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Georgia men's national water polo team

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Georgia
FINA codeGEO
AssociationGeorgian Aquatic Sports Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachDejan Stanojević
Asst coachZurab Rurua
Gela Tukvadze
CaptainRevaz 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.

Results

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World Championships

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

World League

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    – Host of the Super Final

Year[1] Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2002–2015 Did not compete
2016 European Preliminay round 6 0 0 6 57 100 −43
2017 European Preliminay round 4 0 0 4 38 60 −22
2018 Did not compete
2019
2020 Quarterfinals 8th 8 1 0 7 68 123 −55
Total Participated: 3/16
Qualified for the Super Final: 1/3
18 1 0 17 163 283 −120

European Championships

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Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1992–2012 Did not qualify
Hungary 2014 Group stage 12th 7 0 0 7 45 93 −48
Serbia 2016 Group stage 14th 7 1 0 6 55 95 −40
Spain 2018 Group stage 13th 5 2 0 3 40 52 −12
Hungary 2020 Playoffs for QF 10th 6 2 0 4 58 71 −13
Croatia 2022 Quarterfinals 8th 7 2 0 5 68 87 −19
Croatia 2024 Playoffs for QF 10th 6 1 0 5 57 95 −38
Total Qualified: 6/20 38 8 0 30 323 493 −170

Europa Cup

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

Team

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Current squad

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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) Serbia VK Radnički Kragujevac
Besarion Akhvlediani (2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 20) D 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Andria Bitadze (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 27) CF 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Italy CC Ortigia
Valiko Dadvani (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 22) W 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Serbia VK Radnički Kragujevac
Artsiom Dzikhtsiarenka (1999-05-14) 14 May 1999 (age 25) D 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Revaz Imanishvili (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 27) D 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Khvicha Jakhaia (1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 (age 28) P 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Marko Jelaca (1982-12-15) 15 December 1982 (age 41) P 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Lithuania EVK Žaibas
Beka Kapanadze (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 31) GK 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Giorgi Magrakvelidze (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 26) D 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Stefan Pjesivac (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 27) CF 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Irakli Razmadze (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 27) GK 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Nika Shushiashvili (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 25) D 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Greece GS Apollon Smyrnis
Saba Tkeshelashvili (2004-01-14) 14 January 2004 (age 20) P 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilsi
Dušan Vasić (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 (age 31) D 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Serbia VK Crvena zvezda

Notable players

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Naturalized players

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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

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

Statistics

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

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  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.