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Georgian Superliga
SportBasketball
Founded1991
No. of teams8
Country Georgia
ContinentEurope FIBA Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		BC MIA Academy
Most titlesBC Vita Tbilisi (7 titles)
Official websitehttp://www.superleague.ge/

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]

Teams for the 2014/15 Season

Champions

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1991 Dinamo Tbilisi
1992 Dinamo Tbilisi
1993 BC Vita Tbilisi Merani Tbilisi
2-0
1994 BC Vita Tbilisi BC Tbilisi
2-1
1995 BC Vita Tbilisi Kaktusi Tbilisi
2-1
1996 BC Vita Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi
2-1
1997 BC Vita Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi
2–0
1998 BC Vita Tbilisi
1999 BASCO Batumi Azoti Rustavi
3-1
2000 BASCO Batumi
2001 BASCO Batumi BC STU Tbilisi
2–0
2002 BASCO Batumi Dinamo Tbilisi
3-0
2003 Dinamo Tbilisi BASCO Batumi
3-2
2004 BASCO Batumi Dinamo Tbilisi
3–2
2005 STU-Geocell Tbilisi Aviamsheni Tbilisi
3-2
2006 Aviamsheni Tbilisi Azoti Rustavi
3-2
2007 Azoti Rustavi Aviamsheni Tbilisi
3-0
2008 Energy Invest Rustavi Aviamsheni Tbilisi
3-1
2009 Energy Invest Rustavi GSAU Tbilisi
3–0
2010 Energy Invest Rustavi BC TSU Tbilisi
3–1
2011 BC Armia BC TSU Tbilisi
3-1
2012 BC Armia BC Olimpi Tbilisi
3-1
2013 BC MIA Academy BC Olimpi Tbilisi
3-2
2014 Dinamo Tbilisi Kutaisi-2010
3–1
2015 BC MIA Academy Dinamo Tbilisi
3-1

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Past results (in Georgian)"
  2. ^ "თსუ-ს, სტუ-სა და თსსუ-ს გუნდები მთავრობისგან დაფინანსებას ითხოვენ (in Georgian)"
  3. ^ http://a-league.ge/ge/news/?uin=3175


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