South Africa men's national water polo team

The South Africa men's national water polo team is the representative for South Africa in international men's water polo.

South Africa

FINA code	RSA
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.org
Last updated: 1 May 2020

Results

Olympic Games

• 1952 – 14th place^[1]
• 1960 – 9th place
• 2020 – 12th place
• 2024 – Withdrew^[2]

World Championship

• 1994 – 15th place^[1]
• 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

World Cup

• 2014 – 8th place^[1]
• 2018 – 8th place

World League

• 2009 – 8th place^[1]
• 2010 – 8th place

Commonwealth Championship

• 2002 – 7th place
• 2006 – 4th place
• 2014 – 4th place

Current squad

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