The First Canadian Yukigassen Championship kicked off on Friday at Fort Edmonton Park
The litteral translation means "Snow Battle". The event was developed over 20-years-ago in Japan.
This year more than 120 teams were eligible to sign up for the event. It’s also for a good cause – money raised goes to the Alberta Cancer Foundation.
The first ever tournament was held in Japan and had 70 teams. The actual Yukigassen Federation was created in 1993. The largest ever tournament was held in Japan in 2004 and featured 190 teams and 28,000spectators (in one round of games over 50,000 snowballs were thrown). Yukigassen was introduced in Finland in 1995 where the European Championships are now held. There are official Yukigassen tournaments in Japan, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Australia, and now Canada
Teams will be playing Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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