Georgia men's national water polo team

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Georgia
Flag of Georgia.svg
FINA code GEO
AssociationGeorgian Aquatic Sports Federation
Confederation LEN (Europe)
Head coach Dejan Stanojević
Asst coachZurab Rurua
Gela Tukvadze
Captain Revaz Imnaishvili
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current13 (as of 9 August 2021)
World Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2022 )
Best result10th (2022)
European Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2014 )
Best result8th (2022)

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.

Contents

Results

World Championships

YearRoundPositionPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Hungary.svg 2022 Playoffs10th62047974+5
TotalQualified: 1/1962047974+5

World League

    – Host of the Super Final

Year [1] RoundPositionPldWDLGFGAGD
2002–2015Did not compete
2016 European Preliminay round600657100−43
2017 European Preliminay round40043860−22
2018 Did not compete
2019
2020 Quarterfinals8th810768123−55
TotalParticipated: 3/16
Qualified for the Super Final: 1/3
181017163283−120

European Championships

YearRoundPositionPldWDLGFGAGD
1992–2012Did not qualify
Flag of Hungary.svg 2014 Group stage12th70074593−48
Flag of Serbia.svg 2016 Group stage14th71065595−40
Flag of Spain.svg 2018 Group stage13th52034052−12
Flag of Hungary.svg 2020 Playoffs for QF10th62045871−13
Flag of Croatia.svg 2022 Quarterfinals8th72056887−19
Flag of Croatia.svg 2024 Playoffs for QF10th61055795−38
TotalQualified: 6/20388030323493−170

Europa Cup

YearRoundPositionPldWDLGFGAGD
2018 Preliminay round40131942−23
TotalQualified for the Super Final: 0/140131942−23

Team

Current squad

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

Head coach: Dejan Stanojević

NameDate of birthPos.HeightClub
Sandro Adeishvili 6 September 1999 (age 24)CF1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Flag of Serbia.svg VK Radnički Kragujevac
Besarion Akhvlediani 28 January 2004 (age 19)D1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Andria Bitadze 17 May 1997 (age 26)CF2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Flag of Italy.svg CC Ortigia
Valiko Dadvani 7 August 2002 (age 21)W1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Flag of Serbia.svg VK Radnički Kragujevac
Artsiom Dzikhtsiarenka 14 May 1999 (age 24)D2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Revaz Imanishvili 9 August 1997 (age 26)D1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Khvicha Jakhaia 16 September 1996 (age 27)P1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Marko Jelaca 15 December 1982 (age 41)P2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Flag of Lithuania.svg EVK Žaibas
Beka Kapanadze 20 January 1993 (age 30)GK2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Giorgi Magrakvelidze 21 January 1998 (age 25)D1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Stefan Pjesivac 12 December 1996 (age 27)CF1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Irakli Razmadze 4 April 1997 (age 26)GK1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Nika Shushiashvili 18 April 1999 (age 24)D1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Flag of Greece.svg GS Apollon Smyrnis
Saba Tkeshelashvili 14 January 2004 (age 20)P1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilsi
Dušan Vasić 17 July 1993 (age 30)D1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Flag of Serbia.svg 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
PlayerMatchesPosition|Positions
Zurab Rurua 138PP
Mikheil Baghaturia 120PP
Marko Jelaca 100+HG

Statistics

National teamTotal
PldWDL
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 5311
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 22
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 321
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 11
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 11
Flag of France.svg France 11
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 44
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 20155
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 743
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 11
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 33
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 22
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 11
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 11
Flag of Malta.svg Malta 422
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 514
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 541
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 22
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 10118
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 44
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 5113
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 11
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 33
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 734
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 541
Total (28) 8636446

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References

  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.