Georgia national basketball team

Georgia Georgia (country)
FIBA ranking 47Increase7
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Georgian Basketball Federation
Coach Ilias Zouros
EuroBasket
Appearances 4
Uniforms
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The Georgia national basketball team represents the country of Georgia in international basketball competitions.

The Georgian federation, the GBF, was established on June 4, 1991. The country is a FIBA member since 1992. The first official game of the team was played against Poland in 1995.

The team made its EuroBasket at EuroBasket 2011. For the following two tournaments (in 2013 and 2015) they qualified as well.

EuroBasket

FIBA EuroBasket Qualification
Spain 1997 Did not qualify 1997 qualification
France 1999 1999 qualification
Turkey 2001 2001 qualification
Sweden 2003 2003 qualification
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Division B
Spain 2007 Division B
Poland 2009 Division B
Lithuania 2011 2011 qualification
Slovenia 2013 2013 qualification
France 2015 2015 qualification
Turkey 2017 2017 qualification

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

Georgian team member Zaza Pachulia
Georgian men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
SG 2 Lezhava, Besik 30 – (1986-02-21)21 February 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Batumi Georgia (country)
PG 3 Dixon, Michael 25 – (1990-12-01)1 December 1990 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) AEK Athens Greece
SF 5 Zakradze, Luka 20 – (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)
SG 6 Boisa, Anatoli 32 – (1983-09-09)9 September 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Kutaisi 2010 Georgia (country)
C 7 Pachulia, Zaza (C) 32 – (1984-02-10)10 February 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Golden State Warriors United States
PG 8 Tsintsadze, Giorgi 30 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Rouen Métropole France
C 9 Shermadini, Giorgi 27 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) BC Andorra Spain
SF 10 Sanadze, Duda 24 – (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Primorska Slovenia
SF 13 Sanikidze, Viktor 30 – (1986-04-01)1 April 1986 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Aris B.C. Greece
PF 15 Burjanadze, Beka 22 – (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Andorra Spain
SG 16 Jintcharadze, Kakha 23 – (1993-07-16)16 July 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Armia Georgia (country)
PF 23 Shengelia, Tornike 24 – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Saski Baskonia Spain
C 35 Bekauri, Beka 25 – (1991-01-18)18 January 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Kutaisi 2010 Georgia (country)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Zaza Pachulia Giorgi Shermadini Nikoloz Tskitishvili
PF Tornike Shengelia Beka Burjanadze Beka Bekauri
SF Viktor Sanikidze Levan Patsatsia
SG Manuchar Markoishvili Duda Sanadze Besik Lezhava
PG Giorgi Tsintsadze Michael Dixon Luka Zakradze

Managerial history

Tbilisi "Tbilisi City Hall Cup"

Georgia (country) Wins Losses place
Georgia (country) 2010 3 1
Georgia (country) 2012 3 1
Georgia (country) 2014 3 1
Georgia (country) 2015 2 1 2
Georgia (country) 2016 2 1 2

Statistics by opponent

Opponent Wins Losses
 Albania 2
 Austria 6 4
 Azerbaijan 2
 Belgium 2 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 4
 Belarus 8 3
 Bulgaria 3 4
 Canada 1
 Central African Republic 1
 Croatia 1 1
 Cyprus 1 1
 Czech Republic 2 6
 Denmark 3 1
 England 1 2
 Estonia 3 2
 Finland 2 3
 France 3
 Germany 2
 Great Britain 1
 Greece 5
 Hungary 1 3
 Iceland 1 1
 Ireland 4
 Israel 3 4
 Italy 8
 Latvia 5 3
 Lithuania 5
 Luxembourg 7 1
 Macedonia 4 3
 Moldova 1
 Montenegro 1 1
 Netherlands 3 4
 Poland 2 4
 Portugal 6 1
 Romania 7 1
 Russia 1 4
 Serbia 1
 Slovakia 5 2
 Slovenia 4
 Spain 1
 Sweden 3 4
  Switzerland 1
 Tunisia 1
 Turkey 3
 Ukraine 6 1
 Wales 1
46 Countries 104105
Score 15 91315 937
Georgian unofficial games
Opponent Wins Losses
Georgia (country) BC Azoti Rustavi 1
 Austria 1
Russia CSKA Moscow (Double) 1
Russia Spartak Moscow 1
 Russia 1
Serbia Konstantin 1
United States Michigan State (NCAA) 1
United States NCAA 1 1
United States Villanova Wildcats (NCAA) 1
Hungary Hungary Tournament 1994 1
Hungary Hungary Tournament 1994 1
Hungary Hungary Tournament 1994 1
12 Teams 85

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Spalding [1]

2015: NATAKHTARI [1]

Georgian national Under 16, 18 20 European Championships

Under 16 Wins Losses place
Belgium1997 3 4 9
Slovenia1999 4 4 7
Latvia2001 2 5 11
Greece2004 2 6 15
Greece2007 2 6 12
Italy2008 0 6 16
Under 18 Wins Losses place
Spain2004 2 5 11
Under 20 Wins Losses place
Slovenia2007 2 6 12
Latvia2008 1 5 16
Slovenia2012 1 8 16
Estonia2013 0 9 20

See also

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 Georgia | EuroBasket 2015 - PHOTO GALLERY, eurobasket2015.org, Retrieved 22 Oct 2015.
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