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Georgia men's national basketball team

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Georgia
FIBA ranking24 Steady (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationGBF
CoachAleksandar Džikić
Nickname(s)ჯვაროსნები
jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances1
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances5
MedalsNone
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
First international
 Poland 91–68 Georgia 
(Birmingham, England; 24 May 1995)
Biggest win
 Georgia 103–43 Azerbaijan 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 2 September 2001)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 90–43 Georgia 
(Siena, Italy; 28 February 1998)

The Georgia men's national basketball team (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული საკალათბურთო ნაკრები) 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

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Soviet era

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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

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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.[2] 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

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Main article: EuroBasket 2011

The national team played five matches in Group D. They finished their preliminary group with an 2–3 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.[3]

EuroBasket 2013

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Main article: EuroBasket 2013

After finishing second in qualifying group, Georgia qualified for its second EuroBasket tournament. After a comfortable 84–67 victory in the opening match over Poland, Georgia lost their four remaining matches and finished the tournament with an 1–4 record.[4] To that point, the Eurobasket 2013 was the only tournament in which Georgia could not win more than one match.

EuroBasket 2015

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Main article: 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 90–75. They followed it up with another victory to end the opening phase of the event against Croatia, 71–58[5] 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 81–85.[6]

EuroBasket 2017

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Main article: EuroBasket 2017

During the EuroBasket 2017 qualification Georgia topped its group after an 90–84 victory over Montenegro, and qualified to EuroBasket for the fourth successive time.[7] Once the competition began, the national team got off to a quick start, avenging their EuroBasket 2015 knockout stage defeat to Lithuania 79–77.[8] 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 2–3 record and being eliminated.[9]

EuroBasket 2022

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Main article: 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.[10][11]

The Foundation

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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

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2024

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23 February 2024 Denmark  75–69  Georgia Næstved, Denmark
18:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 16–14, 22–16, 25–16
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
21:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 19–17, 21–22, 11–16
Pts: Shengelia 19
Rebs: Shermadini 9
Asts: Tsintsadze 6 		Boxscore Pts: Gudurić 16
Rebs: Petrušev 8
Asts: Avramović 7 		Arena: Tbilisi Arena
Attendance: 9,400
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL)
2 July 2024 Georgia  55–83  Latvia Riga, Latvia
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 11–28, 17–16, 14–25
Pts: Mamukelashvili 14
Rebs: Bitadze 6
Asts: three players 2 		Boxscore Pts: Strautiņš 18
Rebs: Mejeris, Šmits 7
Asts: Žagars 6 		Arena: Arena Riga
Attendance: 8,955
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Luis Castillo (ESP)
4 July 2024 Philippines  94–96  Georgia Riga, Latvia
15:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 26–27, 31–19, 20–22
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 Zurapović (BIH), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Kerem Baki (TUR)
21 November 2024 Finland  83–90  Georgia Espoo, Finland
18:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 23–23, 15–19, 20–28
Pts: Nkamhoua 22
Rebs: Nkamhoua 10
Asts: Maxhuni 10 		Boxscore Pts: Shengelia 24
Rebs: Phevadze 7
Asts: Shengelia 5 		Arena: Espoo Metro Areena
Attendance: 4,243
Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)
24 November 2024 Georgia  81–64  Finland Tbilisi, Georgia
19:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 21–19, 17–13, 26–11
Pts: Shengelia 25
Rebs: Baldwin 9
Asts: three players 6 		Boxscore Pts: Nkamhoua 11
Rebs: Valtonen 7
Asts: Seppälä 6 		Arena: Tbilisi Arena
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Geert Jacobs (BEL), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU)

2025

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21 February 2025 Georgia  vs.  Denmark Georgia
Boxscore
24 February 2025 Serbia  vs.  Georgia Serbia
Boxscore

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 21 and 24 November 2024 against Finland.[12]

Georgia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 2 Luka Liklikadze 21 – (2003-07-14)14 July 2003 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Tkibuli Orbi Georgia (country)
PG 4 Rati Andronikashvili 23 – (2001-03-19)19 March 2001 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) VEF Rīga Latvia
SF 6 Kakhaber Jintcharadze 31 – (1993-07-16)16 July 1993 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Al-Rayyan Qatar
PF 7 Beka Burjanadze 30 – (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Coruña Spain
C 9 Giorgi Shermadini 35 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Tenerife Spain
SG 10 Duda Sanadze 32 – (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Anorthosis Greece
PF 12 George Korsantia 26 – (1998-01-11)11 January 1998 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Kutaisi Georgia (country)
SF 15 Aleksandre Phevadze 26 – (1998-04-15)15 April 1998 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) TSU Georgia (country)
PF 23 Toko Shengelia (C) 33 – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
PG 27 Luka Maziashvili 24 – (2000-10-27)27 October 2000 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Amra Gagra Georgia (country)
G 30 Mate Khatiashvili 16 – (2008-11-07)7 November 2008 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Baskonia Spain
PG 44 Kamar Baldwin 27 – (1997-09-15)15 September 1997 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Baskonia Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 21 November 2024

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Giorgi Shermadini Beka Burjanadze
PF Tornike Shengelia George Korsantia
SF Aleksandre Phevadze Kakhaber Jintcharadze
SG Duda Sanadze Luka Liklikadze Mate Khatiashvili
PG Kamar Baldwin Rati Andronikashvili Luka Maziashvili

Head coach history

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Past rosters

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2011 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 24 teams[14]

4 Giorgi Gamqrelidze, 5 Vladimir Boisa, 6 Anatoli Boisa, 7 Zaza Pachulia (C), 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: Serbia Igor Kokoškov)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams[15]

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: Serbia Igor Kokoškov)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 24 teams[16]

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: Serbia Igor Kokoškov)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams[17]

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: Greece Ilias Zouros)

2022 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams[18]

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: Greece Ilias Zouros)

2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 16th among 32 teams[19]

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: Greece Ilias Zouros)

Head-to-head record

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Kit

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Manufacturer

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Montenegro, Georgia promoted to Division A - TalkBasket.net". TalkBasket.net. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Georgia | EuroBasket (2011) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Georgia | EuroBasket (2013) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Georgia – Croatia | EuroBasket (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Lithuania – Georgia | EuroBasket (2015) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Georgia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Georgia battle past Lithuania, exact revenge for 2015 loss". Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  10. ^ "FIBA Europe delegation visits Tbilisi to see progress of new arena". FIBA. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Georgia to build a new sports complex for European Basketball Championship". Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Georgia during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in November 2024". Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  13. ^ "1994 წლის 20 მარტი – საქართველოს კალათბურთელთა ნაკრების დაბადების დღეა / ევრობასკეტი 1997". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  15. ^ "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2013". Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  16. ^ "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2015". Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  18. ^ "Georgia at the EuroBasket 2022". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Georgia at the 2023 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  20. ^ a b Georgia | EuroBasket 2015 – PHOTO GALLERY[usurped], eurobasket2015.org. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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