Results

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Semi-Finals
13.08.2016	Poti	6	Senaki	2
13.08.2016	Khobi	6	Zugdidi	5 aet
	3rd Place
13.08.2016	Zugdudi	6	Senaki	3
	Final
13.08.2016	Poti	7	Khobi	3

Report

Poti won the first Lelo Championship of the Samegrelo Region of Georgia in 2016, triumphing 7-3 in the Final against Khobi. The Championship was the first in the region and featured 8 teams, with the tournament played in a straight knockout format.

About Lelo Burti

Lelo, also known as Lelo Burti, is the traditional ball game of Georgia, a small republic in the Caucusus Mountains between Europe and Asia near Turkey and Russia that is newly independent. Lelo is possibly why Rugby Union is so popular in Georgia, and is their Native Sport, currently undergoing a revival. [Reference: 2-3]

References

Images

[1] Lelo Burti (2016) Logo_ [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20160923010826im_/http://lelo.comyr.com/images/Logo_.jpg [Accessed 24 August 2020]

Internet Archives

[2] Lelo Burti (2014)Index [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20160914183050/http://lelo.comyr.com/index.htm [Accessed 24 August 2020]

Online Reference Websites

[3] Google Translate (2020) [Internet] Available from: https://www.google.com/search?q=google+translate&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIE835IE835&oq=google+translate&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l2j0l5j69i64.5275j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 [Accessed 24 August 2020]

Images

[4] Lelo Burti (2014) 2016_XOBI_03 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20160923011034im_/http://lelo.comyr.com/images/2016_XOBI_03.jpg  [Accessed 24 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Clive Saab.

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