Georgia national basketball team

Georgia Georgia (country) საქართველო
FIBA ranking 47Increase7
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Georgian Basketball Federation
Coach Ilias Zouros
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
Eurobasket
Appearances 3 (2011, 2013, 2015)
Medals 11th (2011)
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.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championships

yet to qualify

Eurobasket

EuroBasket
Year Position Pld W L
1999–2009 Did not qualify
Lithuania 201111th Place826
Slovenia 201317th Place514
France 201515th Place624
Turkey 2017 To be determined
Total19514

Team

Current roster

Roster for the Eurobasket 2015.

Georgian team member Zaza Pachulia
Georgian men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PG 0 Pullen, Jacob 25 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Cedevita Croatia
PF 4 Metreveli, Nika 24 – (1991-01-14)14 January 1991 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Juvecaserta Basket Italy
C 7 Pachulia, Zaza (C) 31 – (1984-02-10)10 February 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Dallas Mavericks United States
PG 8 Tsintsadze, Giorgi 29 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Rouen Métropole France
C 9 Shermadini, Giorgi 26 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) BC Andorra Spain
SF 10 Sanadze, Duda 23 – (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Diego Toreros United States
SF 11 Markoishvili, Manuchar 28 – (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Darüşşafaka S.K. Turkey
SF 12 Patsatsia, Levan 31 – (1983-09-27)27 September 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) MIA Academy Georgia (country)
SF 13 Sanikidze, Viktor 29 – (1986-04-01)1 April 1986 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) TED Ankara Kolejliler Turkey
PF 15 Burjanadze, Beka 21 – (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Básquet Coruña Spain
PF 23 Shengelia, Tornike 23 – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Saski Baskonia Spain
SF 25 Lezhava, Besik 29 – (1986-02-21)21 February 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Zaza Pachulia Giorgi Shermadini Nikoloz Tskitishvili
PF Tornike Shengelia Nika Metreveli
SF Viktor Sanikidze Beka Burjanadze Levan Patsatsia
SG Manuchar Markoishvili Duda Sanadze Besik Lezhava
PG Giorgi Tsintsadze Ricky Hickman Jacob Pullen

Statistics by opponent

Opponent Wins Losses
 Austria 6 4
 Azerbaijan 2
 Belgium 2 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 4
 Belarus 7 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
 Netherlands 2 4
 Poland 2 3
 Portugal 5 1
 Romania 7 1
 Russia 1 2
 Serbia 1
 Slovakia 3 2
 Slovenia 4
 Spain 1
 Sweden 3 3
  Switzerland 1
 Tunisia 1
 Turkey 3
 Ukraine 5 1
 Wales 1
44 Countries 95100
Georgian unofficial games
Opponent Wins Losses
 Austria 1
Russia CSKA Moscow (Double) 1
Russia Spartak Moscow 2
 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
11 Teams 85

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Spalding [1]

Sponsor

2015: NATAKHTARI [1]

Managerial history

See also

Notes

    References

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

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