New Zealand men's national water polo team

New Zealand
FINA code	NZL
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

Last updated March 28, 2025

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

Results

World Championship

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

2008 – Asia/Oceania round^[1]

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 World Championships.^[2]

Head coach: Davor Carevic

№	Name	Pos.	L/R	Date of birth	Club
1	Sid Dymond	GK	R	(1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 30)	Waitakere Blue Devils
2	Matthew Lewis	FP	L	(1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 30)	Marist Magic
3	Rowan Brown	FP	R	(2000-10-09) 9 October 2000 (age 24)	North Harbour Turtles
4	Ryan Pike	CF	R	(1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 27)	Marist Magic
5	Nicholas Stankovich	FW	L	(1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 26)	Waitakere Blue Devils
6	Matthew Small (C)	FW	R	(1993-04-02) 2 April 1993 (age 31)	Marist Magic
7	Anton Sunde	FW	R	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 29)	Waitakere Blue Devils
8	Joshua Potaka	FP	R	(1987-05-01) 1 May 1987 (age 37)	Marist Magic
9	Sean Bryant	FP	R	(1993-11-30) 30 November 1993 (age 31)	Hutt Heat
10	Matthew Bryant	CB	R	(1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 34)	Hutt Heat
11	Louis Clark	CF	R	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 23)	Canterbury Water Polo
12	Sean Newcombe	FW	R	(1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 (age 30)	Waitakere Blue Devils
13	Bae Fountain	GK	R	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 24)	Tauranga Body In Motion

References

1 2 "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.

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[HistoFINA_PDF-1] 1 2 "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.

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