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Poster: 2026 WACC Water Polo League Championship Tournament, varsity girls and boys water polo, October 27, 29 and 31 at Encinal High School in Alameda and San Leandro High School. The sun sets behind the Bay Bridge over an outdoor pool with a game under the lights.

West Alameda County Conference · Varsity

WACC League Championship Tournament 2026

Girls & boys water polo · October 27, 29 and 31, 2026 · Alameda & San Leandro, CA

The league’s championship tournament: 13 teams from 7 schools, two brackets, 16 games in three days. Tuesday’s first round and Thursday’s semifinals at Encinal and San Leandro; every final and placement game Saturday at Encinal.

Girls bracketBoys bracketDay by day

Seeds, times, pools and results from the league’s published bracket sheet, read again every minute: a score the league types in shows here within a couple of minutes.

Girls varsity · 6 teams · 7 games

The girls bracket

#1 Alameda and #2 Berkeley skip Tuesday. Every other seed needs three wins for the title; the top two need two. Saturday decides every place, 1st through 6th.

Tuesday, Oct 27 · First round

  1. #1AlamedaBye · 5-0
  2. #2BerkeleyBye · 4-1

  3. Game 1Tue 4:30 PM· Encinal HS

    #3Encinal3-2#6Castro Valley1-4

    First round

  4. Game 2Tue 5:40 PM· Encinal HS

    #4Bishop O'Dowd1-4#5Lick-Wilmerding1-4

    First round

Thursday, Oct 29 · Second round

  1. Game 6Thu 4:30 PM· Encinal HS

    #1Alameda5-0Winner of game 2

    Semifinal

  2. Game 7Thu 5:40 PM· Encinal HS

    #2Berkeley4-1Winner of game 1

    Semifinal

Saturday, Oct 31 · Final round

  1. Game 13Sat 12:20 PM· Encinal HS

    Winner of game 6Winner of game 7

    Championship · 1st place

  2. Game 12Sat 11:10 AM· Encinal HS

    Loser of game 6Loser of game 7

    3rd place

  3. Game 11Sat 10:00 AM· Encinal HS

    Loser of game 1Loser of game 2

    5th place

    Both teams have a bye on Thursday.

Boys varsity · 7 teams · 9 games

The boys bracket

#1 Alameda skips Tuesday. Every other seed needs three wins for the title; the top seed needs two. Saturday decides every place, 1st through 7th.

Tuesday, Oct 27 · First round

  1. #1AlamedaBye · 6-0

  2. Game 3Tue 6:50 PM· Encinal HS

    #4Bishop O'Dowd4-2#5Encinal2-4

    First round

  3. Game 4Tue 4:00 PM· San Leandro HS

    #3Piedmont4-2#6Castro Valley1-5

    First round

  4. Game 5Tue 5:00 PM· San Leandro HS

    #2Berkeley4-2#7Lick-Wilmerding0-6

    First round

Thursday, Oct 29 · Second round

  1. Game 8Thu 6:50 PM· Encinal HS

    #1Alameda6-0Winner of game 3

    Semifinal

  2. Game 9Thu 4:00 PM· San Leandro HS

    Winner of game 5Winner of game 4

    Semifinal

  3. Game 10Thu 5:00 PM· San Leandro HS

    Tuesday loser not given the byeTuesday loser not given the bye

    Consolation

    The highest-seeded of Tuesday's three losers gets a Thursday bye and plays game 16 for 5th; the other two play here.

Saturday, Oct 31 · Final round

  1. Game 14Sat 1:40 PM· Encinal HS

    Winner of game 8Winner of game 9

    Championship · 1st place

  2. Game 15Sat 2:50 PM· Encinal HS

    Loser of game 9Loser of game 8

    3rd place

  3. Game 16Sat 4:00 PM· Encinal HS

    Highest-seeded Tuesday loserWinner of game 10

    5th place

    The loser of game 10 places 7th.

Both brackets

Day by day

Every game in start order at its pool. The game numbers are the league’s and run across both brackets.

