Georgia at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Georgia at the
2022 World Aquatics Championships
Georgia at the; 2022 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of Georgia (country)
FINA code	GEO
National federation	Georgian Swimming Federation
in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors	18 in 3 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Aquatics Championships appearances
	1994; 1998; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1973–1991)

Georgia competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 17 June to 3 July.

Diving

Georgia's diving team consisted of 3 athletes (3 male).^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sandro Melikidze	3 m springboard	302.05	41	did not advance
Tornike Onikashvili	1 m springboard	259.90	40	—		did not advance
Tornike Onikashvili	3 m springboard	284.25	43	did not advance
Irakli Sakandelidze	1 m springboard	230.20	47	—		did not advance
Sandro Melikidze Tornike Onikashvili	Synchronized 3 m springboard	316.95	14	—		did not advance

Swimming

Georgia entered two swimmers.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luka Kukhalashvili	100 m freestyle	51.49	57	did not advance
Luka Kukhalashvili	200 m freestyle	1:53.08	47	did not advance
Irakli Revishvili	400 m freestyle	4:02.01	35	—		did not advance

Water polo

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinals	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Georgia men's	Men's tournament	Brazil W 14–10	Montenegro L 9–10	Hungary W 18–14	3	Croatia L 7–13	—	9–12th place semifinals South Africa W 20–7	Ninth place game Japan L 15–16	10

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is Georgian roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament.^[3]

Head coach: Dejan Stanojević

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	50	28	+22	6	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	2	1	38	26	+12	4	Playoffs
3	Georgia	3	1	2	37	38	−1	2	Playoffs
4	Brazil	3	0	3	21	54	−33	0

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link‍]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

21 June 2022 19:30	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Brazil	10–14	Georgia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Maro Savinović (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 3–6, 2–3
		Freitas 4	Goals	Sarić, Vapenski 4

23 June 2022 19:30	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Georgia	9–10	Montenegro	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Maro Savinović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–0, 3–4, 2–2
		Vasić 5	Goals	Đurđić 4

25 June 2022 21:00	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Hungary	18–14	Georgia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–3, 4–5, 4–3
		Manhercz, Zalánki 4	Goals	Shushiashvili, Vapenski 3

Playoffs

27 June 2022 15:30	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Georgia	7–13	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 0–3, 3–3
		Vapenski, Vasić 2	Goals	Kharkov 4

9–12th place semifinals

29 June 2022 18:30	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Georgia	20–7	South Africa	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Anbar Anbar (KUW)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 7–2, 5–3
		three players 3	Goals	Olver 2

Ninth place game

1 July 2022 18:30	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Japan	16–15	Georgia	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 7–4, 2–2, 4–4
		Adachi 5	Goals	Bitadze, Vapenski 4

References

^ "19th FINA World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "19th FINA World Championships Swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ waterpolo.sportresult.com. "Georgia" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-06-20.

[1] "19th FINA World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[2] "19th FINA World Championships Swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[3] waterpolo.sportresult.com. "Georgia" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-06-20.

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