B.C. VITA Tbilisi

VITA Tbilisi
Leagues Georgian Superliga
VTB United League
Founded 1992
Arena Tbilisi Sports Palace
Arena Capacity 9,700
Location Tbilisi, Georgia
President Temur Datikashvili
Vice-president(s) Kakha Shengelia
Team manager Levan Mikeladze
Head coach Nikolajs Mazurs
Championships 7 Georgian Championships
Website bcvita.com
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B.C. VITA Tbilisi is a professional basketball team based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Home games of the club are played in the Tbilisi Sports Palace, which has a capacity of 9,700 people.

History

During the '90s VITA dominitaed the Georgian Superliga, and won 6 consecutive championships from 1993 through 1998.[1] In the 2015–16 season, they entered the VTB United League.[2]

Honours

Current roster

BC Vita Tbilisi roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F 4 Georgia (country) Maisuradze, Davit 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1990-05-03)3 May 1990
G 5 Georgia (country) Chlaidze, Irakli 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 26 – (1989-12-07)7 December 1989
PF 6 Georgia (country) Bitadze, Goga 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 17 – (1999-07-20)20 July 1999
F 7 Georgia (country) Berishvili, Mikheil 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 29 – (1987-04-12)12 April 1987
SG 8 Georgia (country) Bokolishvili, Merab 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (1992-02-26)26 February 1992
F 9 Georgia (country) Revazashvili, Maizer 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 19 – (1996-12-19)19 December 1996
PG 10 Georgia (country) Zakradze, Luka 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 20 – (1996-04-10)10 April 1996
SF 11 Georgia (country) Shengelia, Levan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 26 – (1990-08-31)31 August 1990
G 13 Russia Staratelev, Vladislav 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 20 – (1996-06-04)4 June 1996
PG 15 United States Pierria, Henry 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – (1993-01-20)20 January 1993
C 20 Ukraine Anikienko, Kostiantyn 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 24 – (1992-10-09)9 October 1992
Head coach
  • Latvia Nikolajs Mazurs
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

References

  1. ↑ "B.C. VITA Tbilisi – Team Profile". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "A change of teams in the VTB League". Eurohoops. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

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