New Zealand men's national beach handball team

New Zealand
Information
Association	New Zealand Handball Federation
Coach	Tim Rayner
Captain	James Cochrane
Most caps	Thomas Roxburgh (69)
Ranking	#1
Colours
Home Away Alternate
Results
World Games
Appearances	1 (First in 2022)
Best result	7th (2022)
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2018)
Best result	14th (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.

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

World Championships

Year	Results
2004	Did not participate
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016	Did not even try
2018	2nd place
2022	1st place
Total	2/9

Oceania Championship

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

World Games

Year	Results
2001	Did not participate
2005
2009
2013
2017	Did not qualify
2022	7th place
Total	1/6

Current Team

The current team for the 2022 Beach Handball World Championship.

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

2018 World Championship

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

Group stage

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

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

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

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

Group stage

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

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

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

Oceania Beach Handball Championships
Year	Host	Match	Home	Result	Away
2022	Coolangatta	Game 1	Australia	1:2 [18:20, 22:14, 6:7]	New Zealand
		Game 2	Australia	2:0 [20:8, 16:10]	New Zealand
		Game 3	Australia	1:2 [14:15, 16:10, 8:9]	New Zealand

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile