Georgia men's national basketball team
FIBA ranking | 37 1 (9 August 2021)[1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1992 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | GBF | ||
Coach | Ilias Zouros | ||
Nickname(s) | ჯვაროსნები jvarosnebi (Crusaders) | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | None | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
Medals | None | ||
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First international | |||
Poland 91–68 Georgia (Birmingham, England; 24 May 1995) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Georgia 103–43 Azerbaijan (Tbilisi, Georgia; 2 September 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Italy 90–43 Georgia (Siena, Italy; 28 February 1998) |
The Georgia men's national basketball team (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული საკალათბურთო ნაკრები) represents the country of Georgia in international basketball matches, and is controlled by the Georgian Basketball Federation. Georgia became a member of FIBA in 1992, after they gained independence from the Soviet Union. The national team played their first official match against Poland in 1995.
Georgia's accomplishments on the international stage have been clinching qualification to the European Basketball Championship four times. Their best result came at their debut trip to the tournament in 2011. While Georgia has qualified for the top European event, they have yet to achieve qualification to the top global tournament at the FIBA World Cup.
History[]
Soviet era[]
Until 1991 Georgia was a part of the Soviet Union, and players born in Georgia played for the Soviet Union national team. Notable players born in Georgia who played for the Soviet Union and won medals in Olympic Games, FIBA World Cup and EuroBasket include: Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, Otar Korkia, Guram Minashvili, Vladimer Ugrekhelidze, Levan Moseshvili, Zurab Sakandelidze, Mikheil Korkia and Nikolay Deryugin.
Independent Georgia[]
After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, on several occasions the Georgian national team unsuccessfully tried to qualify for the EuroBasket, Europe's biggest basketball competition and major tournament. Although the national team did play on the EuroBasket Division B level three times and gained promotion in 2009 after defeating Belarus in play-offs.[2] However, after the expansion of the EuroBasket in 2011 from 16 to 24 teams, Georgia qualified to the competition for the first time.
EuroBasket 2011[]
The national team played five matches in Group D. They finished their preliminary group with an 2-3 record, with wins against Belgium and Ukraine, to advance. In their second round group phase, Georgia lost all five of their matches to finish their maiden voyage to the EuroBasket in 11th place.[3]
EuroBasket 2013[]
After finishing second in qualifying group, Georgia qualified for its second EuroBasket tournament. After a comfortable 84–67 victory in the opening match over Poland, Georgia lost their four remaining matches and finished the tournament with an 1-4 record.[4] To this date, the Eurobasket 2013 was the only tournament, where Georgia could not win more than one match.
EuroBasket 2015[]
Georgia qualified to the EuroBasket for the third successive time in 2015. After three consecutive losses to start the tournament, the national team finally earned their first win in group play against Macedonia 90–75. They followed it up with another victory to end the opening phase of the event against Croatia, 71–58[5] to move on to the knockout stages for the first time. There they suffered a narrow hard fought defeat to the tournament favourites, and eventual silver medalist Lithuania 81–85.[6]
EuroBasket 2017[]
During the EuroBasket 2017 qualification Georgia topped its group after an 90–84[7] victory over Montenegro and qualified to EuroBasket for the fourth successive time. Once the competition began, the national team got off to a quick start, avenging their EuroBasket 2015 knockout stage defeat to Lithuania 79-77.[8] The rest of the group stage didn't go as well for the Georgian side though. As the team could only manage to pullout one more victory against Israel, before falling to Italy to finish the tournament with an 2-3 record and being eliminated.[9]
EuroBasket 2022[]
Georgia will co-host the EuroBasket 2022, and they have automatically qualified for the 2022 finals tournament. This will make it the fifth successive time that Georgia has qualified for the event overall. Tbilisi will be one of the host cities, and will be used for several group phase matches at the brand new Tbilisi Basketball Arena.[10]
The Foundation[]
The core of the national team that has consistently qualified to Europe's biggest basketball competition consisted of captain Zaza Pachulia, Viktor Sanikidze, Manuchar Markoishvili, Tornike Shengelia, Giorgi Tsintsadze and Giorgi Shermadini. These pioneers in the Georgian basketball community have set the standard for future generations of the national team to build upon, and maintain.
