Georgian Basketball Federation

Georgian Basketball Federation

FIBA Europe
Association crest
Founded	4 June 1991
Headquarters	Tbilisi
FIBA affiliation	1992
President	Viktor Sanikidze
Website	www.gbf.ge

The Georgian Basketball Federation (abbr. GBF; Georgian: საქართველოს კალათბურთის ფედერაცია) is the national governing body of basketball in Georgia. It was founded on 4 June 1991, and is headquartered in Tbilisi.

The Georgian Basketball Federation operates the Georgia men's national team and Georgia women's national team. They organize national competitions in Georgia, for both the men's and women's senior teams and also the youth national basketball teams.

The top professional league in Georgia is the Georgian Superliga.^[1]

Presidents

№	Name	Image	Took office	Left office
1	Aleksandre Chkheidze		4 June 1991	1995
2	Avtandil Sakvarelidze		1995	1997
3	Giorgi Katamadze		1997	2001
4	Besik Liparteliani		2001	2005
			2005	11 November 2009
			11 November 2009	11 December 2013
5	Mikheil Gabrichidze		11 December 2013	11 December 2017
6	Paata Guraspauli		11 December 2017	11 December 2021
7	Viktor Sanikidze		11 December 2021	Incumbent

See also

• Georgia men's national basketball team
• Georgia men's national under-20 basketball team
• Georgia men's national under-18 basketball team
• Georgia men's national under-16 basketball team
• Georgia women's national basketball team
• Georgia women's national under-20 basketball team
• Georgia women's national under-18 basketball team
• Georgia women's national under-16 basketball team

References

External links

• Official website (in Georgian)
• Georgia FIBA profile

• v
• t
• e

Sports governing bodies in Georgia (GEO)

Summer Olympic Sports

• Aquatics
  • Diving
  • Swimming
  • Synchronized swimming
  • Water polo
• Archery
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Canoeing
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Field hockey
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Judo
• Modern pentathlon
• Rugby 7s
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting
  • Practical shooting
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
  • Beach volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports

• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
• Curling
• Skating (figure, speed & short track)
• Ice hockey
• Luge
• Skeleton
• Skiing (alpine, cross country, Nordic combined, freestyle & jumping)
• Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports

• Air sports
• Auto racing
• Bandy
• Baseball
• Billiard sports
• Boules
• Bowling
• Bridge
• Chess
• Cricket
• Dance sport
• Floorball
• Karate
• Korfball
• Lifesaving
• Motorcycle racing
• Mountaineering and climbing
• Netball
• Orienteering
• Pelota Vasca
• Polo
• Powerboating
• Racquetball
• Roller sports
• Rugby
• Softball
• Sport climbing
• Squash
• Sumo
• Surfing
• Tug of war
• Underwater sports
• Water ski
• Wushu

Others Sports

• Rugby League
• Teqball

• Georgian National Olympic Committee
• Georgian Paralympic Committee

This article about sports in Georgia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This basketball-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e