Underwater sports in the context of "Underwater football"

Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS; known in English as the World Underwater Federation) is an international federation that represents underwater activities in underwater sport and underwater sciences, and oversees an international system of recreational snorkel and scuba diver training and recognition. Its foundation in Monaco during January 1959 makes it one of the world's oldest underwater diving organisations.

Underwater orienteering, also known as scuba orienteering is an underwater sport that uses recreational open circuit scuba diving equipment and consists of a set of individual and team events conducted in both sheltered and open water testing the competitors' competency in underwater navigation. The competition is principally concerned with the effectiveness of navigation technique used by competitors to swim an underwater course following a route marked on a map prepared by the competition organisers, a compass and a counter meter to measure the distance covered. The sport was developed in the Soviet Union during the late 1950s and is played mainly in Europe. It is known as Orientation Sub in French and as La Orientación Subacuática in Spanish. Historically, the sport has also been known as Technical Disciplines.

Underwater Rugby is an underwater team sport in which two teams compete to deliver a negatively buoyant ball into the opponents' goal at the bottom of a swimming pool. It originated from physical fitness training programs in German diving clubs during the early 1960s. It was recognized by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) in 1978 and was first played in a world championship in 1980. The sport has little in common with rugby football, except for its name.

Underwater target shooting is an underwater sport/shooting sport that tests a competitors’ ability to accurately use a speargun via a set of individual and team events conducted in a swimming pool using freediving or apnea technique. The sport was developed in France during the early 1980s and is currently practiced mainly in Europe. It is known as tir sur cible subaquatique in French and as tiro al blanco subacuático in Spanish.