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	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

References

^ "Georgia FIBA Europe". eurobasket.com. 19 February 2024.

External links

Official website (in Georgian)
Georgia FIBA profile

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[1] "Georgia FIBA Europe". eurobasket.com. 19 February 2024.

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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

v t e National members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
FIBA Africa	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CPV CAF CHA COM CGO COD CIV DJI EGY GEQ ERI ETH GAB GAM GHA GUI GBA KEN LES LBR LBA MAD MAW MLI MTN MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG NGR RWA RSA STP SENl SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD SWZ TAN TGA TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
FIBA Americas	ANT ARG AUR BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA BVI CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MEX MSR AHO NCA PAN PAR PER PUR MSR SKN VIN SUR TCA TRI URU USA ISV VEN
FIBA Asia	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRN CAM CHN PRK HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI SYR TJK THA TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
FIBA Europe	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROM RUS SMR SCO SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR WAL
FIBA Oceania	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM KIR MHL NRU NCL NZL NMI PLW PNG SAM SOL TAH TGA TUV VAN Wallis & Futuna
Pinnacle Events Olympics World Cup

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

v t e National members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
FIBA Africa	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CPV CAF CHA COM CGO COD CIV DJI EGY GEQ ERI ETH GAB GAM GHA GUI GBA KEN LES LBR LBA MAD MAW MLI MTN MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG NGR RWA RSA STP SENl SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD SWZ TAN TGA TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
FIBA Americas	ANT ARG AUR BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA BVI CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MEX MSR AHO NCA PAN PAR PER PUR MSR SKN VIN SUR TCA TRI URU USA ISV VEN
FIBA Asia	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRN CAM CHN PRK HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI SYR TJK THA TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
FIBA Europe	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROM RUS SMR SCO SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR WAL
FIBA Oceania	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM KIR MHL NRU NCL NZL NMI PLW PNG SAM SOL TAH TGA TUV VAN Wallis & Futuna
Pinnacle Events Olympics World Cup

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