This week our Australian team will start their FINA World Men’s Junior Water Polo Championships campaign – find out all you need to know below.
The event will be staged in west Asian nation of Kuwait from 12-20 December.
20 teams will compete at the event including the world’s heavy hitting water polo nations Italy, Spain, Croatia and Hungary.
The Australian young guns will play against Greece, New Zealand, Brazil and Uzbekistan in the group stages.
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Preliminary Round Games
Game 1: AUS v GRE – Friday 13 December 12:00AM AEDT (Thursday 12 December 4:10PM local time)
Game 2: BYE
Game 3: AUS v NZL – Saturday 14 December 8:10PM AEDT (12:10PM local time)
Game 4: AUS v BRA – Sunday 15 December 5:30PM AEDT (9:30AM local time)
Game 5: AUS v UZB – Tuesday 17 December 1:30AM AEDT (Monday 16 December 5:30PM local time)
TEAM
Hugh Anstey (NSW) Balmain
Alastair Bruce (WA) Fremantle
Matt Byrnes (NSW) Wests
James Gilfeather (NSW) Wests
John Hedges (WA) Fremantle
Matthew Oberman (WA) Triton
Flynn Mais (WA) Fremantle
Matt Murphy (WA) UWA
Charlie Negus (NSW) Wests
Jack Rector (NSW) Drummoyne
Nick Taylor (ACT) Wests
Lewis Putt (WA) Triton
Lachlan Vos (WA) UWA
COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF
Head Coach Andrew Yanitsas
Assistant Coach András Jó-Kovács
Physiotherapist Tom Gilbert
Referee Connor Davis
