Georgia national basketball team

Georgia Georgia (country)
FIBA ranking 26 Steady (18 September 2018)
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Georgian Basketball Federation
Coach Ilias Zouros
EuroBasket
Appearances 4
Uniforms
Light
Dark
First international
 Poland 91–68 Georgia Georgia (country)
(Birmingham, United Kingdom; 24 May 1995)
Biggest win
Georgia (country) Georgia 103–43 Azerbaijan 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 1 September 2001)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 90–43 Georgia Georgia (country)
(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 competitions. It is controlled by Georgian Basketball Federation, the GBF, that was established on June 4, 1991 after Georgia became independent from Soviet Union. The country is a FIBA member since 1992. The first official game was played against Poland in 1995.

The team made its EuroBasket debut in 2011. They qualified for three following tournaments in 2013, 2015 and 2017 as well.

History

Soviet era

Until 1991 Georgia was a part of Soviet Union and players born in Georgia played for the Soviet Union national basketball team. Notable players born in Georgia who played for 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 and Mikheil Korkia.

Independent Georgia

After gaining independence from Soviet Union, on several occasions Georgian national team unsuccessfully tried to qualify for the EuroBasket, Europe's biggest basketball competition and major tournament. The team also played in EuroBasket Division B three times and gained promotion in 2009 after defeating Belarus in play-offs.[1] After the expansion of EuroBasket in 2011 from 16 to 24 teams, Georgia qualified to competition for the first time and since then they played at every tournament.

The team played five matches in Group D. They won games against Belgium and Ukraine, lost three matches and advanced in the second round, but lost all three matches.[2]

After finishing second in qualifying group, Georgia qualified for its second Eurobasket tournament. After comfortable 84–67 victory in the opening match over Poland, Georgia lost four remaining matches and finished the tournament.[3] To this date Eurobasket 2013 was the only tournament, when Georgia could not win more than one match.

Georgia qualified to Eurobasket for the third successive time in 2014. In group after three straight losses, Georgia defeated Macedonia 90–75. In last match Georgians met tournament co–hosts and balkan basketball giants Croatia, beat them 71–58[4] and qualified to the knockout stages for the first time, where they suffered narrow 81–85[5] defeat to tournament favorites and future finalists Lithuania.

In EuroBasket 2017 qualification Georgia topped its group after 90–84[6] victory over Montenegro and qualified to Eurobasket for fourth successive time.

The core of the team that consistently qualified to Europe's biggest basketball competition consisted of captain Zaza Pachulia, Viktor Sanikidze, Manuchar Markoishvili, Tornike Shengelia, Giorgi Tsintsadze and Giorgi Shermadini.

Competitive record

World Cup

World Cup Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
China 2019To be determined
PhilippinesJapanIndonesia 2023To be determined

Tbilisi City Hall Cup

Georgia (country) Played Wins Losses Place
Georgia (country) 2010 3 3 0 1
Georgia (country) 2012 3 3 0 1
Georgia (country) 2014 3 3 0 1
Georgia (country) 2015 3 2 1 2
Georgia (country) 2016 3 2 1 2
Georgia (country) 2017 2 2 0 1
Total17152

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017.[7]

The following is the squad in the EuroBasket 2017.

Georgian men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 3 Dixon, Michael 26 – (1990-12-01)1 December 1990 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) AEK Athens Greece
PG 4 Gamqrelidze, Giorgi 31 – (1986-02-04)4 February 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Titebi Tbilisi Georgia (country)
SG 6 Boisa, Anatoli 33 – (1983-09-09)9 September 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Kutaisi Georgia (country)
C 7 Pachulia, Zaza (C) 33 – (1984-02-10)10 February 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Golden State Warriors United States
PG 8 Tsintsadze, Giorgi 31 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Kutaisi Georgia (country)
C 9 Shermadini, Giorgi 28 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) MoraBanc Andorra Andorra
SF 10 Sanadze, Duda 25 – (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Primorska Slovenia
SF 11 Markoishvili, Manuchar 30 – (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Free agent
PF 17 Berishvili, Mikheil 30 – (1987-04-12)12 April 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)
PF 23 Shengelia, Tornike 24 – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Baskonia Spain
C 35 Bitadze, Goga 18 – (1999-07-20)20 July 1999 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Mega Bemax Serbia
C 99 Londaridze, Ilia 27 – (1989-09-27)27 September 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2017

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Giorgi Shermadini Goga Bitadze
PF Tornike Shengelia Beka Burjanadze Akaki Dvalishvili
SF Duda Sanadze Mikheil Berishvili Levan Patsatsia
SG Manuchar Markoishvili Merab Bokolishvili Anatoli Boisa
PG Giorgi Tsintsadze Thad McFadden Beka Tsivtsivadze