Tuesday, Oct 27 · First round

Encinal Swim Center · Encinal High School

  1. Game 1GirlsTue 4:30 PM· Encinal HS

    #3Encinal3-2#6Castro Valley1-4

    First round

  2. Game 2GirlsTue 5:40 PM· Encinal HS

    #4Bishop O'Dowd1-4#5Lick-Wilmerding1-4

    First round

  3. Game 3BoysTue 6:50 PM· Encinal HS

    #4Bishop O'Dowd4-2#5Encinal2-4

    First round

San Leandro High School

  1. Game 4BoysTue 4:00 PM· San Leandro HS

    #3Piedmont4-2#6Castro Valley1-5

    First round

  2. Game 5BoysTue 5:00 PM· San Leandro HS

    #2Berkeley4-2#7Lick-Wilmerding0-6

    First round

Thursday, Oct 29 · Second round

Encinal Swim Center · Encinal High School

  1. Game 6GirlsThu 4:30 PM· Encinal HS

    #1Alameda5-0Winner of game 2

    Semifinal

  2. Game 7GirlsThu 5:40 PM· Encinal HS

    #2Berkeley4-1Winner of game 1

    Semifinal

  3. Game 8BoysThu 6:50 PM· Encinal HS

    #1Alameda6-0Winner of game 3

    Semifinal

San Leandro High School

  1. Game 9BoysThu 4:00 PM· San Leandro HS

    Winner of game 5Winner of game 4

    Semifinal

  2. Game 10BoysThu 5:00 PM· San Leandro HS

    Tuesday loser not given the byeTuesday loser not given the bye

    Consolation

    The highest-seeded of Tuesday's three losers gets a Thursday bye and plays game 16 for 5th; the other two play here.

Saturday, Oct 31 · Final round

Encinal Swim Center · Encinal High School

  1. Game 11GirlsSat 10:00 AM· Encinal HS

    Loser of game 1Loser of game 2

    5th place

    Both teams have a bye on Thursday.

  2. Game 12GirlsSat 11:10 AM· Encinal HS

    Loser of game 6Loser of game 7

    3rd place

  3. Game 13GirlsSat 12:20 PM· Encinal HS

    Winner of game 6Winner of game 7

    Championship · 1st place

  4. Game 14BoysSat 1:40 PM· Encinal HS

    Winner of game 8Winner of game 9

    Championship · 1st place

  5. Game 15BoysSat 2:50 PM· Encinal HS

    Loser of game 9Loser of game 8

    3rd place

  6. Game 16BoysSat 4:00 PM· Encinal HS

    Highest-seeded Tuesday loserWinner of game 10

    5th place

    The loser of game 10 places 7th.

How they got here

How they’re seeded

The league seeds the tournament by each team’s record in league play, as printed on its bracket sheet.

  • Alameda comes in unbeaten in league play in both brackets (girls 5-0, boys 6-0): the #1 seed twice, with a bye into Thursday’s semifinals both times.
  • Girls: Bishop O'Dowd, Lick-Wilmerding and Castro Valley all finished 1-4 in league play. The league’s seeding puts them in that order; its tiebreak isn’t printed on the sheet.
  • Boys: Berkeley, Piedmont and Bishop O'Dowd all finished 4-2 in league play. The league’s seeding puts them in that order; its tiebreak isn’t printed on the sheet.
  • Piedmont is in the boys bracket only, which is why the boys draw has seven teams and the girls draw six.

Girls · seeds and the road to the title

  1. #1Alameda 5-0Game 6, Thu 4:30 PM2 wins to the title
  2. #2Berkeley 4-1Game 7, Thu 5:40 PM2 wins to the title
  3. #3Encinal 3-2Game 1, Tue 4:30 PM3 wins to the title
  4. #4Bishop O'Dowd 1-4Game 2, Tue 5:40 PM3 wins to the title
  5. #5Lick-Wilmerding 1-4Game 2, Tue 5:40 PM3 wins to the title
  6. #6Castro Valley 1-4Game 1, Tue 4:30 PM3 wins to the title

Boys · seeds and the road to the title

  1. #1Alameda 6-0Game 8, Thu 6:50 PM2 wins to the title
  2. #2Berkeley 4-2Game 5, Tue 5:00 PM3 wins to the title
  3. #3Piedmont 4-2Game 4, Tue 4:00 PM3 wins to the title
  4. #4Bishop O'Dowd 4-2Game 3, Tue 6:50 PM3 wins to the title
  5. #5Encinal 2-4Game 3, Tue 6:50 PM3 wins to the title
  6. #6Castro Valley 1-5Game 4, Tue 4:00 PM3 wins to the title
  7. #7Lick-Wilmerding 0-6Game 5, Tue 5:00 PM3 wins to the title

Saturday, Oct 31 at Encinal

Champions

Two titles, decided Saturday afternoon. The champions and every final place show here as the league enters the results.

Girls · championship

Game 13 · 12:20 PM

Winner of game 6 vs Winner of game 7, at the Encinal Swim Center.

Boys · championship

Game 14 · 1:40 PM

Winner of game 8 vs Winner of game 9, at the Encinal Swim Center.

Where

Venues

Encinal High School

Encinal Swim Center

230 Central Ave, Alameda, CA 94501

Games: Tue (3) · Thu (3) · Sat (6)

San Leandro High School

2200 Bancroft Ave, San Leandro, CA 94577

Games: Tue (2) · Thu (2)

Following a team?

Every WACC school has a page on Eggbeater

Schedules, results and records for every school in the bracket. Alameda and Encinal score their games on Eggbeater, so their pages carry live scores, about five seconds behind the table.

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Eggbeater is the live layer for water polo. Not affiliated with the West Alameda County Conference. This page mirrors the league’s published bracket so fans can find and follow it.