Competitive record[]
FIBA World Cup[]
Olympic Games[]
Tbilisi City Hall Cup[]
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EuroBasket[]
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Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[]
Win Loss
2020[]
20 February 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
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Georgia | 96–88 (OT) |
Switzerland | showTbilisi, Georgia |
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30 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
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Switzerland | 84–91 |
Georgia | showEspoo, Finland* [note 1] |
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2021[]
Team[]
Current roster[]
Roster for the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers matches on 19 and 21 February 2021 against Serbia and Finland.[14]
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Depth chart[]
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Giorgi Shermadini | Ilia Londaridze | |
PF | Giorgi Korsantia | Beka Bekauri | Aleksandre Phevadze |
SF | Beka Burjanadze | Mikheil Berishvili | Kakhaber Jintcharadze |
SG | Merab Bokolishvili | Duda Sanadze | Saba Lobjanidze |
PG | Conner Frankamp | Givi Bakradze | Luka Zakradze |
Head coach history[]
Name | Years active |
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Besik Liparteliani | 1995–1997 |
Levan Moseshvili | 1997–1999 |
Zurab Tomaradze | 1999–2001 |
Dražen Brajković | 2001–2005 |
Gordon Herbert | 2005–2007 |
Ken Shields | 2007–2008 |
Igor Kokoškov | 2008–2015 |
Ilias Zouros | 2016– |
Past rosters[]
2011 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 24 teams
4 Giorgi Gamqrelidze, 5 Vladimir Boisa, 6 Anatoli Boisa, 7 Zaza Pachulia, 8 Giorgi Tsintsadze, 9 Giorgi Shermadini, 10 Lasha Parghalava, 11 Manuchar Markoishvili, 12 MarQuez Haynes, 13 Viktor Sanikidze, 14 Tornike Shengelia, 15 Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Coach: Igor Kokoškov)
2013 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams
4 Nika Metreveli, 5 Otar Pkhakadze, 6 Duda Sanadze, 7 Beka Burjanadze, 8 Giorgi Tsintsadze, 9 Giorgi Shermadini, 10 Ricky Hickman, 11 Manuchar Markoishvili, 12 Levan Patsatsia, 13 Viktor Sanikidze, 14 Besik Lezhava, 15 Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Coach: Igor Kokoškov)
2015 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 24 teams
0 Jacob Pullen, 4 Nika Metreveli, 7 Zaza Pachulia (C), 8 Giorgi Tsintsadze, 9 Giorgi Shermadini, 10 Duda Sanadze, 11 Manuchar Markoishvili, 12 Levan Patsatsia, 13 Viktor Sanikidze, 15 Beka Burjanadze, 23 Tornike Shengelia, 25 Besik Lezhava (Coach: Igor Kokoškov)
2017 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams
3 Michael Dixon, 4 Giorgi Gamqrelidze, 6 Anatoli Boisa, 7 Zaza Pachulia (C), 8 Giorgi Tsintsadze, 9 Giorgi Shermadini, 10 Duda Sanadze, 11 Manuchar Markoishvili, 17 Mikheil Berishvili, 23 Tornike Shengelia, 35 Goga Bitadze, 99 Ilia Londaridze (Coach: Ilias Zouros)
Head-to-head record[]
Record by opponents[]
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Record against teams at the EuroBasket[]
Notable results[]
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Kit[]
Manufacturer[]
2015–present: Spalding[15]
Sponsor[]
2015: Natakhtari[15]
2019: Georgian Railway
See also[]
- Sport in Georgia
- Georgia women's national basketball team
- Georgia men's national under-18 basketball team
- Georgia men's national under-16 basketball team
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.[13]
References[]
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Montenegro, Georgia promoted to Division A - TalkBasket.net". TalkBasket.net. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Georgia | EuroBasket (2011) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Georgia | EuroBasket (2013) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ "Georgia - Croatia | EuroBasket (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Lithuania - Georgia | EuroBasket (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Montenegro v Georgia - 17 Sep - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "Georgia battle past Lithuania, exact revenge for 2015 loss". Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Georgia to build a new sports complex for European Basketball Championship". Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Impressive attendances open FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Fans keep showing out as first window of FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers concludes". Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Georgia during the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Georgia | EuroBasket 2015 - PHOTO GALLERY Archived 23 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, eurobasket2015.org, Retrieved 22 Oct 2015.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georgia national basketball team. |
- Official website (in Georgian)
- Georgia at FIBA site
- Georgian National Team - Men at Eurobasket.com
- Georgia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
- Basketball teams in Georgia (country)
- Men's national basketball teams
- National sports teams of Georgia (country)
- 1992 establishments in Georgia (country)