The Georgian national basketball team which is in Podcetrtek (Slovenia) will continue preparing for EuroBasket 2013 with 15 players.
Tomorrow the Georgian basketball players will depart for Italy where they will participate in the tournament. According to the press service of Georgian Basketball Federation, the national team will arrive in Italy with 15 basketball players. Four candidates who were in Slovenia will return to Tbilisi.
According to the decision of Igor Kokoskov, head coach of the Georgian national team, Revaz Rogava, Merab Bokolishvili, Beka Chikviladze and Richard Matiashvili will return to Tbilisi. The following basketball players are on the team.
|
Player |
Position |
Team 2011-12 |
|
Giorgi Tsintsadze |
Back Line |
Budivelnyk, Ukraine |
|
Otar Pkhakadze |
Back Line |
Vermont, NCAA, USA |
|
Manuchar Markoishvili |
Back Line, Forward |
Galatasaray, Turkey |
|
Beso Lezhava |
Back Line |
Armia |
|
Duda Sanadze |
Back Line |
San Diego, NCAA, USA |
|
Ricky Hickman |
Back Line |
Maccabi, Israel |
|
Anatoli Boisa |
Back Line, Forward |
Armia |
|
Levan Patsatsia |
Forward |
Olimpi |
|
Viktor Sanikidze |
Forward |
Montepaschi, Italy |
|
Nikoloz Tskitishvili |
Forward |
Champville, Lebanon |
|
Beka Burjanadze |
Forward |
Cajasol, Spain |
|
Nika Metreveli |
Forward, Center |
Paffoni, Italy |
|
Giorgi Shermadini |
Center |
Olympiacos, Greece |
|
Giorgi Sharabidze |
Center |
Armia |
|
Luke Zeller |
Forward, Center |
Phoenix, NBA, USA |
The Georgian basketball players will hold test games in Italy. They will play Italy at 22:30 Tbilisi time on 7 August, Poland – at 20:00 on 8 August, Israel – at 20:00 on 9 August. After the Trento tournament, the Georgians will return to Podcetrtek and will hold another meeting till 31 August.
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