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.
Current Team
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
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
16:30
|
New Zealand 
|
0–2
|
 Spain
|
Beach Sports Complex, Kazan
Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
|
(10–24, 12–22)
Report
|
Consolation round
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
|
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
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
|
