Georgia men's national water polo team

Georgia

Association	Georgian Aquatic Sports Federation
Head coach	Jovan Popović
Captain	Zurab Rurua
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Appearances	2 (first in 2014)
Best result	12th place (2014)

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

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	Group Stage	14th	7	1	0	6	55	95	–40
Total	Qualified: 2/12		14	1	0	13	100	188	−88

World League

Year	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
Total	Qualified for the Super Final: 0/1		6	0	0	6	57	100	–43

Team

Current squad

Team for 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R	Height	Weight	Club
1	Nikoloz Shubladze	27 December 1993	Goalkeeper	R	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
2	Beka Kavtaradze	9 July 1990	Driver	R	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	Lokomotiv Tbilisi
3	Damir Tsrepulia	16 January 1984	Wing	L	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
4	Marko Elez	9 September 1980			198 cm (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	Trieste
5	Andria Bitadze	17 May 1997	Centre Forward	R	202 cm (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)
6	Marko Jelača	15 December 1982	Point	R	204 cm (6 ft 8 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	Sport Management
7	George Khvedeliani	14 April 1988	Point	R	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	Lokomotiv Tbilisi
8	Mikheil Baghaturia	9 May 1987	Wing	R	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	Lokomotiv Tbilisi
9	Zurab Rurua (c)	8 June 1987	Wing	R	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	Lokomotiv Tbilisi
10	Konstantine Gegelashvili	7 May 1983	Centre Forward	R	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	Lokomotiv Tbilisi
11	Khvicha Jakhaia	16 September 1996	Point	R	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
12	Revaz Imnaishvili	9 August 1997	Driver	R	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
13	Ivan Strujić	13 October 1981	Goalkeeper	R	204 cm (6 ft 8 in)	101 kg (223 lb)
Head coach: Jovan Popović

Notable players

• Revaz Tchomakhidze
• Georgi Mshvenieradze
• P'et're Mshveniyeradze
• Nodar Gvakhariya
• Givi Chikvanaia
• Mikhail Giorgadze
• Leri Gogoladze

Naturalized players

• Marino Franičević (CRO)
• Marko Jelača (CRO)
• Marko Elez (CRO)
• Damir Crepulja (now Tsrepulia) (MNE)
• Ivan Strujić (CRO)

Statistics

National team	Total
	W	D	L
Azerbaijan	1
Belarus	3	1	1
China	2
Croatia			1
Czech Republic	1
Finland	1
France			1
Germany			1
Great Britain	4
Greece			5
Hungary			3
Ireland	1
Israel	2
Italy			2
Kazakhstan			1
Lithuania	1
Malta	2		2
Montenegro			1
Netherlands		1	4
Poland	4		1
Portugal	2
Romania	1	1	8
Russia			4
Slovakia	1	1	3
Spain			1
Switzerland	3
Turkey	3		4
Ukraine	4		1
Total (28)	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 - Kiev (2010), Ibrahim Sulu Memorial (2015)

References

• "Georgia (GEO)". Lenresults.jumbograndieventi.it. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
• "Georgia (GEO)". Lenresults.jumbograndieventi.it. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
• "Georgian National Water Polo Team won "Tbilisi Cup" - World Sport". Worldsport.ge. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
• http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Europe/
• http://pilkawodna21.w.interiowo.pl/archiwum.htm
• http://www.waterpololegends.com/2014/01/1985-national-team-of-georgia.html