Croatia
Dubrovnik
Home of Jug Dubrovnik, one of the winningest water polo clubs on earth. Training at VK Jug's historic pool and medieval city walls on your rest day.
Signature Program
International Training
Ten days along the Adriatic with first-division European clubs — training, scrimmaging and scouting, before dinner on the water.
What sets this trip apart
We do not sell a tour. We build a competitive season.
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Scheduled around European competition
Our dates align with tournament calendars in Croatia, Montenegro and Malta so the top local clubs are in town, in form and willing to scrimmage. You will not spend a morning waiting for someone to show up to the pool.
02
Team-first programming
This is not an individual skills camp. Entire squads travel, train together, eat together, play together. That includes coaches, managers, medical staff and — where it makes sense — a travel cohort of parents.
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All ages, all levels
Youth clubs, college squads, high-performance programs, coach cohorts. We have built trips for twelve-year-olds and for senior national-team development squads. The constant is intent.
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Cultural context, not filler
Host cities are chosen for the quality of their water polo and for what they offer off the pool deck. Walking the walls of Dubrovnik, a morning in Diocletian's Palace, a ferry to Hvar — part of how a squad becomes a team.
What is included
You land and start training.
- Daily training and competition schedule
- Pool time with first-division European clubs
- Official tournament entries
- Full-board accommodation (team hotel)
- Local ground transportation
- Cultural programming on non-game days
- On-call translator and trip concierge
- Flight booking assistance on request
What you bring
Travel light. Play hard.
- Players, coaches and trusted managers
- Team kit and scrimmage colours
- Passports with adequate validity
- Insurance (we advise)
- An open mind — the level is high
Top locations
Croatia. Montenegro. Malta. And the islands in between.
Croatia
Split
POŠK and VK Split bring the level. Dioklecijanova Palace brings the atmosphere. Olympic-class training at the Gripe facility.
Croatia
Korčula & Hvar
Island water polo the way it was meant to be played — in open seawater pools, the Adriatic a wall away, in front of locals who actually understand the sport.
Montenegro
Budva & Kotor
Budva is the capital of the Montenegrin coast. Kotor is a UNESCO-listed bay. Both produce first-division clubs that reach the Champions League every year.
Malta
Valletta
Malta runs a water polo season that absorbs top European talent every summer. The Tal-Qroqq national pool is a serious training environment.
Croatia
Šibenik
VK Šolta and VK Šibenik run tough programs. Best basecamp for teams wanting a smaller, more focused week away from the tourist routes.
Sample packages
Trips we've run. Trips we can build for you.
10 days
Adriatic Classic
Dubrovnik → Korčula → Split
Two tournaments, four scrimmages, three city days. Staff of six travels with the team.
Youth clubs · HS teams · College squads
12 days
Coastal High Performance
Split → Šibenik → Kotor Bay → Budva
Residential camp with a first-division club, two official tournaments, video sessions with host staff.
College seniors · U20 selects · Senior squads
7 days
Malta Mid-Season
Valletta · St Paul's Bay
Concentrated schedule — arrive Saturday, train Sunday, scrimmages Monday to Friday, fly home Saturday.
Mid-season college teams · Masters programs
Where we go
The Global Wave map.
Training & tournament cities in aqua; Futures program destinations in gold.
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Voices from the tour
Coaches. Athletes. Parents.
Our club travelled for ten days and came back different. The training was world-class, but the stadium atmosphere our athletes played in — that is what they now chase every day in practice.
Head Coach
NCAA Division I Men's Water Polo
Global Wave does the unglamorous work brilliantly: visas, transfers, kit, meals, recovery. Our staff could focus on coaching, and our parents could focus on enjoying Europe.
Program Director
Club Program, Ontario
We scrimmaged against a first-division European side on day three. That alone was worth the trip. By the end of the tour our captains were leading warmups in two languages.
Athlete, 17U
Futures alumna, bound for college water polo
The coaches we met in Croatia are still answering my questions a year later. Global Wave built those bridges quietly, and they last.
Assistant Coach
College Program, California
Your next training trip starts with a conversation.
Tell us the weeks you can travel, the level of your squad and what you want them to come home with. We will send back a draft schedule.
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