euro basket 2011

[One of the Bhoys]

and most probably teams will be allocated in pools as follows: 1-4-5 and 2-3-6
Pool A: Georgia - Ukraine - Poland
Pool B: Italy - Bulgaria - Bosnsia

I'd be happy enough with that, to be honest. We missed a phenomenal chance to qualify directly, now we're just outsiders in any case.

[sandro war]

the georgian goverment will give 50.000 dollar to the basketball federation on eacht game they won. so thaty is already 250.000
they will olso get that money for each game they win in the play-offs.
and they will reaceave extra 2 milion if they can manage to get into the European championship.!

[Fabsaprangeti]

and most probably teams will be allocated in pools as follows: 1-4-5 and 2-3-6
Pool A: Georgia - Ukraine - Poland
Pool B: Italy - Bulgaria - Bosnsia

I'd be happy enough with that, to be honest. We missed a phenomenal chance to qualify directly, now we're just outsiders in any case.

Would You know if the qualifications will be in a single match or 2 ?

[One of the Bhoys]

and most probably teams will be allocated in pools as follows: 1-4-5 and 2-3-6
Pool A: Georgia - Ukraine - Poland
Pool B: Italy - Bulgaria - Bosnsia

I'd be happy enough with that, to be honest. We missed a phenomenal chance to qualify directly, now we're just outsiders in any case.

Would You know if the qualifications will be in a single match or 2 ?

Round-robin (2 home and 2 away), and the winners of the 2 groups will play 2 matches (home and away) for the last place in European Championships.

[Kartvel]

No :) Now the tournament was enlarged to 24 teams, as influenced by Ukrainians, Bulgarians and Italians. So:
Italy, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia and Georgia qualified directly

[Kaji]

We're in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fabsaprangeti]

and most probably teams will be allocated in pools as follows: 1-4-5 and 2-3-6
Pool A: Georgia - Ukraine - Poland
Pool B: Italy - Bulgaria - Bosnsia

I'd be happy enough with that, to be honest. We missed a phenomenal chance to qualify directly, now we're just outsiders in any case.

Would You know if the qualifications will be in a single match or 2 ?

Round-robin (2 home and 2 away), and the winners of the 2 groups will play 2 matches (home and away) for the last place in European Championships.

Thanks Gio !!

The Basket-Ball in Georgia seem Me to be in a great period with much talented players.

[One of the Bhoys]

The Basket-Ball in Georgia seem Me to be in a great period with much talented players.

You are right, we never had such a strong team before. So it's good that they will get a chance to perform in a big tournament next year. This was quite unexpected, and I'm not sure how well we will do in Lithuania, but it's a very big boost for Georgian sports. Apart from rugby, we never qualified for a big tournament (World or European Championships) in any team sport before.

[Fabsaprangeti]

The Basket-Ball in Georgia seem Me to be in a great period with much talented players.

You are right, we never had such a strong team before. So it's good that they will get a chance to perform in a big tournament next year. This was quite unexpected, and I'm not sure how well we will do in Lithuania, but it's a very big boost for Georgian sports. Apart from rugby, we never qualified for a big tournament (World or European Championships) in any team sport before.

I think too and to my mind this team can do very good performances.

[Fabsaprangeti]

The Basket-Ball in Georgia seem Me to be in a great period with much talented players.

You are right, we never had such a strong team before. So it's good that they will get a chance to perform in a big tournament next year. This was quite unexpected, and I'm not sure how well we will do in Lithuania, but it's a very big boost for Georgian sports. Apart from rugby, we never qualified for a big tournament (World or European Championships) in any team sport before.

Gio, To your mind it would be possible that Georgia would organize an International Tournament of Basket-Ball in the Future ?

[One of the Bhoys]

Gio, To your mind it would be possible that Georgia would organize an International Tournament of Basket-Ball in the Future ?

Depends what kind of tournament you are talking about. We have already organised a 4-team international friendly tournament in July.

We are now negotiating with FIBA about organising youth (under-16 or under-18) European Championships, and I think it will happen in the near future - we just need 3 good arenas for this, so it will not be a big problem.

