Georgian national basketball team
Georgia საქართველო |
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Association | Georgian Basketball Federation ( Georgian კალათბურთის ფედერაცია ) |
FIBA member since | 1992 |
FIBA world rankings | 50 |
Trainer | Iliad Zouros |
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Participation in the finals | no |
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Olympic games | |
Participation in the finals | no |
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championship | European Championship |
Participation in the finals | 4th |
Best results | 11th place ( 2011 ) |
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The Georgian national basketball team for men ( Georgian საქართველოს ეროვნული საკალათბურთო ნაკრები ) represents Georgia at international basketball matches.
history
The Georgian national basketball team was founded after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992. In contrast to the Russian national team , which was allowed to take the direct successor to the successful Soviet selection , the Georgian selection first had to qualify through preliminary rounds for participation in final tournaments. This did not succeed and one slipped into the so-called Division B of the national teams in the continental association FIBA Europe . Through the naturalization of various, especially US-American players, who thus fell under less strict foreigner restrictions for players of European origin in the southern European leagues, a steady increase in talented players was gained. Of the naturalized players, however, only one player was allowed to play according to the rules of FIBA. In connection with a talented offspring, from whom Sasa Patchoulia and Nikolos Tskitishvili made the leap into the highest endowed US professional league NBA , one could in 2009 with the naturalized Tyrone Ellis , who was “recruited” by his former club coach Gordon Herbert , the Win the European Championship in Division B and advance to Division A.
This was followed by direct qualification for the final round of the 2011 European Basketball Championship . After two victories over Belgium and Ukraine , however, there was no more victory in the second round and they ended up in twelfth place, which was not enough for qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games . In qualifying for the European Championship finals in 2013 , after a home defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina, they narrowly missed group victory , but were still qualified for the finals of the 24 participating teams. At the 2015 European Championships, they only just lost 81:85 in the round of 16 against the co-favorites from Lithuania. Georgia also took part in the 2017 European Championship.
Squad
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Known players
Other well-known players who have played for the national team in the recent past include:
- Wladimer Stepania (* 1976)
- Wladimer Boisa (* 1981)
- Viktor Sanikidze (* 1986)
Naturalized players
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Performing in international tournaments
Olympic Summer Games
- not yet qualified
World championships
- not yet qualified
European championship finals
Web links
- archive.fiba.com: Teams - Georgia (GEO) - Overview of selected teams of Georgia in FIBA Archive ( English )
- Profiles: Georgia (GEO) - Basketball Federation of Georgia - Association profile on the FIBA website
Individual evidence
- ^ Nathan Thornburgh: Dallas Basketball Player Is Hero in Europe. The New York Times , November 13, 2009, accessed September 1, 2013 .