FIBA ranking | 24 1 (15 August 2024) | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1992 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | GBF | ||
Coach | Aleksandar DΕΎikiΔ | ||
Nickname(s) | α―ααα αα‘αααα jvarosnebi (Crusaders) | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 | ||
Medals | None | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
Medals | None | ||
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First international | |||
Poland 91β68 Georgia (Birmingham, England; 24 May 1995) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Georgia 103β43 Azerbaijan (Tbilisi, Georgia; 2 September 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Italy 90β43 Georgia (Siena, Italy; 28 February 1998) |
The Georgia men's national basketball team (Georgian: α‘αα₯αα αααααα‘ αα αααα£αα α‘αααααααα£α αα αααα ααα) 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 level have been clinching qualification to the European Basketball Championship five times. Their best result came at their debut trip to the tournament in 2011. In 2023, Georgia achieved their first qualification on to the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.
History
Soviet era
Until 1991, Georgia was a part of the Soviet Union, with players born in Georgia playing for the Soviet Union national team. Notable players born in Georgia who played for the Soviet Union and won medals at the 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. 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 2β3 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.
EuroBasket 2013
After finishing second in qualifying group, Georgia qualified for its second EuroBasket tournament. After a comfortable 84β67 victory in the opening match over Poland, Georgia lost their four remaining matches and finished the tournament with an 1β4 record. To that point, the Eurobasket 2013 was the only tournament in which 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 90β75. They followed it up with another victory to end the opening phase of the event against Croatia, 71β58 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 81β85.
EuroBasket 2017
During the EuroBasket 2017 qualification Georgia topped its group after an 90β84 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 79β77. 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 2β3 record and being eliminated.
EuroBasket 2022
Georgia was the co-host the EuroBasket 2022, and they automatically qualified for the 2022 finals tournament. This was the fifth successive time that Georgia qualified for the event overall. Tbilisi was one of the host cities, and was used for Group A matches at the brand new Tbilisi Basketball Arena.
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
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EuroBasket
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Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2023
26 August 2023 | Cape Verde | 60–85 | Georgia | Okinawa City, Japan | |
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17:00 (UTC+9) | Scoring by quarter: 11β20, 11β28, 15β22, 23β15 | ||||
Pts: Mendes 11 Rebs: W. Tavares 12 Asts: Da Rosa 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Shengelia 16 Rebs: Bitadze 11 Asts: Andronikashvili 6 |
Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 5,669 Referees: Jorge VΓ‘zquez (PUR), Martin Horozov (BUL), Wael Mostafa (EGY) |
28 August 2023 | Georgia | 67–88 | Slovenia | Okinawa City, Japan | |
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20:30 (UTC+9) | Scoring by quarter: 17β16, 16β29, 17β18, 17β25 | ||||
Pts: Mamukelashvili 21 Rebs: Mamukelashvili 7 Asts: Tsintsadze 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: DonΔiΔ 34 Rebs: DonΔiΔ 10 Asts: DonΔiΔ 6 |
Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 6,042 Referees: Jorge VΓ‘zquez (PUR), Omar BermΓΊdez (MEX), Blanca Burns (USA) |
30 August 2023 | Georgia | 70–59 | Venezuela | Okinawa City, Japan | |
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17:00 (UTC+9) | Scoring by quarter: 24β19, 18β4, 17β21, 11β15 | ||||
Pts: Shengelia 25 Rebs: Bitadze 11 Asts: Sanadze, Shengelia 3 |
Boxscore | Pts: Colmenares 16 Rebs: Colmenares 12 Asts: Guillent 7 |
Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 5,807 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Amy Bonner (USA), Wojciech Liszka (POL) |
1 September 2023 | Germany | 100–73 | Georgia | Okinawa City, Japan | |
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17:30 (UTC+9) | Scoring by quarter: 22β16, 21β25, 27β16, 30β16 | ||||
Pts: LΓ΄ 18 Rebs: M. Wagner 6 Asts: SchrΓΆder 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Mamukelashvili 19 Rebs: Bitadze 6 Asts: McFadden 7 |
Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 5,852 Referees: Ademir ZurapoviΔ (BIH), Omar BermΓΊdez (MEX), Martin Horozov (BUL) |
3 September 2023 | Australia | 100–84 | Georgia | Okinawa City, Japan | |
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16:30 (UTC+9) | Scoring by quarter: 23β17, 31β20, 25β30, 21β17 | ||||
Pts: Mills 19 Rebs: Kay 9 Asts: Ingles 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Bitadze 20 Rebs: Mamukelashvili 9 Asts: McFadden 9 |
Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 6,126 Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Blanca Burns (USA), Wojciech Liszka (POL) |
2024
23 February 2024 | Denmark | 75–69 | Georgia | NΓ¦stved, Denmark | |
