The Georgia men's national basketball team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საკალათბურთო ნაკრები) represents the country of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
in international
basketball
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matches, and is controlled by the
Georgian Basketball Federation
Georgian Basketball Federation, also known as GBF, is a national governing body of basketball in Georgia.
Presidents
See also
*Georgia national basketball team
*Super League
Basketball in Georgia (country)
Basketball
Basketball ...
. Georgia became a member of
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its na ...
in 1992, after they gained
independence
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from the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
. The national team played their first official match against
Poland
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in 1995.
Georgia's accomplishments on the international stage have been clinching qualification to the
European Basketball Championship five times. Their best result came at their debut trip to the tournament in
2011
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. 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
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ...
.
History
Soviet era
Until 1991,
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
was a part of the
Soviet Union
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, 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
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
,
FIBA World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ...
and
EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the ...
include:
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya (or Nodar Jorjikia) ( Georgian: ნოდარ ჯორჯიკია, russian: Нодар Константинович Джорджикия; November 15, 1921 in Kutaisi – June 1, 2008) was a Soviet basketball playe ...
,
Otar Korkia
Otar Korkia ( Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 – March 15, 2005) was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Player ...
,
Guram Minashvili
Guram Minashvili ( ka, გურამ მინაშვილი; 25 November 1936 – 1 March 2015) was a Georgian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpi ...
,
Vladimer Ugrekhelidze,
Levan Moseshvili
Levan Moseshvili ( ka, ლევან მოსეშვილი; russian: Леван Мосешвили; 23 May 1940 – 5 March 2020) was a Georgian basketball player. Playing for the Soviet team he won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympi ...
,
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze ( ka, ზურაბ საკანდელიძე; russian: Зураб Александрович Саканделидзе; August 9, 1945 – January 25, 2004) was a Georgian basketball player who won ...
,
Mikheil Korkia
Mikheil Korkia ( ka, მიხეილ ქორქია) (10 September 1948 – 7 February 2004) was a Georgian-Soviet basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played for Dy ...
and
Nikolay Deryugin
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Deryugin (russian: Николай Александрович Дерюгин ; ka, ნიკოლოზ დერიუგინი April 30, 1959) is a Georgian basketball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics for ...
.
Independent Georgia
After gaining
independence
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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
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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
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. They finished their preliminary group with an 2-3 record, with wins against
Belgium and
Ukraine, to advance. In their
second round
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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
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Groups of people
* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
* Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic ide ...
, Georgia qualified for its second EuroBasket tournament. After a comfortable 84–67 victory in the opening match over
Poland
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, Georgia lost their four remaining matches and finished the tournament with an 1-4 record. To that point, the
Eurobasket 2013
EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24.
France defeated Lithuania in ...
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
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Groups of people
* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
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play against
Macedonia 90–75. They followed it up with another victory to end the opening phase of the event against
Croatia, 71–58 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 medal
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ist
Lithuania
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81–85.
EuroBasket 2017
During the
EuroBasket 2017 qualification
This article describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket 2017.
Qualification format
All teams which didn't qualify yet for EuroBasket 2017 were divided into six groups of four teams and one more of three. The winners of each group and the ...
Georgia topped its group after an 90–84 victory over
Montenegro
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, 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. The rest of the
group stage
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didn't go as well for the Georgian side though. As the team could only manage to pullout one more victory against
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, before falling to
Italy to finish the tournament with an 2-3 record and being eliminated.
EuroBasket 2022
Georgia was the co-host the
EuroBasket 2022
The EuroBasket 2022 was the 41st edition of the EuroBasket championship organized by FIBA Europe. It was the first since it was agreed it would take place every four years, with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World C ...
, and they automatically qualified for the 2022 finals tournament. This was the fifth successive time that Georgia qualified for the event overall.
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...
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
Zaza Pachulia ( ka, ზაზა ფაჩულია; born Zaur Pachulia; February 10, 1984) is a Georgian professional basketball executive and former player who is a basketball operations consultant for the Golden State Warriors of the Nati ...
,
Viktor Sanikidze
Viktor Sanikidze (alternate spelling: Victor) (born April 1, 1986) is a Georgian politician, former professional basketball executive and former player. He played at both the small forward and power forward positions in his entire career.
Earl ...
,
Manuchar Markoishvili
Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player.
Early career
Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and ...
,
Tornike Shengelia
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posit ...
,
Giorgi Tsintsadze
Giorgi Tsintsadze ( ka, გიორგი ცინცაძე) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgian ...
and
Giorgi Shermadini
Giorgi Shermadini ( ka, გიორგი შერმადინი) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He was born in the village of Natakhtari, Georgia on April 2, 1989. He is tall, a ...