For official senior tournaments like Eurobasket, we need at least 5 high-capacity arenas in at least 3 different cities, and major facility upgrades, so I don't think it will happen any time soon...but the government is putting money into basketball development right now, so who knows, maybe in 8-10 years we could be in a position to apply for this.

[Fabsaprangeti]

Gio, To your mind it would be possible that Georgia would organize an International Tournament of Basket-Ball in the Future ?

Depends what kind of tournament you are talking about. We have already organised a 4-team international friendly tournament in July.

We are now negotiating with FIBA about organising youth (under-16 or under-18) European Championships, and I think it will happen in the near future - we just need 3 good arenas for this, so it will not be a big problem.

For official senior tournaments like Eurobasket, we need at least 5 high-capacity arenas in at least 3 different cities, and major facility upgrades, so I don't think it will happen any time soon...but the government is putting money into basketball development right now, so who knows, maybe in 8-10 years we could be in a position to apply for this.

Thanks Gio

I don't know if it's possible for 2 countries to organize together a tournament like Eurobasket.

[One of the Bhoys]

I don't know if it's possible for 2 countries to organize together a tournament like Eurobasket.

That's a good question, actually. Until now, it was not necessary, 1 country was always enough...but now that they have expanded the tournament, who knows? The basketball in Azerbaijan is making good progress right now, so it would be interesting to find out if it could be possible to host Eurobasket together with them, maybe in 2015 or in 2017.

[sandro war]

everything is possible whit goverment support,

in that case we would need 8 stadiums 4 in goergia 4 in azerbeidjan,
afther tbilisi, kutaisi and batumi we will need one more major stadium

[Fabsaprangeti]

I don't know if it's possible for 2 countries to organize together a tournament like Eurobasket.

That's a good question, actually. Until now, it was not necessary, 1 country was always enough...but now that they have expanded the tournament, who knows? The basketball in Azerbaijan is making good progress right now, so it would be interesting to find out if it could be possible to host Eurobasket together with them, maybe in 2015 or in 2017.

I think it would be a very good idea

[Fabsaprangeti]

everything is possible whit goverment support,

in that case we would need 8 stadiums 4 in goergia 4 in azerbeidjan,
afther tbilisi, kutaisi and batumi we will need one more major stadium

I think too and I would imagine well this stadium in a city of Eastern-Georgia.

[sandro war]

yes but building a sportis sasaxle in telavi is for no use there is no basketbal there and oslo the ones in batumi and kutaisi are to small to host those matches there it is to optimistic to think about hosting those tournements in georgia may be in 5 years but now we have to be happy whit u20 tournemets to.

[One of the Bhoys]

yes but building a sportis sasaxle in telavi is for no use there is no basketbal there and oslo the ones in batumi and kutaisi are to small to host those matches there it is to optimistic to think about hosting those tournements in georgia may be in 5 years but now we have to be happy whit u20 tournemets to.

There is actually youth basketball in Telavi, and they will probably also have a Superleague team soon!

Right now we are not in a position to bid for a big tournament, I agree, but if the progress continues and this becomes a realistic idea, then the arena in Kutaisi can be expanded. In Batumi, they will have to build a new one anyway, and if Misha's successor will love this city as much as him, then I'm sure this can be arranged too.

[Fabsaprangeti]

yes but building a sportis sasaxle in telavi is for no use there is no basketbal there and oslo the ones in batumi and kutaisi are to small to host those matches there it is to optimistic to think about hosting those tournements in georgia may be in 5 years but now we have to be happy whit u20 tournemets to.

There is actually youth basketball in Telavi, and they will probably also have a Superleague team soon!

Right now we are not in a position to bid for a big tournament, I agree, but if the progress continues and this becomes a realistic idea, then the arena in Kutaisi can be expanded. In Batumi, they will have to build a new one anyway, and if Misha's successor will love this city as much as him, then I'm sure this can be arranged too.

Yes, however I would imagine a widest development in the country including until Cities as Borjomi or Zugdidi.