- Gateball
Gateball is a mallet team sport similar to
croquet .Rules
Gateball is played on a rectangular court 20-25 metres long and 15-20 metres wide. Each court has three gates and a goal pole. The game is played by two teams (red and white) of five players. Each player has a numbered ball corresponding to their playing order. The odd-numbered balls are red and the even-numbered balls are white. Teams score one point for each ball hit through a gate and two points for hitting the goal pole, in accordance with the rules. A game of gateball lasts for 30 minutes.
Governance
In 1984, the Japan Gateball Union was established. The following year,
Japan ,South Korea ,Brazil ,Chinese Taipei and theUnited States of America formed the World Gateball Union (WGU). There are currently 15 affiliated members of the WGU:Australia ,Argentina ,Bolivia ,Brazil ,Canada ,China ,Chinese Taipei ,Indonesia ,Japan ,Korea ,Paraguay ,Peru ,Singapore ,USA andUruguay . Worldwide, more than 8 million people play gateball.World Championships
The ninth Gateball World Championships were held on
Jeju Island,South Korea , from 20 to 22 October 2006, and were won byOsaka Midori.External links
* [http://www.gateball.or.jp World Gateball Union]
* [http://www.gateball.or.jp/jguweb/wgu/officialrules/file/officialrules.html Rules of Gateball]
* [http://www.gateball.com.au Australian Gateball Promotions]
* [http://www.gateball.cn Gateball China]
* [http://www.hkgateball.org.hk Gateball Hong Kong]
* [http://www.gateballrengo.org.br Gateball Brazil]
* [http://www.gateball.de Gateball Germany]
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