Live stream: Watch U12 & U16 action at the 2025 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships
A week of hard fought U12 and U16’s action from the Australian Youth Water Polo Championships ended in some thrilling grand final results on Thursday. Catch all the REPLAYS here.
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A week full of thrilling U12 and U16 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships action concluded on Thursday with five memorable grand final clashes.
On the final day of the two week event – following the U14 and U18 matches last week – an U16 girls gold thriller was arguably the highlight of the entire tournament.
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An outstanding final-quarter comeback from the SNB Breakers had to be seen to be believed while the boys U16 gold final ended with a romping win for Sydney Uni Blue.
In other grand final matches, it was Mermaids Blue that won the U16 girls green gold medal after a 8-4 win over Brisbane Vikings.
The Hunter Hurricanes just pipped Water Polo SA – 11-9 – to take out the U16 boys green gold medal.
While in U12 finals, it was AHS 12-1 that defeated Sydney Uni Blue in girls action and Hunter Hurricanes also knocking off Sydney Uni Blue in the boys decider.
GOLD MEDAL REPLAYS
Sydney Uni Blue v UWA 16B Bears (16 boys gold gold medal)
Sydney Uni Blue romped its way to victory in a clinical grand final performance over UWA 16B Bears in the U16 boys gold decider on Thursday.
The 20-7 win was as complete a grand final performance as you could picture with the teamwork and connection across the Sydney squad evident in victory.
After scoring just two goals late in the first-quarter, the eventual victors exploded during a dominating second-quarter, putting back eight goals to three to break the game open heading into halftime.
A 10-3 lead at the long break stretched out to an unattainable 17-5 margin heading into the final-quarter, allowing the Blue’s fans in attendance the opportunity to start the party early.
Sydney head coach Steven Gotsoulias was full of praise for his side post-match.
“It was awesome,” he said.
“It was just about going out and executing on what we’ve been building all year. Mainly that hard defensive culture and all about teamwork. This team isn’t built on standout players, it’s built on teamwork and a lot of hard work and I think we showed that today.
“Everyone worked for each other and that’s been the main message all year. The group has come out of this more like brothers than anything else.
“We knew they would come out tough but we continued to do the basics and fundamentals and we were able to grind them out and get some momentum later in the game.
“A year of hard work has finally paid off.”
Nathaniel Santos finished with five goals for Sydney while Keith Pavlis (three), Orson Owen-Jones (three), Reef Potter (three) and Toby Gould (two) also found the back of the net on multiple occasions.
Mermaids Pink v SNB Breakers (16 girls gold gold medal)
SNB Breakers produced a thrilling fightback in Thursday’s U16 Girls gold grand final to beat Mermaids Pink in a sure-to-be remembered sudden death penalty shootout classic.
In an entertaining affair from start to finish, it was the Breakers that recovered from a four-goal deficit early in the final quarter to tie the game at 8-8 with 20 seconds remaining and send it to a penalty shootout.
But even a regular shootout wasn’t enough to decide a winner with this game still producing one final turn.
After both sides put back three goals each during the regular shootout, it was then down to sudden death with the Breakers eventually converting on their third championship opportunity through Ella Morrison.
“It was an amazing game because we had an incredible opponent in front of us,” Breakers Head Coach Stefano Salvi said.
“The game was very balanced and I’m so glad the girls were able to get a gold medal because they’ve been chasing this for a few years.
“They were calm and handled the pressure, it was an incredible thing.”
For large stages of the game, it appeared the Mermaids were in control with their first goal coming early in the first-quarter.
Breakers young gun Isabella Parks then responded to score the first of her five goals in what was a star marking grand final performance.
The Breakers led 2-1 at the first break before the Mermaids controlled large stages of the second to take a 4-3 lead into halftime.
That was cut to 6-4 at the final break but after the early goal extended it to 7-4 in the last, it looked like the Mermaids would walk away with gold.
But a remarkable comeback by the Breakers drove them to victory in what is sure to go down as an Australian Youth Water Polo Championships classic.
Sydney Uni Blue v Hunter Hurricanes (12 boys gold medal)
Hunter Hurricanes v Water Polo SA (16 boys green gold medal)
Mermaids Blue v Brisbane Vikings (16 girls green gold medal)
DAY 5 FULL REPLAYS
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DAY 4 REPLAYS AND WRAP
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While semi-final action on Wednesday delivered a day full of differing results, there’s no doubting those that qualified for grand finals well and truly earned their spots.
The stars of the U12 and U16 divisions hit the pool in a bid to keep their tournament’s alive and while some failed in that attempt, they did so with an almighty fight.
