2019 June 8-9 St Petersburg Russia White Nights International Water Polo Tournament
St. Petersburg, Russia hosted traditional popular “White Nights” Masters category water polo tournament: Special City, Special Time of the Year, Special People hosting and participating.
“White Nights” is a very special time in St Petersburg. From late May to early July the nights are bright in St. Petersburg, with the brightest period, the White Nights, normally lasting from June 11th to July 2nd. The White Nights (Beliye Nochi) are a curious phenomenon caused by St. Petersburg’s very northerly geographical location – at 59 degrees 57′ North (roughly on the same latitude as Oslo, Norway, the southern tip of Greenland and Seward, Alaska).
St. Petersburg is the world’s most northern city with a population over 1 million, and its stands at such a high latitude that the sun does not descend below the horizon enough for the sky to go dark. In fact night becomes curiously indistinguishable from day, so much so that the local municipality does not need to turn the city’s streetlights on.
These competitions are uniquely remarkable as they are attended by famous athletes: Olympic champions and winners of the Olympics, champions of World and European events.
The final position of the teams looks as follows:
1. St. Petersburg Masters
2. Dynamo Moscow RU
3. Atlant Minsk BY
4. Dynamo Almaty KZ
About Atlant Minsk Water Polo Masters Team:
We live, train and host international tournaments in our cosmopolitan Minsk, Belarus and compete worldwide. We invite all water polo enthusiasts to participate in our events. www.AtlantMinskWaterPolo.com
