Manchester sport, ground by ground

Duel in the Pool

Fixtures and the calendarPublished

A head-to-head between two continental all-star teams is a made-for-television format rather than a championship, and the pitch in this entry is honest about it: finals only, no heats, bragging rights at the end.

It also explains why the meet came to Manchester at all — the city had a pool that could stage a final session and seat a crowd tight around it. The pool is described in the Manchester Aquatics Centre record.

A busy pub bar with people and a band playing
The back bar at the Neptunes Hall in Broadstairs. Showing a match to a room like this takes a licence the pub buys separately. Photo: Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

The European All Stars versus the United States to established bragging rights in the pool. Two days. Finals only. Head to head. Winner takes all. Seating is limited to only 4,000 seats, so don't miss your chance to witness this awesome spectacle. Book now to see the world's greatest
swimmers go head-to-head. Don't miss it.

For further information visit the website.

Manchester Aquatics Centre, MANCHESTER

Kick-off times move. Dates in the archive are the dates as published in 2008–09.