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 Championships YearRoundPosition 1973–1991 part of USSR 1994–2019 did not qualify 2022 Playoffs for QF10th62047974+5 2023–2025 did not qualifyTotalQualified: 1/1962047974+5
World Cup YearRoundPosition 2026 Preliminary round 8th 3 0 0 3 39 54 −15 Total1/10 3 0 0 3 39 54 −15
World League – Host of the Super Final YearRoundPosition 2002–2015 did not compete 2016 European Preliminary round 6 0 0 6 57 100 −43 2017 European Preliminary round 4 0 0 4 38 60 −22 2018 did not compete 20192020 Quarterfinals 8th 8 1 0 7 68 123 −55 2022 did not compete TotalParticipated: 3/20Qualified for the Super Final: 1/3 18 1 0 17 163 283 −120
European Championships YearRoundPosition 1926–1991 part of USSR 1993–2012 did not qualify 2014 Group stage 12th70074593−48 2016 14th71065595−40 2018 13th52034052−12 2020 Playoffs for QF10th62045871−13 2022 Quarterfinals8th72056887−19 2024 Playoffs for QF10th61055795−38 2026 Main round10th720586107−21TotalQualified: 7/214510035409600−191
Europa Cup YearRoundPosition 2018 Preliminary round 4 0 1 3 19 42 −23 2019 did not compete TotalParticipated: 1/2Qualified for the Super Final: 0/1 4 0 1 3 19 42 −23
Team Current squad Roster for the 2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
Head coach: Athanasios Kechagias
NameDate of birthPos.ClubIrakli Razmadze A-Polo Sport ManagementSaba Tkeshelashvili Dinamo TbilisiValiko Dadvani Radnički KragujevacNika Shushiashvili BVSC Manna ABCAndria Bitadze A-Polo Sport ManagementDusan Vasić VK Novi BeogradSandro Adeishvili BVSC Manna ABCJovan Sarić A-Polo Sport ManagementRevaz Imnaishvili (C) Dinamo TbilisiGiorgi Magrakvelidze Dinamo TbilisiVeljko Tankosić CC OrtigiaStefan Pjesivac VK Novi BeogradGiorgi Gvetadze Dinamo TbilisiAndrija Vlahović VK SolarisLuka Chikovani CS Dinamo București
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 + Most appearances Player Matches |Positions 138 120 100+
Statistics
National team Total Azerbaijan |1 ||1 || || Belarus |5 ||3 ||1 ||1 China |2 ||2 || || Croatia |3 ||2 || ||1|1 ||1 || || Finland |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 Poland |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 – Kyiv (2010), Ibrahim Sulu Memorial (2015)
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