Georgia men's national water polo team

Georgia
FINA code	GEO
Association	Georgian Aquatic Sports Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Dejan Stanojević
Asst coach	Zurab Rurua; Gela Tukvadze
Captain	Revaz Imnaishvili
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	13 (as of 9 August 2021)
World Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2022 )
Best result	10th (2022)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 2014 )
Best result	8th (2022)

Last updated June 11, 2025

The Georgia men's national water polo team represents Georgia in international men's water polo competitions. The team participated at the 2014 European Championship.

Results

World Championships

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2022	Playoffs for QF	10th	6	2	0	4	79	74	+5
Total	Qualified: 1/19		6	2	0	4	79	74	+5

World League

– Host of the Super Final

Year^[1]	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2002–2015	did not compete
2016	European Preliminary round		6	0	0	6	57	100	−43
2017	European Preliminary round		4	0	0	4	38	60	−22
2018	did not compete
2019	did not compete
2020	Quarterfinals	8th	8	1	0	7	68	123	−55
2022	did not compete
Total	Participated: 3/17 Qualified for the Super Final: 1/3		18	1	0	17	163	283	−120

European Championships

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1992–2012	did not qualify
2014	Group stage	12th	7	0	0	7	45	93	−48
2016		14th	7	1	0	6	55	95	−40
2018		13th	5	2	0	3	40	52	−12
2020	Playoffs for QF	10th	6	2	0	4	58	71	−13
2022	Quarterfinals	8th	7	2	0	5	68	87	−19
2024	Playoffs for QF	10th	6	1	0	5	57	95	−38
2026	Qualified
Total	Qualified: 7/21		38	8	0	30	323	493	−170

Europa Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2018	Preliminary round		4	0	1	3	19	42	−23
Total	Qualified for the Super Final: 0/1		4	0	1	3	19	42	−23

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Dejan Stanojević

Name	Date of birth	Pos.	Height	Club
Sandro Adeishvili	(1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 (age 25)	CF	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	VK Radnički Kragujevac
Besarion Akhvlediani	(2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 21)	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Andria Bitadze	(1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 28)	CF	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	CC Ortigia
Valiko Dadvani	(2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 22)	W	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	VK Radnički Kragujevac
Artsiom Dzikhtsiarenka	(1999-05-14) 14 May 1999 (age 26)	D	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Revaz Imanishvili	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 27)	D	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Khvicha Jakhaia	(1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 (age 28)	P	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Marko Jelača	(1982-12-15) 15 December 1982 (age 42)	P	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	EVK Žaibas
Beka Kapanadze	(1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 32)	GK	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Giorgi Magrakvelidze	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 27)	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Stefan Pješivac	(1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 28)	CF	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Irakli Razmadze	(1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 28)	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Nika Shushiashvili	(1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 26)	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	GS Apollon Smyrnis
Saba Tkeshelashvili	(2004-01-14) 14 January 2004 (age 21)	P	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Dušan Vasić	(1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 (age 31)	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	VK Crvena zvezda

Notable players

Naturalized players

Damir Crepulja (now Tsrepulia) (MNE), Marko Elez (CRO), Marino Franičević (CRO), Marko Jelača (CRO), Ivan Strujić (CRO), Fabio Baraldi (ITA), Boris Vapenski (SRB)

Player statistics

Most appearances
Player	Matches	Position\|Positions
Zurab Rurua	138	PP
Mikheil Baghaturia	120	PP
Marko Jelaca	100+	HG

Statistics

National team	Total
National team	Pld	W	D	L
Azerbaijan	1	1
Belarus	5	3	1	1
China	2	2
Croatia	3	2		1
Czech Republic	1	1
Finland	1	1
France	1			1
Germany	1			1
Great Britain	4	4
Greece	20	15		5
Hungary	7	4		3
Ireland	1	1
Israel	3	3
Italy	2			2
Kazakhstan	1			1
Lithuania	1	1
Malta	4	2		2
Montenegro	1			1
Netherlands	5		1	4
Poland	5	4		1
Portugal	2	2
Romania	10	1	1	8
Russia	4			4
Slovakia	5	1	1	3
Spain	1			1
Switzerland	3	3
Turkey	7	3		4
Ukraine	5	4		1
Total (28)	86	36	4	46

*includes European B (or Level II) Championship
**other official (usually announced in LEN calendar) senior tournaments (usually friendly fixtures) – list:Tbilisi Cup (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015), Nodar Gvakharia Cup (2015), Danube Cup (52nd/2014), Tatarstan Cup – Kazan (2015), Aleksei Barkalov Memorial – Kyiv (2010), Ibrahim Sulu Memorial (2015)

References

↑ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
↑ "Team roster: Georgia" (PDF). len.microplustimingservices.com. 4 January 2024. p. 4.

"Georgia (GEO)". Lenresults.jumbograndieventi.it. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
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"Georgian National Water Polo Team won 'Tbilisi Cup' – World Sport". Worldsport.ge. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

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[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[2] "Team roster: Georgia" (PDF). len.microplustimingservices.com. 4 January 2024. p. 4.

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