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EuroBasket On Georgia's Mind

10.09.2009 -

Georgia's long-suffering basketball fans have finally been rewarded with a place in Division A of the EuroBasket following their national team's 86-84 win over Belarus on Wednesday night.

With a 14-point cushion following their 89-75 win in the opening leg in Belarus, the Georgians prevailed 175-159 on aggregate.

Statistical Leaders

Points Per Game

Viktor Sanikidze

Viktor Sanikidze

18.6

Position: SF - Height: 2.03

1.

18.6

2.

18.1

3.

17.9

4.

17.8

5.

17.2

Total Rebounds

Viktor Sanikidze

Viktor Sanikidze

11.0

Position: SF - Height: 2.03

1.

11.0

2.

10.7

3.

10.5

4.

8.5

5.

8.5

Assists

George Tsintsadze

George Tsintsadze

5.8

Position: PG - Height: 1.92

1.

5.8

2.

4.9

3.

4.0

4.

3.8

5.

3.7

HEADLINES

Montenegro Finish Perfect, Austria Take Third

29.08.2009

Sweden Sign Off With Big Win

29.08.2009

Belarus Overcome Cyprus For Seventh Win

29.08.2009

Packed House See Georgia Clinch Group C

26.08.2009

Dutch Settle For Second Behind Magnificent Montenegro

26.08.2009

It’s Barely Belarus In Group B!

26.08.2009

Undefeated Montenegro Seal Place In Division B Play-Offs

22.08.2009

Swiss Hand Belarus First Defeat

22.08.2009

Georgia Thrash Slovakia, Ireland Win

22.08.2009

EuroBasket 2009

SCOREBOARD

Qualifying Round

Qualifying Round

Promotion Round

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

GROUP A

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

1.

8/0

/

16

2.

5/3

/

13

3.

4/4

/

12

4.

3/5

/

11

5.

0/8

/

8

Denmark ()

65 - 82

Final score

Montenegro ()

Iceland ()

65 - 76

Final score

Austria ()

FINAL STANDINGS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

9.

11.

11.

13.

13.

13.

13.

PHOTO GALLERY

EuroBasket

Picture Gallery

22. Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Georgia)

Open gallery

116 PHOTOS

22. Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Georgia)

22. Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Georgia)

22. Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Georgia)

21. Tyrone Ellis (Georgia)

5. Vladimer Boisa (Georgia)

15. Mihai Vlad Silvasan (Romania)

14. Logi Gunnarsson (Iceland)

10. Páll Vilbergsson (Iceland)

6. Pavel Ermolinskij (Iceland), 6. David Jandl (Austria)

8. Milos Borisov (Montenegro)

12. Predrag Drobnjak (Montenegro)

12. Predrag Drobnjak (Montenegro)

14. Nikola Pekovic (Montenegro)

8. George Tsintsadze (Georgia)

4. Giorgi Gamqrelidze (Georgia), 6. Anatoli Boisa (Georgia), 9. Giorgi Shermadini (Georgia), 22. Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Georgia)

7. Zaza Pachulia (Georgia)

5. Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

5. Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

8. Jeremy Ormskerk (Netherlands)

5. Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

13. Jason Detrick (Austria)

8. Martin Speiser (Austria)

9. Peter Hütter (Austria)

14. Stjepan Stazic (Austria)

12. Hördur Vilhjálmsson (Iceland)

9. Jon Stefansson (Iceland)

5. Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

4. Rogier Jansen (Netherlands)

7. Zaza Pachulia (Georgia)

7. Zaza Pachulia (Georgia)

7. Zaza Pachulia (Georgia)

24. Patrick Andrew Kelly (Ireland)

13. Arvin Slagter (Netherlands)

5. Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

5. Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

14. Francisco Elson (Netherlands)

15. Matthias Mayer (Austria)

8. Martin Speiser (Austria)

12. Heinz Kügerl (Austria)

9. Jay Larranaga (Ireland)

10. Colin O'Reilly (Ireland)

Hannes Ochsenhofer (Austria)

Austria Coach Nedeljko Asceric

David Jandl (Austria)

Heinz Kügerl (Austria)

Deteri Mayes (Austria)

Christoph Nagler (Austria)

Alexandros Liatsos (Cyprus)

Yahor Meshcharakou (Belarus)

Aliaksandr Kudrautsau (Belarus)

Siarhei Charykau (Belarus)

Siarhei Charykau (Belarus)

JoJo Garcia (Cyprus), Aleh Kojenets (Belarus)

JoJo Garcia (Cyprus), Aleh Kojenets (Belarus)

JoJo Garcia (Cyprus), Aleh Kojenets (Belarus)

Sigurdur Thorsteinsson (Iceland)

Fridrik Stefánsson (Iceland)

Jon Stefansson (Iceland)

Hlynur Baeringsson (Iceland)

Adama Darbo (Denmark)

Nicolai Iversen (Denmark)

Adama Darbo (Denmark)

Rogier Jansen (Netherlands)

Francisco Elson (Netherlands)

Chris Christoffersen (Denmark), Peter van Paassen (Netherlands)

Patrick Hilliman (Netherlands)

Kees Akerboom (Netherlands)

Francisco Elson (Netherlands)

Jeremy Ormskerk (Netherlands)

Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

Francisco Elson (Netherlands)

Remon Van de Hare (Netherlands)

Chris Christoffersen (Denmark)

Logi Gunnarsson (Iceland)

Logi Gunnarsson (Iceland)

Jon Stefansson (Iceland)

Matthias Mayer (Austria)

Benedikt Danek (Austria)

Deteri Mayes (Austria)

Peter Hütter (Austria)

Dusan Mladjan (Switzerland)

Panagiotis Trisokkas (Cyprus)

Dusan Mladjan (Switzerland)

Steeve Louissaint (Switzerland)

Aristides Koronides (Cyprus)

JoJo Garcia (Cyprus)

Michalis Kounounis (Cyprus)

Panagiotis Trisokkas (Cyprus)

Panagiotis Trisokkas (Cyprus)

Valentin Wegmann (Switzerland)

Andreas Pilavas (Cyprus)

Aristides Koronides (Cyprus)

Peter van Paassen (Netherlands)

Arvin Slagter (Netherlands)

Francisco Elson (Netherlands)

Robert Krabbendam (Netherlands)

Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

Peter van Paassen (Netherlands)

Francisco Elson (Netherlands)

Francisco Elson (Netherlands)

Goran Nikolic and Nikola Pekovic (Montenegro)

Stefan Wessels (Netherlands)

Bryan Defares (Netherlands)

Kenny Grant (Sweden)

Jonas Jerebko (Sweden)

Albania

ALB

Austria

AUT

Belarus

BLR

Cyprus

CYP

Denmark

DEN

Georgia

GEO

Iceland

ISL

Ireland

IRL

Luxembourg

LUX

Montenegro

MNE

Netherlands

NED

Romania

ROU

Slovak Republic

SVK

Sweden

SWE

Switzerland

SUI