The New Zealand men's national water polo team is the representative for New Zealand in international men's water polo.
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FINA code | NZL |
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Association | Swimming New Zealand |
Confederation | OSA (Oceania) |
Head coach | Zoltan Boros |
Asst coach | Lionel Randall |
Team manager | Quentin Quin |
Captain | No current captain |
Most caps | Lachlan Tijsen |
Top scorer(s) | Lachlan Tijsen |
Home venue | National Aquatic Centre |
World Championship | |
Appearances | 7 (first in 1982) |
Best result | 15th place (2007) |
World League | |
Appearances | 8 (first in 2008) |
Best result | Preliminary round (2008) |
Media | |
Website | www.waterpolo.org.nz |
The team placed 5th at the 2014 Commonwealth Water Polo Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Results
editWorld Championship
edit- 1982 – 16th place[1]
- 1991 – 16th place
- 1994 – 16th place
- 1998 – 16th place
- 2007 – 15th place
- 2013 – 16th place
- 2019 – 16th place
FINA World League
editCurrent roster
editRoster for the 2019 World Championships.[2]
Head coach: Davor Carevic
№ | Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | L/R | Date of birth | Club |
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1 | Sid Dymond | GK | R | 15 November 1994 | Waitakere Blue Devils | ||
2 | Matthew Lewis | FP | L | 31 October 1994 | Marist Magic | ||
3 | Rowan Brown | FP | R | 9 October 2000 | North Harbour Turtles | ||
4 | Ryan Pike | CF | R | 27 June 1997 | Marist Magic | ||
5 | Nicholas Stankovich | FW | L | 14 November 1998 | Waitakere Blue Devils | ||
6 | Matthew Small (C) | FW | R | 2 April 1993 | Marist Magic | ||
7 | Anton Sunde | FW | R | 13 February 1996 | Waitakere Blue Devils | ||
8 | Joshua Potaka | FP | R | 1 May 1987 | Marist Magic | ||
9 | Sean Bryant | FP | R | 30 November 1993 | Hutt Heat | ||
10 | Matthew Bryant | CB | R | 15 February 1991 | Hutt Heat | ||
11 | Louis Clark | CF | R | 21 August 2001 | Canterbury Water Polo | ||
12 | Sean Newcombe | FW | R | 20 October 1994 | Waitakere Blue Devils | ||
13 | Bae Fountain | GK | R | 10 January 2001 | Tauranga Body In Motion |
References
edit- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "2019 World Championships roster" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.