On July 15th U20 European Championship will take place in Tbilisi. This is huge event and winner of the tournament will get right to compete in elite “A” league for 2023 European Championship.
Even has huge importance as it will be good rehearsal for Georgian National Basketball Federation before EuroBasket.
Georgian team had 3 gatherings before championship. Team coached by Milos Gligorijevic first visited Racha for strength and conditioning trainings. Afterwards had 4 sparring matches in Turkey and Greece.
Matches of U20 Championship will be held at both “Olympic Palace” and newly built “Tbilisi Arena”. Participants are divided into 5 groups, Georgia will play in pool B and face Sweden, North Macedonia, Austria, and Kosovo.
According to tournament system, 2 leading teams will qualify from each group, they will continue fight for championship from Quarterfinals. As for the others, they will compete for 9-19 places of the tournament. Champion of Division “B”, vice champion and 3rd place holder will qualify to division “A” and compete in elite next year.
Today Georgian team, as other participants trained at Olympic Palace and Tbilisi Arena. Last part of training was open for journalists.
