The water polo emoji is Person playing water polo, U+1F93D, from Emoji 3.0. Man playing water polo and Woman playing water polo followed in Emoji 4.0, and each of the three comes in five skin tones.
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No ball, no whistle, no horse
Unicode has no water polo ball. Wikipedia records the real one as usually bright yellow and made to be held in one hand, so Yellow circle stands in here. No emoji is named whistle. CLDR files polo and waterpolo under these three emoji alone, so the game on horseback has none: Horse racing is the one filed under jockey.
Seven in the water
By Wikipedia, each team has seven players in the water, six in the field and a goalkeeper, a game runs four quarters, and players tread water with the eggbeater kick. The combo Seven a side is one team.
U+1F93D sits one code point before Person playing handball. Both arrived in Emoji 3.0 with fencing, wrestling, cartwheeling and juggling.
Goalkeepers wear red caps, by Wikipedia, so Goalkeeper is a red circle, then the player.
Questions and answers
Are there water polo symbols in plain text?
No. U+1F93D is the only Unicode character named for the sport, and Unicode lists no text style for it. The typed players here are this site’s own: tildes for the water, an o for the head, a slash for the throwing arm.
Is there a woman water polo emoji?
Yes, from Emoji 4.0: Woman playing water polo is the player joined to Female sign, and the man takes Male sign. UTS #51, Unicode’s emoji standard, says a system without the joined picture shows the separate emoji: the player, then the sign.
What does the water polo emoji mean?
Unicode gives it search words, not a meaning: person, playing, polo, sport, swimming, water and waterpolo. Wiktionary defines the game as a water sport in which two teams of swimmers throw the ball into the opponent’s goal.
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Water polo emoji 3
🤽♂️Man playing water poloU+1F93D U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. The player, a zero width joiner, Male sign and a variation selector: four code points. Emoji 4.0.
🤽Person playing water poloU+1F93D. The water polo emoji. Its Unicode character name is WATER POLO. Filed under polo, waterpolo, sport and swimming. Emoji 3.0.
🤽♀️Woman playing water poloU+1F93D U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. The player, a zero width joiner, Female sign and a variation selector: four code points. Emoji 4.0.
In the water 7
💧DropletU+1F4A7. Filed under water and drop. Emoji 0.6.
🥽GogglesU+1F97D. Filed under swimming and goggles. Emoji 11.0.
🩱One-piece swimsuitU+1FA71. Filed under swimsuit and bathing. Emoji 12.0.
🏊Person swimmingU+1F3CA. Filed under swim, swimmer and freestyle. Emoji 0.6.
🛟Ring buoyU+1F6DF. Filed under swim and float. Emoji 14.0.
🩳ShortsU+1FA73. Filed under swimsuit and bathing. Emoji 12.0.
🌊Water waveU+1F30A. Filed under water and wave. Emoji 0.6.
Ball, goal and clock 5
🥅Goal netU+1F945. Filed under goal and net. Emoji 3.0.
🔴Red circleU+1F534. A goalkeeper’s cap, which Wikipedia records as red. Filed under red and circle. Emoji 0.6.
⏱️StopwatchU+23F1 U+FE0F. For the four quarters. Filed under clock and time. Emoji 1.0.
🏐VolleyballU+1F3D0. A second stand-in for the ball. Filed under ball and game. Emoji 1.0.
🟡Yellow circleU+1F7E1. Stands in for the ball, which Wikipedia records as usually bright yellow. Filed under yellow and circle. Emoji 12.0.
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Arrived with it 5
🤼People wrestlingU+1F93C. Filed under wrestle and grapple. Emoji 3.0.
🤸Person cartwheelingU+1F938. Filed under cartwheel and gymnastics. Emoji 3.0.
🤺Person fencingU+1F93A. Filed under fencer and sword. Emoji 3.0.
🤹Person jugglingU+1F939. Filed under juggle and balance. Emoji 3.0.
🤾Person playing handballU+1F93E. The next code point after the player. Filed under ball, throw and catch. Emoji 3.0.
Typed players 6
[#]The goal: brackets for the posts, a hash for the net.
~~\o/~~Both arms up: a block.
~~o/~~A player with one arm up: tildes for the water, a slash for the arm.
~~o/° [#]~~A shot at goal.
~~o/° ~~With the ball, a degree sign.
≈≈o/≈≈Wavier water, made of Almost equal to signs.
Poolside lines 4
caps on, ears coveredWikipedia records caps fitted with ear protectors.
eggbeater all dayThe eggbeater kick, by Wikipedia: alternating one-legged breaststroke kicks.
six in the field, one in goalA team in the water, by Wikipedia.
wet pass or dry passBy Wikipedia, a wet pass lands on the water and a dry pass in the hand.
Water polo combos 12
🚌🤽Away gameBus, then person playing water polo.
🏖️🤽Beach gameBeach with umbrella, then person playing water polo.
🤽🏆Cup winnersPerson playing water polo, then trophy.
🥚🤽EggbeaterEgg, then person playing water polo.
🤽⏱️Fourth quarterPerson playing water polo, then stopwatch.
🔴🤽GoalkeeperRed circle, then person playing water polo.
🌅🤽Morning practiceSunrise, then person playing water polo.
🤽🚫🐎Not that poloPerson playing water polo, then prohibited, then horse.
📅🤽Pool is bookedCalendar, then person playing water polo.
🤽🤽🤽🤽🤽🤽🤽Seven a sidePerson playing water polo, seven times.
🤽🟡🥅Shot on goalPerson playing water polo, then yellow circle, then goal net.
🤽♀️🤽🤽♂️Team photoWoman playing water polo, then person playing water polo, then man playing water polo.