Georgia is hosting the Men's Water Polo World League for the first time, with the Super Final of the international contest set to take off in capital Tbilisi starting next week.
Eight teams, divided in two groups, will start the preliminary round on June 26, with Kazakhstan, Greece, Argentina and Italy completing Group A and Japan, Montenegro, United States and Georgia in Group B.
Concluding two days later, the phase will then be followed with the knockout stage of quarterfinals and semifinals starting on June 29, before two teams advance to the final match on July 1.
Congratulations to Georgia's Aquatic Sports Federation on hosting Water Polo World League for the first time!
— U.S. Embassy Tbilisi (@usingeo) June 15, 2021
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Tbilisi Olympic Pool will host the fixtures of the Super Final, the concluding phase of the Men's 2020 Water Polo World League. Originally scheduled to take place last year, the Super Final was later postponed due to pandemic restrictions.
The Georgian national squad, led by coaches Dejan Stanojevic and Zurab Rurua, will head into the Super Final against some of the leading teams from around the world on the back of positive results from fixtures earlier this year.
Stanojevic and Rurua will have 17 players at their disposal, with the side captained by Revaz Imnaishvili.