Georgia men's national water polo team

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.

Georgia
FINA codeGEO
AssociationGeorgian Aquatic Sports Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachRevaz Chomakhidze
Asst coachTamaz Kutivadze
Gela Tukvadze
CaptainZurab Rurua
European Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2014)
Best result12th (2014)

Results

World League

Year[1] Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2002–2015Did not compete
2016European Preliminay round600657100−43
2017European Preliminay round40043860−22
2018Did not compete
TotalParticipated: 2/15
Qualified for the Super Final: 0/2
10001095160−65

European Championships

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1992–2012Did not qualify
2014Group stage12th70074593−48
2016Group stage14th71065595−40
2018Group stage13th52034052−12
2020Playoffs for QF10th62045871−13
TotalQualified: 4/14255020198311−113

Europa Cup

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2018Preliminay round40131942−23
TotalQualified for the Super Final: 0/140131942−23

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
1Nikoloz ShubladzeGKR (1993-12-27) 27 December 19931.90 m (6 ft 3 in)95 kg (209 lb)68 Dinamo Tbilisi
2Beka KavtaradzeDFR (1990-07-09) 9 July 19901.91 m (6 ft 3 in)102 kg (225 lb)78 Dinamo Tbilisi
3Damir TsrepuliaWL (1984-01-16) 16 January 19841.90 m (6 ft 3 in)93 kg (205 lb)42 Dinamo Tbilisi
4Revaz ImnaishviliWR (1997-08-09) 9 August 19971.86 m (6 ft 1 in)96 kg (212 lb)40 Dinamo Tbilisi
5Andria BitadzeCFR (1997-05-17) 17 May 19972.03 m (6 ft 8 in)115 kg (254 lb)30 Dinamo Tbilisi
6Marko JelacaDFR (1982-12-15) 15 December 19822.05 m (6 ft 9 in)105 kg (231 lb)98 Dinamo Tbilisi
7Khvicha JakhaiaDFR (1996-09-16) 16 September 19961.95 m (6 ft 5 in)103 kg (227 lb)78 Dinamo Tbilisi
8Mikheil BaghaturiaWR (1987-05-09) 9 May 19871.83 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb)120 Dinamo Tbilisi
9Zurab Rurua (C)FPR (1987-06-08) 8 June 19871.86 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb)138 Dinamo Tbilisi
10Giorgi MagrakvelidzeFPR (1998-01-21) 21 January 19981.83 m (6 ft 0 in)90 kg (200 lb)63 Dinamo Tbilisi
11Fabio BaraldiCFR (1990-03-21) 21 March 19902.02 m (6 ft 8 in)115 kg (254 lb) Dinamo Tbilisi
12Boris VapenskiWL (1990-10-09) 9 October 19901.91 m (6 ft 3 in)103 kg (227 lb)1 Dinamo Tbilisi
13Irakli RazmadzeGKR (1997-04-04) 4 April 19971.90 m (6 ft 3 in)95 kg (209 lb)59 Dinamo Tbilisi

Notable players

Naturalized players

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

Statistics

National team Total
Pld W D L
Azerbaijan 11
Belarus 5311
China 22
Croatia 321
Czech Republic 11
Finland 11
France 11
Germany 11
Great Britain 44
Greece 20155
Hungary 743
Ireland 11
Israel 33
Italy 22
Kazakhstan 11
Lithuania 11
Malta 422
Montenegro 11
Netherlands 514
Poland 541
Portugal 22
Romania 10118
Russia 44
Slovakia 5113
Spain 11
Switzerland 33
Turkey 734
Ukraine 541
Total (28) 8636446
  • *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

  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 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. "2020 European Championships roster" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. p. 4. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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