South Africa men's national water polo team
Appearance
FINA code | RSA |
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Nickname(s) | Black Mamba |
Association | Swimming South Africa |
Confederation | CANA (Africa) |
Head coach | Jon Marc De Carvalho |
Asst coach | Mervyn Coetzee Hadyn Skinner |
Captain | Lwazi Madi |
FINA ranking (since 2008) | |
Current | 15 (as of 9 August 2021) |
Highest | 15 (2021) |
Biggest win | |
South Africa 60–0 Libya (Casablanca, Morocco; 24 May 2009) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Spain 28–2 South Africa (Budapest, Hungary; 23 June 2022) | |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 1952) |
Best result | 9th place (1960) |
World Championship | |
Appearances | 13 (first in 1994) |
Best result | 12th place (2015, 2019, 2022) |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 2014) |
Best result | 8th place (2014, 2018) |
World League | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 2009) |
Best result | 8th place (2009, 2010) |
Commonwealth Championship | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 2002) |
Best result | 4th place (2006, 2014) |
Media | |
Website | swimsa |
Last updated: 1 May 2020 |
The South Africa men's national water polo team is the representative for South Africa in international men's water polo.
Results
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]World Championship
[edit]World Cup
[edit]World League
[edit]Commonwealth Championship
[edit]- 2002 – 7th place
- 2006 – 4th place
- 2014 – 4th place
Current squad
[edit]Roster for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.[3]
Head coach: Jon Marc De Carvalho
- 1 Lwazi Madi GK
- 2 Farouk Mayman FP
- 3 Niall Wheeler FP
- 4 Cameron Laurenson FP
- 5 Todd Howard FP
- 6 Ross Stone FP
- 7 Sven van Zyl FP
- 8 Manqoba Bungane FP
- 9 Dane Tucker FP
- 10 Joshua Faber FP
- 11 Matthew Neser FP
- 12 Jonathan Swanepoel FP
- 13 Gareth May GK
- 14 Liam Neill FP
- 15 Janco Rademeyer FP
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48, 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Vis la Paris – Uluitor cum au primit tricolorii vestea că vor juca la Jocurile Olimpice! Prioteasa: "N-am știut nimic"". eurosport.ro. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "21st World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster RSA" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.[dead link ]