Managerial history

Coach Years active
Georgia (country) Besik Liparteliani 1995–1997
Georgia (country) Levan Moseshvili 1997–1999
Georgia (country) Zurab Tomaradze 1999–2001
Croatia Dražen Brajković 2001–2005
Canada Gordon Herbert 2005–2007
Canada Ken Shields 2007–2008
Serbia Igor Kokoškov 2008–2015
Greece Ilias Zouros 2016–

Past rosters

2011 EuroBasket squad: finished 11th among 24 teams

Giorgi Gamqrelidze, Vladimir Boisa, Anatoli Boisa, Zaza Pachulia, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Giorgi Shermadini, Lasha Parghalava, Manuchar Markoishvili, MarQuez Haynes, Viktor Sanikidze, Tornike Shengelia, Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Coach: Serbia Igor Kokoškov)

2013 EuroBasket squad: finished 17th among 24 teams

Nika Metreveli, Otar Pkhakadze, Duda Sanadze, Beka Burjanadze, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Giorgi Shermadini, Ricky Hickman, Manuchar Markoishvili, Levan Patsatsia, Viktor Sanikidze, Besik Lezhava, Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Coach: Serbia Igor Kokoškov)

2015 EuroBasket squad: finished 15th among 24 teams

Jacob Pullen, Nika Metreveli, Zaza Pachulia, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Giorgi Shermadini, Duda Sanadze, Manuchar Markoishvili, Levan Patsatsia, Viktor Sanikidze, Beka Burjanadze, Tornike Shengelia, Besik Lezhava (Coach: Serbia Igor Kokoškov)

2017 EuroBasket squad: finished 17th among 24 teams

Michael Dixon, Giorgi Gamqrelidze, Anatoli Boisa, Zaza Pachulia, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Giorgi Shermadini, Duda Sanadze, Manuchar Markoishvili, Mikheil Berishvili, Tornike Shengelia, Goga Bitadze, Ilia Londaridze (Coach: Greece Ilias Zouros)

Statistics

Notable results

Date Status Team Result Team
22.07.2004 Friendly  Russia 71–87  Georgia
16.08.2013 Friendly  Serbia 71–75  Georgia
24.09.2015 Eurobasket  Croatia 58–71  Georgia
05.08.2017 Friendly  Lithuania 70–81  Georgia
23.08.2017 Friendly  Greece 71–72  Georgia
24.08.2017 Friendly  Serbia 66–68  Georgia
31.08.2017 Eurobasket  Lithuania 77–79  Georgia

Record by opponents

Opponent Played Wins Losses Win %
 Albania 2 2 0 100%
 Austria 13 8 5 61.5%
 Azerbaijan 2 2 0 100%
 Belgium 5 2 3 40%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 4 4 50%
 Belarus 11 8 3 73%
 Bulgaria 7 3 4 43%
 Canada 1 0 1 0%
 Central African Republic 1 1 0 100%
 Croatia 2 1 1 50%
 Cyprus 2 1 1 50%
 Czech Republic 11 4 7 36.4%
 Denmark 4 3 1 75%
 England 3 1 2 33%
 Estonia 5 3 2 60%
 Finland 5 2 3 40%
 France 3 0 3 0%
 Germany 5 0 5 0%
 Great Britain 1 1 0 100%
 Greece 7 1 6 14.3%
 Hungary 4 1 3 25%
 Iceland 2 1 1 50%
 Ireland 4 4 0 100%
 Israel 9 5 4 55.6%
 Italy 10 0 10 0%
 Latvia 9 6 3 66.7%
 Lithuania 7 2 5 28.6%
 Luxembourg 8 7 1 88%
 Macedonia 7 4 3 57%
 Moldova 1 1 0 100%
 Montenegro 2 1 1 50%
 Netherlands 7 3 4 43%
 Poland 6 2 4 33%
 Portugal 7 6 1 86%
 Romania 8 7 1 88%
 Russia 5 1 4 20%
 Serbia 4 2 2 50%
 Slovakia 7 5 2 71%
 Slovenia 4 0 4 0%
 Spain 1 0 1 0%
 Sweden 7 3 4 43%
  Switzerland 1 0 1 0%
 Tunisia 1 0 1 0%
 Turkey 3 0 3 0%
 Ukraine 8 6 2 75%
 Wales 1 1 0 100%
Total: 46 countries23111511649.8%

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Spalding[8]

2015: Natakhtari[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Montenegro, Georgia promoted to Division A - TalkBasket.net". TalkBasket.net. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Georgia | EuroBasket (2011) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Georgia | EuroBasket (2013) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Georgia - Croatia | EuroBasket (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lithuania - Georgia | EuroBasket (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Montenegro v Georgia - 17 Sep - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  7. ↑ EuroBasket 2017 roster
  8. 1 2 Georgia | EuroBasket 2015 - PHOTO GALLERY, eurobasket2015.org, Retrieved 22 Oct 2015.
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