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Woodball
Sign in to saveWoodball () is a sport where a mallet is used to pass a ball through gates. This game can be played on grass, sand or indoors. The sport is in the program of Asian Beach Games and was incorporated in 2008.
Key facts
- Sport.name
- Woodball
- Sport.image
- Ma Ying-jeou playing woodball.jpg
- Sport.caption
- Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou meeting members of the medal-winning teams at the 3rd World University Woodball Championship in 2010
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- Sport.first
- 1990
- Sport.type
- Lawn game
- Sport.equipment
- Wooden mallet, wooden ball
- Sport.region
- 45 countries and territories
- Sport.olympic
- No
- Sport.world
- No
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Events
- World Woodball Championship
- Asian Woodball Championship
- FISU World University Championships
- SEA Games
- See also
- References
- External links
Woodball () is a sport where a mallet is used to pass a ball through gates. This game can be played on grass, sand or indoors. The sport is in the program of Asian Beach Games and was incorporated in 2008.
==History== The sport was invented in Taiwan by Weng Ming-hui and Kuang-chu Young in 1990. Weng wanted to convert a property he owns in Shilin District in Taipei so his retired father could play golf leisurely. However the plan proved to be feasible leading to Weng to develop woodball a sport based on golf but with a mallet, a ball and gates made of wood. He took an additional two years to formalize the rules of the sport.
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