Georgian Superliga

Georgian Superliga

Founded	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
First season	1990–91
Country	Georgia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	11
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Georgian A-Liga
Current champions	TSU Tbilisi (1st title) (2022–23)
Most championships	Vita Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi (6 titles)
Website	www.superleague.ge
2023–24 Georgian Superliga

The Georgian Basketball Super League (Georgian: საკალათბურთო სუპერლიგა, Sakalatburto Superliga), also known as the Georgian Top League, is the highest professional basketball league in Georgia. The first season was played in 1991, and was won by Dinamo Tbilisi. The 1990s were dominated by BC Vita Tbilisi, who won the title a record 7 times. BC Batumi, and then Energy Invest Rustavi, dominated the following decade. More recently, the league was dominated by clubs attached to State departments, with first BC Armia (Ministry of Defense) establishing themselves as the country's leading club, and later BC MIA Academy(Ministry of Internal Affairs) winning the title.^[1]

2013/14 was the first season when none of the country's universities were represented in the Superliga. This followed the decision by the Ministry of Education to withdraw funding from professional sports teams.^[2] That season saw Dinamo Tbilisi regain the title in a convincing manner, only to lose it the following year to a rejuvenated BC MIA Academy side.

The 2014/15 season saw the introduction of a second tier in Georgian basketball, called the A-League (A-Liga). Thus, for the first time, teams at the bottom of the Superliga were in danger of losing their top-tier status through relegation play-offs. It was then announced that from the 2015/16 season, the club finishing bottom of the Superliga will automatically get relegated to the A-Liga.^[3]

2021–22 teams

• Batumi
• Cactus Tbilisi
• Tskhum-Abkhazeti (previously BC Delta)
• Dinamo Tbilisi
• Kutaisi
• Mega
• Olimpi Tbilisi
• Rustavi
• Titebi
• TSU Tbilisi
• Vera Tbilisi

Champions

Number Of Titles

All–time national champions

Total number of national champions won by Georgian clubs. Table includes titles won during the USSR Premier Basketball League (1923–1992).

Awards

Most Valuable Player Year Player Position Nationality Team 2011–12 Ben Woodside PG  United States Armia 2012–13 Deonta Vaughn PG  United States MIA Academy 2013–14 Stevan Milošević C  Montenegro Dinamo Tbilisi 2014–15 Akaki Dvalishvili PF  Georgia Rustavi 2015–16 Nikola Gacesa PF  Serbia Rustavi 2016–17 Giorgi Tsintsadze PG  Georgia Kutaisi 2017–18 Adam Blazek PG  United States Rustavi 2018–19 Adrian Bowie PG  United States Mgzavrebi 2019–20 Collin Malcolm F  United States Batumi 2020–21 Mike Davis G  United States Rustavi 2021–22 Lovell Cabbil PG  United States TSU Tbilisi 2022–23 Djimon Henson PG  United States TSU Tbilisi

Young Player of the Year Year Player Position Nationality Team 2011–12 Duda Sanadze SG  Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi 2012–13 Revaz Rogava SG  Georgia MIA Academy 2017–18 Giorgi Turdziladze C  Georgia Cactus Tbilisi 2018–19 Nika Darbaidze and Giorgi Korsantia F and PF  Georgia Olimpi Tbilisi and TSU Hyundai 2019–20 Nikoloz Gaprindashvili SF  Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi 2020–21 Luka Maziashvili G  Georgia Vera 2021–22 Vladimer Tavakarashvili PF  Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi

References

External links

• Official Website
• Eurobasket.com League Page