Georgia men's national water polo team

Georgia

FINA code	GEO
Association	Georgian Aquatic Sports Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Dejan Stojanovic
Asst coach	Zurab Rurua Irakli Gogelia
Captain	Revaz Imnaishvili
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	13 (as of 9 August 2021)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2014)
Best result	10th (2020)

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 League[]

    – Host of the Super Final

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
2018	Group stage	13th	5	2	0	3	40	52	−12
2020	Playoffs for QF	10th	6	2	0	4	58	71	−13
2022	Qualified
Total	Qualified: 5/19		25	5	0	20	198	311	−113

Europa Cup[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

Roster for the 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Revaz Chomakhidze

No	Name	Pos.	L/R	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Caps	Club
1	Nikoloz Shubladze	GK	R	(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 28)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	68	VK Primorac Kotor
2	Beka Kavtaradze	DF	R	(1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 31)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	78	Dinamo Tbilisi
3	Damir Tsrepulia	W	L	(1984-01-16) 16 January 1984 (age 38)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	42	VK Primorac Kotor
4	Revaz Imnaishvili	W	R	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 24)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	40	Dinamo Tbilisi
5	Andria Bitadze	CF	R	(1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 24)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	30	Dinamo Tbilisi
6	Marko Jelaca	DF	R	(1982-12-15) 15 December 1982 (age 39)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	98	CC Ortigia
7	Khvicha Jakhaia	DF	R	(1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 (age 25)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	78	Dinamo Moscow
8	Mikheil Baghaturia	W	R	(1987-05-09) 9 May 1987 (age 34)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	120	Dinamo Tbilisi
9	Zurab Rurua (C)	FP	R	(1987-06-08) 8 June 1987 (age 34)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	138	Dinamo Tbilisi
10	Giorgi Magrakvelidze	FP	R	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 24)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	63	Dinamo Tbilisi
11		CF	R	(1990-03-21) 21 March 1990 (age 31)	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	115 kg (254 lb)		Dinamo Tbilisi
12		W	L	(1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 31)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	1	Dinamo Tbilisi
13	Irakli Razmadze	GK	R	(1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 24)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	59	Dinamo Tbilisi

Notable players[]

• Givi Chikvanaia
• Mikhail Giorgadze
• Leri Gogoladze
• Nodar Gvakhariya
• Georgi Mshvenieradze
• Petre Mshvenieradze
• Revaz Tchomakhidze

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[]

Statistics[]

National team	Total
	Pld	W	D	L
	1	1
	5	3	1	1
China	2	2
Croatia	3	2		1
	1	1
	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
	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 – Kiev (2010), Ibrahim Sulu Memorial (2015)

References[]

• "Georgia (GEO)". Lenresults.jumbograndieventi.it. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
• "Georgia (GEO)". Lenresults.jumbograndieventi.it. Retrieved 5 December 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Georgian National Water Polo Team won 'Tbilisi Cup' – World Sport". Worldsport.ge. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.