Tbilisi Arena complex will host a decisive EuroBasket qualifiers match on Sunday evening, with Georgia and Türkiye facing each other.
On the second day of the Eurobasket 2022 on Saturday evening, the Georgian national team met Spain and lost 64:96.
Rati Andronikashvili from the Georgian team was the leader of the match with 13 points and four rebounds.
Photo: Georgian Basketball Federation/Facebook page
The opening match of the EurobaBasket for the Georgian national basketball team ended in a defeat to Belgium on Thursday.
Georgia is co-hosting the continent’s major basketball event for the first time, alongside Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic.
In an interview with agenda.ge, Viktor Sanikidze, the President of the Georgian Basketball Federation and former member of the national team, said co-hosting EuroBasket for the first time has been a “great recognition” for the country, as the tournament has been "one of the largest-scale, popular and highly rated sports events in the world".
Photo from Georgian Basketball Federation's Facebook page
The Georgian Public Broadcaster will broadcast the match between Georgia and Türkiye at 9 p.m. local Tbilisi time.
The spectators can also watch the game on the big screen in a fan zone organised by the GPB in Rike Park in the Georgian capital.