Other Sports
Other sports which feature players with numbered shirts, but where the number that may be worn is not relevant to the player's position and role are:
- Baseball
- Field hockey
- Lacrosse
- Team handball
- Roller derby
- Volleyball
In water polo, players wear swim caps bearing a number. Under FINA rules, the starting goalkeeper wears Number 1, the substitute goalkeeper wears Number 13, and remaining players wear numbers 2 though 12. In road bicycle racing, numbers are assigned to cycling teams by race officials, meaning they change from race to race. Each team has numbers in the same group of ten, excluding multiples of ten, for example 11 through 19 or 21 through 29. If a race has squads of smaller than nine, each still uses numbers from the same group of ten, perhaps 31 through 36 where the next squad will have 41 through 46. Usually, but not always, the rider who wears a number ending in 1 is the squad's leader and the one who will try for a high overall placing. If the race's defending champion is in the field, he or she wears number 1.
In floorball all players are required to have number between 1–99 on their jersey, but goalies are only players who can play with number 1.
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