According to Journalists' Rankings Georgia Holds 14th Place Among EuroBasket Participants

According to Journalists' Rankings Georgia Holds 14th Place Among EuroBasket Participants

Journalists published another rating ahead of EuroBasket on FIBA Website and Georgia holds 14th place  out of 24 teams participating in Championship. It should be noted that this is not an official FIBA rating, but rather the opinion of specific, more knowledgeable, and competent individuals than ordinary Eurobasketball fans.

Here what FIBA Website says about Georgian National Team: Another team that will relish playing in front of their home supporters. The modern new arena in Tbilisi will provide a stunning backdrop for Group A action, and Georgia have already experienced the winning feeling there after beating Spain last month. Their next meeting, however, will have an entirely different feel. Georgia possess one of the strongest frontcourts with Goga Bitadze set to join the Toko Shengelia-Giorgi Shermadini tandem.

According to the ranking Georgia is ahead of such teams as Ukraine, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Polans. Other members of our group, Belgium and Bulgaria are also behind us. However, as previously stated, Spain and Turkey are at the top of the rankings, as shown below

1.Slovenia 2. France, 3.Greece, 4. Serbia, 5.Lithuania, 6.Spain, 7.Turkey, 8.Italy, 9.Germany, 10. Czechia, 11. Croatia, 12. Finland, 13.Israel, 14.Georgia, 15.Poland, 16.Bosnia-Hertsogovina, 17.Montenegro, 18.Belgium, 19.Ukrain, 20.Great Britain, 21.Hungary, 22.Bulgaria, 23.Estonia, 24.Netherlands

Consequently, FIBA has already named upcoming championship as Best EuroBasket and history and has outlined 11 basketball players which will make tournament specifically memorable. it should be noted that among significant players there is Georgian Tornike Shengelia, together with: Giannis ANTETOKOUNMPO (Greece), Luka DONCIC (Slovenia),  Nikola JOKIC (Serbia)  Rudy Gobert(France) Cedi OSMAN (Turkey) Tomáš Satoranský(Czechia) Sergio Llull(Spain) Dennis SCHRODER (Germany) Nicolò Melli(Italy) Jonas VALANCIUNAS (Lithuania)  

We remind you that EuroBasket 2022 will be held from September 1 to September 18, and aside from Tbilisi, Milan (Italy), Prague (Czechia), and Koln (Germany) will host the championship, with the play-offs taking place in Berlin. Georgia will compete in Group A against Spain, Turkey, Montenegro, Belgium, and Bulgaria.