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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
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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
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in 1992, after they gained
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from the
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. The national team played their first official match against
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in 1995. Georgia's accomplishments on the international stage have been clinching qualification to the
European Basketball Championship 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 E ...
five times. Their best result came at their debut trip to the tournament in
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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
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.


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
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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
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,
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and
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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 player ...
,
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 Players, ...
,
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 Olimpic ...
, 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 g ...
,
Mikheil Korkia Mikheil Korkia ( ka, მიხეილ ქორქია) (10 September 1948 – 7 February 2004) was a Georgia (country), Georgian-Soviet Union, Soviet basketball player who won gold with the Soviet Union national basketball team, Soviet baske ...
and
Nikolay Deryugin Nikolay Aleksandrovich Deryugin (russian: Николай Александрович Дерюгин ; ka, ნიკოლოზ დერიუგინი April 30, 1959) is a Georgian basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two team ...
.


Independent Georgia

After gaining
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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
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after defeating
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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
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and
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, to advance. In their
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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
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, Georgia qualified for its second EuroBasket tournament. After a comfortable 84–67 victory in the opening match over
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, Georgia lost their four remaining matches and finished the tournament with an 1-4 record. To that point, the
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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
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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
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, 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
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81–85.


EuroBasket 2017

During the
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Georgia topped its group after an 90–84 victory over
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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
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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
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, before falling to
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to finish the tournament with an 2-3 record and being eliminated.


EuroBasket 2022

Georgia was the co-host the
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, and they automatically qualified for the 2022 finals tournament. This was the fifth successive time that Georgia qualified for the event overall.
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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. Early ...
,
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 positi ...
,
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 n ...
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
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and
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.


Depth chart


Head coach history


Past rosters

2011 EuroBasket EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's EuroBasket, 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 t ...
: finished 11th among 24 teams 4
Giorgi Gamqrelidze Giorgi Gamqrelidze (born February 4, 1986) is a Georgian professional basketball player who last played for BC Titebi Tbilisi, Titebi Tbilisi and the Georgia national basketball team, Georgian national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket ...
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Vladimir Boisa Vladimir Boisa or Vladimer Boisa (born July 4, 1981) is a Georgian former professional basketball player. Since 2013 he is the vice-president of Georgian Basketball Federation. Professional career Boisa has spent the most successful years of hi ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 n ...
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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 ...
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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 at ...
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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. Early ...
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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 positi ...
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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 2 ...
(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 ...
) ---- 2013 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams 4 Nika Metreveli, 5 Otar Pkhakadze, 6
Duda Sanadze Duda Sanadze ( ka, დუდა სანაძე) (born 25 July 1992) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Atomerőmű SE of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, Hungary basketball league Playing career In February 2021, Sanadze signed for ...
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Beka Burjanadze Beka Burjanadze ( ka, ბექა ბურჯანაძე) (born January 3, 1994) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Leyma Básquet Coruña of the LEB Oro. Early career He played some years in Cajasol Sevilla's junior teams, ...
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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 n ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. Early ...
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Besik Lezhava Besik Lezhava ( ka, ბესიკ ლეჟავა) (born February 21, 1986) is a Georgian basketball player for Titebi and the Georgian national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket 2015 EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition o ...
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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 2 ...
(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
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, 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 ...
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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 n ...
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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 ...
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Duda Sanadze Duda Sanadze ( ka, დუდა სანაძე) (born 25 July 1992) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Atomerőmű SE of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, Hungary basketball league Playing career In February 2021, Sanadze signed for ...
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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. Early ...
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Beka Burjanadze Beka Burjanadze ( ka, ბექა ბურჯანაძე) (born January 3, 1994) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Leyma Básquet Coruña of the LEB Oro. Early career He played some years in Cajasol Sevilla's junior teams, ...
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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 positi ...
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Besik Lezhava Besik Lezhava ( ka, ბესიკ ლეჟავა) (born February 21, 1986) is a Georgian basketball player for Titebi and the Georgian national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket 2015 EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition o ...
(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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Giorgi Gamqrelidze Giorgi Gamqrelidze (born February 4, 1986) is a Georgian professional basketball player who last played for BC Titebi Tbilisi, Titebi Tbilisi and the Georgia national basketball team, Georgian national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 n ...
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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 ...
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Duda Sanadze Duda Sanadze ( ka, დუდა სანაძე) (born 25 July 1992) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Atomerőmű SE of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, Hungary basketball league Playing career In February 2021, Sanadze signed for ...
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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 ...
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Mikheil Berishvili Mikheil Berishvili ( ka, მიხეილ ბერიშვილი) (born April 12, 1987) is a Georgian basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangula ...
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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 positi ...
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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 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 ...
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Rati Andronikashvili Rati Andronikashvili ( ka, რატი ანდრონიკაშვილი; born 19 March 2001) is a Georgian player for the BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Listed at and , he plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. ...
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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 Beka Burjanadze ( ka, ბექა ბურჯანაძე) (born January 3, 1994) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Leyma Básquet Coruña of the LEB Oro. Early career He played some years in Cajasol Sevilla's junior teams, ...
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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 n ...
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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 ...
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Duda Sanadze Duda Sanadze ( ka, დუდა სანაძე) (born 25 July 1992) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Atomerőmű SE of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, Hungary basketball league Playing career In February 2021, Sanadze signed for ...
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Mikheil Berishvili Mikheil Berishvili ( ka, მიხეილ ბერიშვილი) (born April 12, 1987) is a Georgian basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangula ...
, 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 ...
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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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Head-to-head record


Record by opponents


Record against teams at the EuroBasket


Notable results


Kit


Manufacturer

*2015–present: SpaldingGeorgia , EuroBasket 2015 - PHOTO GALLERY
, 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 Ce ...


See also

* Sport in Georgia *
Georgia women's national basketball team The Georgia women's national basketball team is the women's basketball side that represents the country of Georgia in international competitions. It is governed by the Georgian Basketball Federation.Georgia men's national under-20 basketball team The Georgia men's national under-20 basketball team is a national basketball team of Georgia (country), Georgia, administered by the Georgian Basketball Federation.Georgia men's national under-18 basketball team The Georgia men's national under-18 basketball team is a national basketball team of Georgia, administered by the Georgian Basketball Federation.Georgia men's national under-16 basketball team The Georgia men's national under-16 basketball team is a national basketball team of Georgia (country), Georgia, administered by the Georgian Basketball Federation.Georgia FIBA profileGeorgia National Team – Men
at Eurobasket.com

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