New Zealand men's national beach handball team

New Zealand New Zealand
Shirt badge/Association crest
Information
AssociationNew Zealand Handball Federation
CoachTim Rayner
CaptainJames Cochrane
Most capsThomas Roxburgh (69)
Ranking#1
Colours
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
Results
World Games
Appearances1 (First in 2022)
Best result7th (2022)
World Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2018)
Best result14th (2022)
Last updated on Unknown.

The New Zealand Men's Beach Handball team is the national team of New Zealand. It takes part in international beach handball competitions.[1]

In 2016 New Zealand Men's Beach Handball team won their first international game against Australia in a shootout at Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia. They went on to lose Game 2 and miss qualification for the World Champs.

In 2018, New Zealand received a wild card entry to the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships in Kazan, Russia. They finished 16th in their first outing, taking Vietnam to penalties and having narrow losses to USA, Australia and Argentina.

At the 2022 Oceania Qualification tournament held at Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia, New Zealand beat Australia in Game 1, lost to Australia in Game 2 and beat Australia in a Game 3 shootout to win entry to the 2022 Beach Handball World Championships in June in Crete, Greece and the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, USA in July.

International results

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World Championships

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Year Results
Egypt 2004 Did not participate
Brazil 2006
Spain 2008
Turkey 2010
Oman 2012
Brazil 2014
Hungary 2016 Did not even try
Russia 2018 2nd place
Greece 2022 1st place
Total 2/9

Oceania Championship

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Year Results
Australia 2013 2nd place
Australia 2016 2nd place
Australia 2018 2nd place
Australia 2019 2nd place
Australia 2022 1st place
Total 5/5

World Games

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Year Results
Japan 2001 Did not participate
Germany 2005
Taiwan 2009
Colombia 2013
Poland 2017 Did not qualify
United States 2022 7th place
Total 1/6

Current Team

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The current team for the 2022 Beach Handball World Championship. [2]

Number Player Region Position
3 James Cochrane Wellington Specialist / Centre
5 Gus Hamilton Otago Specialist / Wing
12 Olly Donaldson Otago Pivot
17 Peter Ellis Canterbury Defence
19 Phil Ellis Canterbury Specialist / Wing
20 Paul Ireland Wellington Wing
26 Thomas Roxburgh Wellington Goal Keeper
27 Cameron Ross Wellington Defence
34 Alex Brown Canterbury Goal Keeper
61 Max Brookes Wellington Defence / Wing

World Championships

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2018 World Championship

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The 2018 World Championship was hosted in Kazan, Russia. It was New Zealand's first world championship appearance after receiving a wild card entry to the tournament. The team finished 16th after group stage losses to Hungary, Spain and a penalty shoot-out loss to Vietnam, followed by losses to The United States of America, Australia, Argentina, Qatar, Vietnam and Uruguay.

Results

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Group stage
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24 July 2018
11:30
Hungary  2–0  New Zealand Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
(19–12, 24–12)
Report
24 July 2018
16:30
New Zealand  0–2  Spain Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
(10–24, 12–22)
Report
25 July 2018
09:30
Vietnam  2–1  New Zealand Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
(18–14, 16–17, 6–5)
Report
Consolation round
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26 July 2018
09:00
New Zealand  0–2  United States Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
(18–20, 16–20)
Report
26 July 2018
14:00
Australia  2–0  New Zealand Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
(17–16, 22–18)
Report
27 July 2018
09:00
Argentina  2–0  New Zealand Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
(20–17, 19–18)
Report
Placement Round
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28 July 2018
09:00
Qatar  2–0  New Zealand Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
(20–16, 20–8)
Report
28 July 2018
14:10
New Zealand  0–2  Vietnam Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
(14–16, 8–15)
Report
29 July 2018
09:00
New Zealand  0–2  Uruguay Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
(18–21, 20–23)
Report

2022 World Championship

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The 2022 World Championship was hosted in Crete, Greece. It was New Zealand's second appearance in a world championship, the first time the nation qualified through the Oceania Beach Handball Championships. The team finished 14th having recorded their first world championship wins against Puerto Rico and Egypt.

Results

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Group stage
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21 June 2022
09:50
Portugal  2–0  New Zealand Court 3
Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
(32–20, 25–16)
Report
21 June 2022
15:50
New Zealand  0–2  Brazil Court 3
Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
(16–26, 16–26)
Report
22 June 2022
15:50
Qatar  2–0  New Zealand Court 3
Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
(30–14, 28–10)
Report
Consolation round
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23 June 2022
09:00
Ecuador  2–0  New Zealand Court 3
Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
(19–14, 25–24)
Report
23 June 2022
15:30
New Zealand  2–0  Puerto Rico Court 2
Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
(22–20, 22–20)
Report
24 June 2022
09:30
Egypt  2–0  New Zealand Court 3
Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
(25–18, 12–10)
Report
Placement Round
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25 June 2022
10:40
United States  2–1  New Zealand Court 3
Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
(26–20, 23–24, 5–4)
Report
25 June 2022
17:30
New Zealand  2–1  Egypt Court 3
Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
(12–23, 23–20, 7–4)
Report
26 June 2022
11:10
Ecuador  2–1  New Zealand Court 3
Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
(22–14, 22–24, 8–2)
Report

Oceania Championships

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Oceania Beach Handball Championships
Year Host Match Home Result Away
2022 Australia Coolangatta Game 1 Australia Australia 1:2

[18:20, 22:14, 6:7]

New Zealand New Zealand
Game 2 Australia Australia 2:0

[20:8, 16:10]

New Zealand New Zealand
Game 3 Australia Australia 1:2

[14:15, 16:10, 8:9]

New Zealand New Zealand

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