Battle By the Bay 2026
Girls Varsity Water Polo · Oct 2–3, 2026 · Alameda & San Leandro, CA
Fifteen high schools, two venues, two days. Friday’s four pools seed Saturday’s brackets — every game, start time and cap color is here, and scores follow live on Eggbeater as the weekend plays out.
Schedule from the tournament host (revised 10/1 @11am) · last updated Oct 1, 2026. Live scores are ~5 seconds when a game is scored on Eggbeater.
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The field · four Friday pools
Pools A & B play at San Leandro HS · Pools C & D play at Encinal HS. Seeds are the host’s. Finishes post here as Friday’s results come in.
- A1Washington
- A2Justin-Siena
- A3Oakdale
- A4Clayton Valley
1 v 4 and 2 v 3, then the winners play for 1st and the losers for 3rd
- B1Liberty
- B2Lick-Wilmerding
- B3El Cerrito
Three-team round robin — everyone plays everyone
- C1Encinal
- C2Terra Linda
- C3College Park
- C4AlbanyFriday only
1 v 4 and 2 v 3, then the winners play for 1st and the losers for 3rd
1 v 4 and 2 v 3, then the winners play for 1st and the losers for 3rd
Friday · Oct 2
Pool play at both venues, side by side. The team on the left wears dark caps, the team on the right white.
Saturday · Oct 3
Friday’s finishes re-seed the field into four new pools. At Encinal, Pools E and F play semifinals and then for 1st–4th and 5th–8th place. At San Leandro, Pools J and K are three-team round robins. Names fill in as Friday’s games go final.
- E1Winner Gm 41st · Pool A
- E21st · Pool B
- E3Winner Gm 121st · Pool C
- E4Winner Gm 141st · Pool D
- F1Loser Gm 5
- F22nd · Pool B
- F3Loser Gm 122nd · Pool C
- F4Loser Gm 142nd · Pool D
- J1Winner Gm 153rd · Pool D
- J23rd · Pool B
- J3Winner Gm 63rd · Pool A
- K1Winner/Loser Gm 9Terra Linda or College Park
- K2Loser Gm 154th · Pool D
- K3Loser Gm 64th · Pool A
POOL EBracket for 1st–4th
POOL FBracket for 5th–8th
Saturday’s game numbers and slots are the host’s and can still change — this page follows the live tournament schedule on its own.
Venues
San Leandro High School
2200 Bancroft Ave, San Leandro, CA 94577Friday: Pools A & B · Saturday: Pools J & K
$8 gate fee, Friday and Saturday.
Format & rules
- 6-minute quarters.
- Each team gets one full timeout and one 30-second timeout. Timeouts do not carry over into overtime.
- Sudden-death overtime.
- Running clock at a 6-goal differential.
- The team listed on the left wears dark caps; the team on the right wears white caps.
Following a team this weekend?
Find your school’s live season page — schedule, roster and record — and every game it plays after the Battle.
Eggbeater is the live layer for water polo. Not affiliated with the tournament host — this page mirrors the published schedule so fans can find and follow it.