# New Zealand at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

New Zealand competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July.

## Artistic swimming

New Zealand entered 10 artistic swimmers.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Eva Morris Eden Worsley | Duet free routine | Did not start | Did not start | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vanessa Burmeister Ariel Chen Avalee Donovan-Trewhella Eva Morris Xiara Patino Hannah Shatford Karlina Steiner Eden Worsley | Team free routine | 67.6000 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Diving

New Zealand entered 7 divers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nathan Brown | 10 m platform | 282.60 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Luke Sipkes | 10 m platform | 303.00 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liam Stone | 1 m springboard | 326.35 | 22 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liam Stone | 3 m springboard | 296.60 | 42 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frazer Tavener | 3 m springboard | 276.10 | 46 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liam Stone Frazer Tavener | Synchronized 3 m springboard | 337.86 | 10 Q | — | — | 322.11 | 12 |
| Arno Lee Luke Sipkes | Synchronized 10 m platform | 257.82 | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Mikali Dawson | 10 m platform | 174.25 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maggie Squire | 1 m springboard | 185.50 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maggie Squire | 3 m springboard | 197.80 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Liam Stone Mikali Dawson | Team | 227.90 | 13 |
| Frazer Tavener Maggie Squire | Synchronized 3 m springboard | 223.86 | 13 |

## Open water swimming

New Zealand entered 1 open water female swimmers

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ruby Heath | 5 km | 1:05:15.7 | 39 |
| Ruby Heath | 10 km | 2:13:44.6 | 44 |
| Ruby Heath | 25 km | did not finish | did not finish |

## Swimming

New Zealand entered 12 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lewis Clareburt | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.76 | 10 Q | 1:57.63 | 7 Q | 1:58.11 | 7 |
| Lewis Clareburt | 400 m individual medley | 4:12.39 | 7 Q | — | — | 4:10.98 | 4 |
| Cameron Gray | 200 m freestyle | 1:50.64 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cameron Gray | 50 m butterfly | 24.01 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andrew Jeffcoat | 50 m backstroke | 25.06 | 11 Q | 24.91 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andrew Jeffcoat | 100 m backstroke | 54.35 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Michael Pickett | 50 m freestyle | 22.59 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carter Swift | 100 m freestyle | 48.79 NR | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Caitlin Deans | 1500 m freestyle | 16:30.47 | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chelsey Edwards | 50 m freestyle | 25.91 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Erika Fairweather | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.26 | 11 Q | 1:57.43 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Erika Fairweather | 400 m freestyle | 4:06.00 | 6 Q | — | — | 4:04.73 | 6 |
| Helena Gasson | 50 m breaststroke | 32.08 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Helena Gasson | 50 m butterfly | 26.67 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Helena Gasson | 200 m butterfly | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Helena Gasson | 200 m individual medley | 2:15.95 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laura Littlejohn | 100 m freestyle | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mya Rasmussen | 400 m individual medley | 4:41.98 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eve Thomas | 400 m freestyle | 4:09.49 | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eve Thomas | 800 m freestyle | 8:27.82 | 6 Q | — | — | 8:30.37 | 7 |
| Erika Fairweather Eve Thomas Caitlin Deans Laura Littlejohn | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:04.87 | 9 Q | — | — | 7:59.08 | 7 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lewis Clareburt Carter Swift Chelsey Edwards Laura Littlejohn | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:27.91 NR | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Water polo
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| New Zealand | Women's tournament | Brazil W 12–8 | Australia L 2–11 | Kazakhstan W 15–11 | 2 P/off | France L 13–14 | — | Argentina W 13–7 | Canada L 11–20 | 10 |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is New Zealand roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament.
Head coach: Angela Winstanley-Smith
* 1 Jessica Milicich GK
* 2 Emily Nicholson CF
* 3 Bernadette Doyle FP
* 4 Elizabeth Gault FP
* 5 Gabrielle Milicich FP
* 6 Morgan McDowall CF
* 7 Emmerson Houghton CB
* 8 Katie McKenty CB
* 9 Sophie Shorter-Robinson CF
* 10 Gabriella MacDonald FP
* 11 Malia Josephson FP
* 12 Millie Quin FP
* 13 Bridget Layburn GK

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 13 | +34 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 0 | |
| 20 June 2022 18:00 | Report | New Zealand | 12–8 | Brazil | Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |
| Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |||
| 20 June 2022 18:00 | Report | McDowall 4 | Goals | Leão 3 | Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |
| 22 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Australia | 11–2 | New Zealand | Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |
| Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |||
| 22 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Halligan 3 | Goals | McDowall, Nicholson 1 | Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |
| 24 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Kazakhstan | 11–15 | New Zealand | Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Maro Savinović (CRO), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |
| Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Maro Savinović (CRO), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |||
| 24 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Muravyeva 3 | Goals | Josephson 4 | Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Maro Savinović (CRO), Agustin Pinski (ARG) |

#### Playoffs

| 26 June 2022 15:30 | Report | New Zealand | 13–14 | France | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |||
| 26 June 2022 15:30 | Report | McDowall 5 | Goals | Dhalluin 4 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |

#### 9–12th place semifinals

| 28 June 2022 17:00 | Report | Argentina | 7–13 | New Zealand | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Radu Matache (ROU) |
| Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Radu Matache (ROU) |||
| 28 June 2022 17:00 | Report | Ruiz 3 | Goals | five players 2 | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Radu Matache (ROU) |

#### Ninth place game

| 30 June 2022 18:30 | Report | New Zealand | 11–20 | Canada | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |||
| 30 June 2022 18:30 | Report | Houghton 6 | Goals | Lekness 4 | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |