The Georgian Basketball Super League ( ka, საკალათბურთო სუპერლიგა, Sakalatburto Superliga), also known as the Georgian Top League, is the highest professional
basketball
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league in
Georgia
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. The first season was played in 1991, and was won by
Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925.
Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...
. The 1990s were dominated by
BC Vita Tbilisi, who won the title a record 7 times.
BC Batumi, and then
Energy Invest Rustavi
BC Rustavi ( ka, საკალათბურთო კლუბი რუსთავი) is a professional basketball club based in the city of Rustavi, Georgia. The club competes in the Georgian Superliga, and plays its home games in the Rusta ...
, dominated the following decade. More recently, the league was dominated by clubs attached to State departments, with first
BC Armia
BC Mgzavrebi ( ka, საკალათბურთო კლუბი არმია), also known as Mgzavrebi Tbilisi, is a professional basketball club based in Tbilisi, that plays in the Georgian Super Liga. The club was affiliated to the ...
(Ministry of Defense) establishing themselves as the country's leading club, and later
BC MIA Academy (Ministry of Internal Affairs) winning the title.
2013/14 was the first season when none of the country's universities were represented in the Superliga. This followed the decision by the
Ministry of Education
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to withdraw funding from professional sports teams. That season saw Dinamo Tbilisi regain the title in a convincing manner, only to lose it the following year to a rejuvenated
BC MIA Academy side.
The 2014/15 season saw the introduction of a second tier in Georgian basketball, called the A-League (A-Liga). Thus, for the first time, teams at the bottom of the Superliga were in danger of losing their top-tier status through relegation play-offs. It was then announced that from the 2015/16 season, the club finishing bottom of the Superliga will automatically get relegated to the A-Liga.
2021–22 teams
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Batumi
Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of t ...
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Cactus Tbilisi
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Tskhum-Abkhazeti (previously BC Delta)
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Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925.
Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...
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Kutaisi
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Mega
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Olimpi Tbilisi
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Rustavi
Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 130,100 (2021), making it the fourth most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is ...
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Titebi
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TSU Tbilisi
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Vera Tbilisi
Champions
Number Of Titles
Awards
Most Valuable Player
Young Player of the Year
References
External links
Official WebsiteEurobasket.com League Page
{{Men's professional basketball leagues
Basketball competitions in Georgia (country)
Basketball leagues in Europe
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
Sports leagues established in 1991
1991 establishments in Georgia (country)