New Zealand men's national water polo team
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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 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
[edit]World 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
[edit]Current roster
[edit]Roster 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
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| 2 | Matthew Lewis | FP | L | 31 October 1994 | Marist Magic
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| 3 | Rowan Brown | FP | R | 9 October 2000 | North Harbour Turtles
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| 4 | Ryan Pike | CF | R | 27 June 1997 | Marist Magic
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| 5 | Nicholas Stankovich | FW | L | 14 November 1998 | Waitakere Blue Devils
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| 6 | Matthew Small (C) | FW | R | 2 April 1993 | Marist Magic
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| 7 | Anton Sunde | FW | R | 13 February 1996 | Waitakere Blue Devils
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| 8 | Joshua Potaka | FP | R | 1 May 1987 | Marist Magic
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| 9 | Sean Bryant | FP | R | 30 November 1993 | Hutt Heat
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| 10 | Matthew Bryant | CB | R | 15 February 1991 | Hutt Heat
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| 11 | Louis Clark | CF | R | 21 August 2001 | Canterbury Water Polo
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| 12 | Sean Newcombe | FW | R | 20 October 1994 | Waitakere Blue Devils
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| 13 | Bae Fountain | GK | R | 10 January 2001 | Tauranga Body In Motion
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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.
External links
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