New Zealand men's national water polo team

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New Zealand
FINA codeNZL
AssociationSwimming New Zealand
ConfederationOSA (Oceania)
Head coachZoltan Boros
Asst coachLionel Randall
Team managerQuentin Quin
CaptainNo current captain
Most capsLachlan Tijsen
Top scorer(s)Lachlan Tijsen
Home venueNational Aquatic Centre
World Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1982)
Best result15th place (2007)
World League
Appearances8 (first in 2008)
Best resultPreliminary round (2008)
Media
Websitewww.waterpolo.org.nz

The New Zealand men's national water polo team is the representative for New Zealand in international men's water polo.

The team placed 5th at the 2014 Commonwealth Water Polo Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Results

World Championship

FINA World League

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 World Championships.[2]

Head coach: Davor Carevic

Name Pos. Height Weight L/R Date of birth Club
1 Sid Dymond GK R (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 30) New Zealand Waitakere Blue Devils
2 Matthew Lewis FP L (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 30) New Zealand Marist Magic
3 Rowan Brown FP R (2000-10-09) 9 October 2000 (age 24) New Zealand North Harbour Turtles
4 Ryan Pike CF R (1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 27) New Zealand Marist Magic
5 Nicholas Stankovich FW L (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 26) New Zealand Waitakere Blue Devils
6 Matthew Small (C) FW R (1993-04-02) 2 April 1993 (age 31) New Zealand Marist Magic
7 Anton Sunde FW R (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28) New Zealand Waitakere Blue Devils
8 Joshua Potaka FP R (1987-05-01) 1 May 1987 (age 37) New Zealand Marist Magic
9 Sean Bryant FP R (1993-11-30) 30 November 1993 (age 31) New Zealand Hutt Heat
10 Matthew Bryant CB R (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33) New Zealand Hutt Heat
11 Louis Clark CF R (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 23) New Zealand Canterbury Water Polo
12 Sean Newcombe FW R (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 (age 30) New Zealand Waitakere Blue Devils
13 Bae Fountain GK R (2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 23) New Zealand Tauranga Body In Motion

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "2019 World Championships roster" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.