Georgia national basketball team

Georgia საქართველო

FIBA ranking	477
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
2011	11th Place	8	2	6
2013	17th Place	5	1	4
2015	15th Place	6	2	4
2017	To be determined
Total		19	5	14

Team

Current roster

Roster for the Eurobasket 2015.

File:ZazaPachulia2010.jpg

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 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Cedevita PF 4 Metreveli, Nika – (1991-01-14)14 January 1991 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Juvecaserta Basket C 7 Pachulia, Zaza (C) – (1984-02-10)10 February 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Dallas Mavericks PG 8 Tsintsadze, Giorgi – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Rouen Métropole C 9 Shermadini, Giorgi – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) BC Andorra SF 10 Sanadze, Duda – (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Diego Toreros SF 11 Markoishvili, Manuchar – (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Darüşşafaka S.K. SF 12 Patsatsia, Levan – (1983-09-27)27 September 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) MIA Academy SF 13 Sanikidze, Viktor – (1986-04-01)1 April 1986 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) TED Ankara Kolejliler PF 15 Burjanadze, Beka – (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Básquet Coruña PF 23 Shengelia, Tornike – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Saski Baskonia SF 25 Lezhava, Besik – (1986-02-21)21 February 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Dinamo Tbilisi	Head coach Ilias Zouros Assistant coach(es) David Ustiashvili Kote Tugushi 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	95	100

Georgian unofficial games

Opponent	Wins	Losses
Austria		1
CSKA Moscow (Double)	1
Spartak Moscow	2
Russia	1
Konstantin		1
Michigan State (NCAA)	1
NCAA	1	1
Villanova Wildcats (NCAA)	1
Hungary Tournament 1994		1
Hungary Tournament 1994		1
Hungary Tournament 1994	1
11 Teams	8	5

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Spalding

Sponsor

2015: NATAKHTARI

Managerial history

• Ilias Zouros (2016-preset)
• Igor Kokoškov (2008-2015)
• Ken Shields (2007-2008)
• Gordon Herbert (2005-2007)
• Drazen Brajkovic (2001-2005)
• Zurab Tomaradze (1999-2001)
• Levan Moseshvili (1997-1999)
• Besik Liparteliani (1995-1997)

See also

• Georgia national under-19 basketball team
• Georgia national under-17 basketball team
• Georgia women's national basketball team
• Georgia national 3x3 team

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Eurobasket.com
• Georgia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos

• Georgia v Croatia - Group C - Game Highlights - EuroBasket 2015 Youtube.com video