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18:30 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 12β23, 16β14, 22β16, 25β16 | ||||
Pts: Lundberg 19 Rebs: Knudsen 6 Asts: Lundberg 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Shengelia 27 Rebs: Shermadini 8 Asts: Thomasson, Tsintsadze 4 |
Arena: Næstved Arena Attendance: 2,153 Referees: Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU) |
26 February 2024 | Georgia | 63–76 | Serbia | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
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21:00 (UTC+4) | Scoring by quarter: 12β21, 19β17, 21β22, 11β16 | ||||
Pts: Shengelia 19 Rebs: Shermadini 9 Asts: Tsintsadze 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: GuduriΔ 16 Rebs: PetruΕ‘ev 8 Asts: AvramoviΔ 7 |
Arena: Tbilisi Arena Attendance: 9,400 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Martin Horozov (BUL), MichaΕ Proc (POL) |
2 July 2024 | Georgia | 55–83 | Latvia | Riga, Latvia | |
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19:00 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 13β17, 11β28, 17β16, 14β25 | ||||
Pts: Mamukelashvili 14 Rebs: Bitadze 6 Asts: three players 2 |
Boxscore | Pts: StrautiΕΕ‘ 18 Rebs: Mejeris, Ε mits 7 Asts: Ε½agars 6 |
Arena: Arena Riga Attendance: 8,955 Referees: Omar BermΓΊdez (MEX), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Luis Castillo (ESP) |
4 July 2024 | Philippines | 94–96 | Georgia | Riga, Latvia | |
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15:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 17β28, 26β27, 31β19, 20β22 | ||||
Pts: Brownlee 28 Rebs: Brownlee 8 Asts: Brownlee 8 |
Boxscore | Pts: Mamukelashvili 26 Rebs: Bitadze 11 Asts: Thomasson 8 |
Arena: Arena Riga Attendance: 531 Referees: Ademir ZurapoviΔ (BIH), Omar BermΓΊdez (MEX), Kerem Baki (TUR) |
2025
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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C | Giorgi Shermadini | Goga Bitadze | Giorgi Turdziladze | ||
PF | Tornike Shengelia | Sandro Mamukelashvili | |||
SF | Duda Sanadze | Beka Burjanadze | Mikheil Berishvili | ||
SG | Joe Thomasson | Kakhaber Jintcharadze | Giorgi Tsintsadze | ||
PG | Rati Andronikashvili | Giorgi Ochkhikidze | Luka Liklikadze |
Head coach history
- Besik Liparteliani β (1994β1997)
- Levan Moseshvili β (1997β1999)
- Zurab Tomaradze β (1999β2001)
- DraΕΎen BrajkoviΔ β (2001β2005)
- / Gordon Herbert β (2005β2007)
- Ken Shields β (2007β2008)
- Igor KokoΕ‘kov β (2008β2015)
- Ilias Zouros β (2016β2023)
- Aleksandar DΕΎikiΔ β (2024βpresent)
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 KokoΕ‘kov)
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 KokoΕ‘kov)
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 KokoΕ‘kov)
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)
2022 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams
4 Rati Andronikashvili, 5 Sandro Mamukelashvili, 6 Kakhaber Jintcharadze, 7 Beka Burjanadze, 8 Giorgi Tsintsadze,
9 Giorgi Shermadini (C), 10 Duda Sanadze, 17 Mikheil Berishvili, 18 Merab Bokolishvili, 25 Thad McFadden, 33 Beka Bekauri,
35 Goga Bitadze (Coach: Ilias Zouros)
2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 16th among 32 teams
4 Rati Andronikashvili, 5 Sandro Mamukelashvili, 6 Kakhaber Jintcharadze, 7 Luka Liklikadze, 8 Giorgi Tsintsadze, 9 Giorgi Shermadini,
10 Duda Sanadze, 11 Giorgi Turdziladze, 17 Mikheil Berishvili, 23 Tornike Shengelia (C), 25 Thad McFadden, 35 Goga Bitadze
(Coach: Ilias Zouros)
Head-to-head record
Record by opponents4 July 2024
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Record against teams at the EuroBasket
Notable results
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Kit
Manufacturer
- 2015βpresent: Spalding
Sponsor
- 2015: Natakhtari
- 2019: Georgian Railway
See also
- Sport in Georgia
- Georgia women's national basketball team
- Georgia men's national under-20 basketball team
- Georgia men's national under-18 basketball team
- Georgia men's national under-16 basketball team
References
- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- "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 β Croatia | EuroBasket (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- "Lithuania β Georgia | EuroBasket (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- "Georgia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "Georgia battle past Lithuania, exact revenge for 2015 loss". Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- "FIBA Europe delegation visits Tbilisi to see progress of new arena". FIBA. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- "Georgia to build a new sports complex for European Basketball Championship". Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- "Georgia roster for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament".
- "1994 α¬ααα‘ 20 ααα α’α β α‘αα₯αα αααααα‘ ααααααα£α ααααα αααα αααα‘ ααααααααα‘ αα¦αα / ααα αααα‘ααα’α 1997". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2022". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- "Georgia at the 2023 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Georgia | EuroBasket 2015 β PHOTO GALLERY Archived 23 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, eurobasket2015.org. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
External links
- Official website (in Georgian)
- Georgia FIBA profile
- Georgia National Team β Men at Eurobasket.com
- Georgia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive