On July 29th FIBA U18 Championship (“B” Division) took place in Ploiesti. In total, 22 youth teams from different countries are taking part in championship and best 3 will get possibility to compete in Elite “A” Division from next year. Georgian Team coached by Davit Rogava and Kakha Tomaradze won the first game of the Championship. Kosovo was first opponent of our team and Georgians could defeat opponent by 87:60.
After Georgian team lost first quarter of the game by 18:20, they changed strategy, started to focus on counter attacks and long shots, Georgians were able to win second part of first half. They continued to perform on high level in second half as well.
Giorgi Sulaberidze scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and became most vulnerable player in our team. Giorgi Ochkhikidze collected 14 points and 9 assists, as for Sandro Kasaburi, he contributed 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Georgian U18 team will have next game tomorrow, July 30th, against Norway.
