Seven in the water. One of them has to go in goal.
Know by midweek who's coming and who's wearing the red cap, long before the pool slot starts.
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Four quarters of eight. The week around them.
A game is four quarters of eight minutes' playing time, with the clock stopped for restarts. Here's the week around it.
Count the squad
Up to fourteen on the sheet, seven in the water. The answers come in by Wednesday, not at the poolside.
Find your goalkeeper
The goalie schedule shows which games have someone in goal. A game with nobody shows up early enough to do something about it.
Name the positions
Goalkeeper, centre back, drivers, wings, centre forward. Everyone knows where they're swimming before the first whistle.
Log the result
The final score, then goals, assists, saves and exclusions, entered before you've left the pool.
The ones who score and the ones who stop it.
Field players get goals, assists and shots, plus steals, blocks, turnovers and exclusions. Goalkeepers get saves and goals against. Different jobs, different headings.
Attack
- Goals
- Assists
- Shots
- Turnovers
Defence
- Steals
- Blocks
Discipline
- Exclusions
Goalkeeping
- Saves
- Goals against
Goalkeeper stats in navy.
Years of chlorine and sore shoulders, and not one goal written down?
Fifteen saves deserve a record.
Water polo moments of their own, from the hat trick to the goal at the far end of the pool, plus first goals, games played and scoring streaks for every player. When milestones go live, each one will go on the player's profile and into the team feed.
What we know about water polo, and what we don't yet.
Goalkeepers on their own sheet, headings in water polo's order and a goalie schedule. What works today, and what doesn't yet.
Already in the water
- Squads of up to fourteen, the World Aquatics maximum since July 2025.
- Five positions: goalkeeper, centre back, driver, wing and centre forward, not a generic list of names.
- Goalkeepers on their own sheet. When a field player goes in goal, tick "Played in goal" and the saves and goals-against boxes open for that game.
- A goalie schedule: mark your goalkeepers once and see, game by game, who is in goal and which games have nobody.
- Headings in water polo's order: Attack, Defence, Goalkeeping, Discipline, General. Exclusions get a place of their own, not buried in General.
- A level score saves as a draw, because Swiss regular-season rounds can end level.
Still on the poolside
- Save percentage and shooting percentage, which don't show for water polo yet.
- Penalty-throw saves and shoot-out saves, so the goalkeeper's two big moments can be recorded.
- Start minimums by league. Swiss leagues differ (11, 9, 7 or 6 players to start); benchli holds one minimum of seven for every team.
- Shoot-outs and extra periods on a result, and a table that scores them the league's way.
- Extra-player (power-play) goals and efficiency, and sprints won.
- The game-winning goal and the buzzer-beater, which need the order and time of the goals.
Every benchli team also gets
One price for the whole pool.
Per team, per year in Switzerland. No per-player fees.
Everything in Basic, plus stats entry, the career record and team notes.
Common questions
Does it know a goalkeeper from a field player?
Yes. Goalkeeper is its own position and its own sheet: saves and goals against for whoever goes in goal, and goals, assists, shots, steals, blocks and exclusions for everyone else.
What if a field player ends up in the red cap?
On the game's stats, tick "Played in goal" on that player's row. The goalkeeper boxes open for that game and the rest of their season stays as it was.
Can we bring in a player from another team?
benchli can hold guests, but check your league first. Swiss Aquatics doesn't allow players borrowed from another team in official matches. Friendlies are fine by agreement.
Can I record a shoot-out or extra periods?
You can enter the final score. benchli doesn't mark a shoot-out or extra periods yet, a level score saves as a draw, and its table counts a flat 2, 1 and 0. Check your league's own table for the official standings.
How many players can we have on a match squad?
Up to fourteen, the World Aquatics maximum since July 2025. benchli doesn't check how many are goalkeepers.
Get your team in the water.
Send the link today. By match day you'll know who's in goal.
Screens show benchli's demo team, with made-up data.