Today at water-complex “Olimpic”, water-polo club “Ligamus” beat “Vitebsk” of Belarus – 16:6. As a result “Ligamus” has 3 victories and took the first place in qualifying round of Champions League and took place in group A of the preliminary stage of Champions League. “Vitebsk” took the second place with two victories and one failure and will compete in group D. Nikoleishvili and Laitadze are top-scorers with 3-3 points from “Ligamus”, as for the opponent club, Kharlap is top-scorer with three goals.
Revaz Chomakhidze (head coach of “Ligamus”):” I am satisfied with our result. This match also was very important for us, because we are in better group now, because we took the first place in the qualifying group. Our guys did all my instructions and they achieved their goal. Now we will get ready for Champions League”.
Zurab Rurua (water-polo player of “Ligamus”):” I am satisfied with our result. Program minimum was taking the second place and we took the first place. During the tournament we saw our weak points as well as strong points, I hope that we will not make mistakes in the next stage. We are taking back our conditions. I cannot say anything about our chances in group A, “Eger” of Hungary and “Volgograd Spartak” of Russia are considered favorites of the tournament.
 Alexey Moguch (water-polo player of “Vitebsk”): “Ligamus” is well prepared and very strong team, that’s why we lost. As for competition at Champions League, Georgians are in easier group than we, but we will get ready and will do our best to achieve success”.

The tournament is held from September 26 and February 27, ten matches will be held. 4 best teams will compete in 1/8 final of champions league.

Rusudan Chumburidze