The South Africa men's national water polo team is the representative for South Africa in international men's water polo.
The team has competed in the Olympics three times; in 1952, 1960 and 2020. The team also qualified for the 2024 Olympics, but was controversially withdrawn by Swimming South Africa for not being realistic medal contenders.
Results Olympic Games
1952 – 14th place 1960 – 9th place 2020 – 12th place 2024 – Withdrew
World Championship
1994 – 15th place 1998 – 14th place 2005 – 15th place 2007 – 14th place 2009 – 15th place 2011 – 16th place 2013 – 15th place 2015 – 12th place 2017 – 16th place 2019 – 12th place 2022 – 12th place 2023 – 16th place 2024 – 15th place 2025 – 16th place
World Cup
2014 – 8th place 2018 – 8th place
World League
2009 – 8th place 2010 – 8th place
Commonwealth Championship
2002 – 7th place 2006 – 4th place 2014 – 4th place
Current squad Roster for the 2025 World Championships.
Head coach: Grant MacKenzie
1 Luka Rajak 2 Nathan Ward 3 Manqoba Bungane 4 Dean Sneddon 5 Calvin Kuperus 6 Carl Germishuys 7 Dylan Watt 8 Ryan Sneddon 9 Matthew Bowers 10 Corbett-Charles Strydom 11 Matthew Neser 12 Tristan Grimmett 13 Matthew Smith 14 Brett Sneddon
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