Kelssek Water Polo League
From NSWiki
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| Abbreviation | KWPL, LWPK |
|---|---|
| Sport | Water polo |
| Teams | 15 |
| Country |
 Kelssek |
| Most recent champions | Burnaby Thunderbirds |
The Kelssek Water Polo League (French: Ligue de water polo du Kelssek) is a professional water polo league which is the highest-level competition of the sport in Kelssek. It has men's and women's divisions, in which the same clubs compete.
Current teams
| Team | City | Pool | Colours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breton Mooseheads | Breton | Haligonian Bank Centre | |
| Burnaby Thunderbirds | Burnaby | University of Burnaby Aquatic Centre | |
| Club aquatique de Langlois | Langlois | Complexe sportif Des Plages | |
| Clayquot Neptunes | Clayquot | Portage Athletic Park | |
| Colwyn Aquatics | Colwyn | Commonwealth Park | |
| Dollard-des-Ormeaux | Outineau | Complexe sportif DDO | |
| Upper Lakeland Water Polo | Kingstown | Commonwealth Place | |
| Kirkenes Blues | Kirkenes | Varsity Aquatics Centre | |
| Kirkenes Jets | Kirkenes | Hydestone Park | |
| Kraken d'Outineau | Outineau | Piscine olympique d'Outineau | |
| Latrobe Dolphins | Latrobe | Southbank Park | |
| Lupinissia Water Polo | Ulyanof | NUL Swimming Centre | |
| Neorvins Sharks | Neorvins | National Aquatics Arena | |
| Vickery Tsunami | Vickery | Northlands Place |
Broadcasting
Teams are free to make their own agreements with regional broadcasters, but only the "big five" clubs have such deals which for all of their matches to be televised. KWPL matches are broadcast nationally in Kelssek on the National Sports Network and KBC Sport cable channels. Since 2006, the final series of the KWPL playoffs is also shown live on KBC broadcast channels. It has the fourth-highest viewership of domestic Kelssekian sports leagues, behind hockey, soccer, and rugby union.