In U12 boys gold action, Sydney Uni Blue just survived with a 6-5 win over Melville Sharks while the Hunter Hurricanes swept past Drummoyne Devils with a 9-2 win.
And while the U16 girls green clash between Mermaids Blue and UQ Barras was a one-sided affair – 13-1 – the other semi-final clash between Brisbane Vikings and Nordek was a much tighter 5-4 contest.
U16 boys gold wins went to Sydney Uni Blue and UWA 16B Bears while Hunter Hurricanes and Water Polo SA ended on the right side of the results in the U16 boys green matches.
Mermaids Pink and SNB Breakers also kept their chances for glory alive with wins in the U16 girls gold semi-finals.
WATCH THE U14 & U18 REPLAYS HERE
DAY 3 REPLAYS AND WRAP
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It was a day full of thrilling quarter-final results on Tuesday with three U16 girls clashes going right down to the wire.
With semi-final spots up for grabs, the U16 girls green division produced three absolute barnburners out of a possible four do-or-die matches.
While Mermaids Blue didn’t quite get the memo with its 18-5 win over Water Polo SA, the other three games were decided by a combined four goals.
In the Brisbane Vikings and Richmond Tigers clash, it was the Vikings that escaped with a 13-12 win thanks to a five-goal haul from Sapphira Cid.
UQ Barras then followed suit with an even tighter victory over RiverCity – 9-7 – with the tandem of Norma Jansen (two) and Zoe Kennedy (two) the best of the goal scorers in a low scoring affair.
And while Alexandra Ruxton produced a stellar six-goal haul for Cronulla, it wasn’t enough for the Sharks to get past Nordek in a 11-10 defeat.
DAY 2 REPLAYS AND WRAP
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A brilliant nine-goal performance from Alexia Spartalis has powered local hopes UWA Bears to a clutch win on day two of the Australian Youth Water Polo Championships.
Spartalis was unstoppable, dominating upfront as the Bears defeated U16 girls gold rival UNSW Wests 13-10 on Monday.
Matches from three pools at Perth HPC were live streamed exclusively on KommunityTV.
Spartalis’ superb haul was one of the highlights of the day – and she was close to making it an even 10 only for her last shot of the day to hit the back of the net just after the final siren sounded.
In the U16 boys gold division, UQ Barras and UTS Balmain Tigers played out a classic that came down to the final minutes.
The Barras held a slender one-goal lead heading into the fourth quarter but that advantage was quickly extended to three.
However the Tigers were not done yet, fighting back to just a goal down on two occasions before UQ held on in a tense final minute to win 12-11.
Patrick Bonser (four goals) and Henry Mellick (three) led the scoring for the Barras while Oliver Varone netted four for the Tigers.
Watch replays from all of Monday’s live streamed action and return here on Tuesday for more.
DAY 1 REPLAYS AND WRAP
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While it may just be one game, Sydney Uni Blue look set to be a major contender for the U12s girls gold title after a monster opening day win against Melville/New Wave Mermaids on Sunday.
The 16-0 win opened their 2025 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships on a terrific note and will now be one to watch throughout the week.
Uni Blue duo Katherine Hill and Angie Visch both scored five goals while Annabel Magafa and Ivy Lincoln-Smith finished with two each.
Reigning U12s girls gold champions Mermaids Pink opened their tournament with a 4-4 draw against Melville Marlins.
Sydney Uni Blue also won big in the U16 boys gold clash against UNSW Wests, a 15-4 domination, highlighted by nine individual goal scorers.
The Drummoyne Devils also look to be serious contenders in the U12 boys gold division after a 13-0 win over Melville Saints.
DAY 1 PREVIEW
After a week of waiting it is time for the U12 and U16 teams to hit the pool at the Australian Youth Water Polo Championships from Sunday.
Five days of action featuring clubs from around the country will take place in Western Australia from April 20-24 following on from last week’s U14 and U18 tournaments.
And once again KommunityTV will be there to exclusively live stream select matches from three pools at Perth HPC every day.
Queensland junior water polo powerhouse Mermaids Pink took out the U12 and U16 girls gold double at last year’s championships and will be in broadcast action on day one.
Mermaids’s U16 side take on Melville Marlins to kick off the tournament in Indoor Pool 1 while the U12 girls feature later against the same opponent in Outdoor Pool 1.
Broadcast action begins from 8am AWST/10am AEST on Sunday.
More than 200 matches will be live streamed across the championships, which have grown to become the biggest event on our annual water polo calendar.
The fortnight is split into two five-day age tournaments, with the U14 and U18 teams competing from April 14-18 before the U12 and U16 teams take to the pool from April 20-24.
Originally published as Live stream: Watch U12 & U16 action at the 2025 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships
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