. 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
EuroBasket
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
2021
2022
2023
Team
Current roster
Roster for the
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 11 and 14 November 2022 against
Iceland
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and
Italy.
Depth chart
Head coach history
Past rosters
2011 EuroBasket
EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 ch ...
: finished 11th among 24 teams
4
Giorgi Gamqrelidze, 5
Vladimir Boisa, 6
Anatoli Boisa
Anatoli Boisa ( ka, ანატოლი ბოისა born 9 September 1983) is a Georgian professional retired basketball player. Currently, he is the head coach of BC Rustavi in the Georgian Basketball Super League, and an Assistant coach ...
, 7
Zaza Pachulia
Zaza Pachulia ( ka, ზაზა ფაჩულია; born Zaur Pachulia; February 10, 1984) is a Georgian professional basketball executive and former player who is a basketball operations consultant for the Golden State Warriors of the Nati ...
, 8
Giorgi Tsintsadze
Giorgi Tsintsadze ( ka, გიორგი ცინცაძე) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgian ...
, 9
Giorgi Shermadini
Giorgi Shermadini ( ka, გიორგი შერმადინი) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He was born in the village of Natakhtari, Georgia on April 2, 1989. He is tall, a ...
, 10 Lasha Parghalava, 11
Manuchar Markoishvili
Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player.
Early career
Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and ...
, 12
MarQuez Haynes
Keith MarQuez Haynes (born December 19, 1986) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro B. Haynes is a naturalized citizen of Georgia, and he played with the senior men's Georgian national team a ...
, 13
Viktor Sanikidze
Viktor Sanikidze (alternate spelling: Victor) (born April 1, 1986) is a Georgian politician, former professional basketball executive and former player. He played at both the small forward and power forward positions in his entire career.
Earl ...
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Tornike Shengelia
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posit ...
, 15
Nikoloz Tskitishvili
Nikoloz Tskitishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ცქიტიშვილი; born April 14, 1983) is a Georgian former professional basketball player. He is a 7'0" forward- center, who was selected fifth overall by the Denver Nuggets in the ...
(Coach:
Igor Kokoškov
Igor Stefan Kokoškov ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Стефан Кокошков; born December 17, 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He had spen ...
)
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2013 EuroBasket
EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24.
France defeated Lithuania in t ...
: finished 17th among 24 teams
4
Nika Metreveli, 5 Otar Pkhakadze, 6
Duda Sanadze, 7
Beka Burjanadze, 8
Giorgi Tsintsadze
Giorgi Tsintsadze ( ka, გიორგი ცინცაძე) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgian ...
, 9
Giorgi Shermadini
Giorgi Shermadini ( ka, გიორგი შერმადინი) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He was born in the village of Natakhtari, Georgia on April 2, 1989. He is tall, a ...
, 10
Ricky Hickman
Richard Marciano Hickman, Jr. (born September 1, 1985) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He represents the Georgian national basketball team ...
, 11
Manuchar Markoishvili
Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player.
Early career
Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and ...
, 12
Levan Patsatsia, 13
Viktor Sanikidze
Viktor Sanikidze (alternate spelling: Victor) (born April 1, 1986) is a Georgian politician, former professional basketball executive and former player. He played at both the small forward and power forward positions in his entire career.
Earl ...
, 14
Besik Lezhava, 15
Nikoloz Tskitishvili
Nikoloz Tskitishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ცქიტიშვილი; born April 14, 1983) is a Georgian former professional basketball player. He is a 7'0" forward- center, who was selected fifth overall by the Denver Nuggets in the ...
(Coach:
Igor Kokoškov
Igor Stefan Kokoškov ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Стефан Кокошков; born December 17, 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He had spen ...
)
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2015 EuroBasket
EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 S ...
: finished 15th among 24 teams
0
Jacob Pullen
Jacob Everse Pullen (born November 10, 1989) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Kuwait SC of the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League. He played for the Kansas State Wildcats. Pullen has both American and Georgian citizen ...
, 4
Nika Metreveli, 7
Zaza Pachulia
Zaza Pachulia ( ka, ზაზა ფაჩულია; born Zaur Pachulia; February 10, 1984) is a Georgian professional basketball executive and former player who is a basketball operations consultant for the Golden State Warriors of the Nati ...
(C), 8
Giorgi Tsintsadze
Giorgi Tsintsadze ( ka, გიორგი ცინცაძე) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgian ...
, 9
Giorgi Shermadini
Giorgi Shermadini ( ka, გიორგი შერმადინი) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He was born in the village of Natakhtari, Georgia on April 2, 1989. He is tall, a ...
