Basketball fever will begin on October, in Slovenia. Our team will participate twice in a row in the Europe Championship. Georgian team will held first match of Eurobasket 2013 on September 4, in Celje at the 16:30 of Tbilisi time. They will play against Poland.

The team of Slovenia is well-known for our team. First official meeting was held in 1995. In the qualifying round of Europe Championship, the meeting ended usefully of Slovenia 91:68. In the qualifying round of Europe Championship 2011, the teams met twice. In the first match, Georgia won over Poland 84:65, and in the second match Poland defeated our team with a small advantage – 67:58.

In the preparatory stage of Europe Championship 2013, Poland won over our team 87:75 in friendly match.

Poland team has 2 experienced leaders: Marcin Gortat (“Phoenix”, NBA) and Maciej Lampe (“Barcelona”, Spain). During absence of Zaza Pachulia, Giorgi Shermadili will try to neutralize Gortat in the center.

Georgia and Poland held 10 friendly matches in the preparatory stage of Eurobasket 2013. The Georgians won 4 and lost 6. In this way, Poland has positive balance 6-4.

Georgia – Poland match will be held on “Celje Arena”, which accommodates 5200 spectators.

The membership of Georgia and Poland is already known:

Polish team: Marcin Gortat, Maciej Lampe, Lukasz Koszarek, Krzysztof Szubarga, Przemyslaw Zamojski, Michal Chylinski, Mateusz Ponitka, Thomas Kelati, Adam Vaszinski, Michal Ignerski, Przemyslaw Karnowski, Adam Hrycaniuk.

Head coach: Dirk Bauermann

Georgia: Viktor Sanikidze, Giorgi Shermadili, Manuchar Markoishvili, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Ricky Hikman, Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Levan Patsatsia, Beka Burjanadze, Beso Lejava, Duda Sanadze, Nika Metreveli and Otar Pkhakadze.

Head coach: Igor Kokoshkov

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