italy
Group E
- Piragua Madrid — Spain
- Oslo Kajakklubb — Norway
- Uithoornse Roei- en Kanovereniging MdR — Netherlands
Group F
- Clube Fluvial de Coimbra — Portugal
- KSV Rothe Mühle Essen — Germany
- Polisportiva Canottieri Catania — Italy
Group G
- Linköpings Kanotklubb — Sweden
- Alberche Kayak Club — Spain
- Canoe Rovigo — Italy
Group H
- UKS Kanu Katowice — Poland
- Clube Kayak-Polo da Barra — Portugal
- Jomar Club Catania — Italy
Group I
- Clube Naval de Portimão — Portugal
- Canottieri Jonica — Italy
- Union Kanu Klub Wien — Austria
Group J
- CKCIR — France
- Kęstutis — Lithuania
- Fondazione Antonio Toto Marino — Italy
Group K
- Kanu Club Wetter/Ruhr 1901 — Germany
- Gruppo Sportivo Canoa Catania — Italy
- Club Deportivo Kayak Polo Málaga — Spain
Faces already in the network
Twelve of the 33 «We’re in!» moments — the rest are on their way.
Kayak polo is the excuse. The travel, the friendships, and the community are the point.
None of these 33 clubs have traveled yet — the first official exchanges are still waiting on the Erasmus+ paperwork that makes them possible. But the groups are set, the trust is already there, and every club on this list said yes before EuroKayak Experience had a single finished exchange to point to. That’s not a small thing, and it’s exactly the network the next chapter of this project will be built on.