, 10
Duda Sanadze, 11
Manuchar Markoishvili
Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player.
Early career
Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and ...
, 12
Levan Patsatsia, 13
Viktor Sanikidze
Viktor Sanikidze (alternate spelling: Victor) (born April 1, 1986) is a Georgian politician, former professional basketball executive and former player. He played at both the small forward and power forward positions in his entire career.
Earl ...
, 15
Beka Burjanadze, 23
Tornike Shengelia
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posit ...
, 25
Besik Lezhava (Coach:
Igor Kokoškov
Igor Stefan Kokoškov ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Стефан Кокошков; born December 17, 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He had spen ...
)
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2017 EuroBasket
EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar ...
: finished 17th among 24 teams
3
Michael Dixon, 4
Giorgi Gamqrelidze, 6
Anatoli Boisa
Anatoli Boisa ( ka, ანატოლი ბოისა born 9 September 1983) is a Georgian professional retired basketball player. Currently, he is the head coach of BC Rustavi in the Georgian Basketball Super League, and an Assistant coach ...
, 7
Zaza Pachulia
Zaza Pachulia ( ka, ზაზა ფაჩულია; born Zaur Pachulia; February 10, 1984) is a Georgian professional basketball executive and former player who is a basketball operations consultant for the Golden State Warriors of the Nati ...
(C), 8
Giorgi Tsintsadze
Giorgi Tsintsadze ( ka, გიორგი ცინცაძე) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgian ...
, 9
Giorgi Shermadini
Giorgi Shermadini ( ka, გიორგი შერმადინი) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He was born in the village of Natakhtari, Georgia on April 2, 1989. He is tall, a ...
, 10
Duda Sanadze, 11
Manuchar Markoishvili
Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player.
Early career
Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and ...
, 17
Mikheil Berishvili, 23
Tornike Shengelia
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posit ...
, 35
Goga Bitadze
Goga Bitadze ( ka, გოგა ბითაძე; born 20 July 1999) is a Georgian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at and 250 lbs (113 kg), he plays the center position ...
, 99
Ilia Londaridze (Coach:
Ilias Zouros
Ilias Zouros or Elias Zouros (Greek: Ηλίας Ζούρος; born March 11, 1966) is a Greek professional basketball coach, who last managed Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup.
Club coaching career
Some of the teams Z ...
)
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2022 EuroBasket
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: finished 21st among 24 teams
4
Rati Andronikashvili, 5
Sandro Mamukelashvili
Alexander "Sandro" Mamukelashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე "სანდრო" მამუკელაშვილი; born May 23, 1999) is a Georgian-American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the Nationa ...
, 6 Kakhaber Jintcharadze, 7
Beka Burjanadze, 8
Giorgi Tsintsadze
Giorgi Tsintsadze ( ka, გიორგი ცინცაძე) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgian ...
, 9
Giorgi Shermadini
Giorgi Shermadini ( ka, გიორგი შერმადინი) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He was born in the village of Natakhtari, Georgia on April 2, 1989. He is tall, a ...
(C), 10
Duda Sanadze, 17
Mikheil Berishvili, 18 Merab Bokolishvili, 25
Thad McFadden, 33 Beka Bekauri, 35
Goga Bitadze
Goga Bitadze ( ka, გოგა ბითაძე; born 20 July 1999) is a Georgian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at and 250 lbs (113 kg), he plays the center position ...
(Coach:
Ilias Zouros
Ilias Zouros or Elias Zouros (Greek: Ηλίας Ζούρος; born March 11, 1966) is a Greek professional basketball coach, who last managed Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup.
Club coaching career
Some of the teams Z ...
)
Head-to-head record
Record by opponents
Record against teams at the EuroBasket
Notable results
Kit
Manufacturer
*2015–present:
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, eurobasket2015.org, Retrieved 22 Oct 2015.
Sponsor
*2015: Natakhtari
*2019:
Georgian Railway
Georgian Railway LLC ( ka, საქართველოს რკინიგზა, tr) is the national railway company of Georgia.
A vital artery linking the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, it sits on the shortest route between Europe and C ...
See also
*
Sport in Georgia
*
Georgia women's national basketball team
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Georgia men's national under-20 basketball team
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Georgia men's national under-18 basketball team
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Georgia men's national under-16 basketball team
Notes
References
External links
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Georgia FIBA profileGeorgia National Team – Menat Eurobasket.com
at FIBA Archive
{{National sports teams of Georgia
Basketball teams in Georgia (country)
Men's national basketball teams
National sports teams of Georgia (country)
1992 establishments in Georgia (country)