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Superleague 2009/2010 - round 14
Energy Rustavi 103 Sokhumi 69
GSAU 75 Batumi 62
Samedicino 65 SHSS Tbilisi 81
Merani 58 Dynamo Tbilisi 83
TSU 20 Avia 0
Man of the round was GSAU's Beka Tsivtsivadze with 25 pts + 7 rebs + 7 assists.
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Superleague 2009/2010 - round 16
Energy Rustavi 79 SHSS Tbilisi 76
Sokhumi 104 Dynamo Tbilisi 92
Samedicino 76 Batumi 105
Merani 69 TSU 158
GSAU 20 Avia 0
Man of the round was TSU's Vakhtang Minashvili with 41 pts + 5 rebs.
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Superleague 2009/2010 - round 17
Energy Rustavi 107 Dynamo Tbilisi 76
SHSS Tbilisi 86 Batumi 75
TSU 107 Sokhumi 77
Merani 97 GSAU 119
Samedicino 20 Avia 0
Man of the round was GSAU's Beka Tsivtsivadze with 29 pts + 9 assists.
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Superleague 2009/2010 - round 18
TSU 119 Samedicino 96
Dynamo Tbilisi 73 SHSS Tbilisi 79
GSAU 78 Energy Rustavi 89
Batumi 105 Sokhumi 78
Merani 20 Avia 0
Man of the round was TSU's Vakhtang Minashvili with 53 pts + 11 rebounds... in 28 minutes.
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Superleague All-Star 2010
Beruashvili team 133 Kobeshavidze team 114
MVP: Akaki Dvalishvili
Dunk contest winner: Gigi Barbakadze
Three-point contest winner: Kote Tugushi
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Superleague 2009/2010 - playoff quarter-finals: game 1
Energy Rustavi 103 Samedicino 56 (1-0)
Batumi 70 SHSS Tbilisi 75 OT (0-1)
Dynamo Tbilisi 78 GSAU 88 (0-1)
Sokhumi 79 TSU 100 (0-1)
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Superleague 2009/2010 - playoff quarter-finals: game 2
Samedicino 54 Energy Rustavi 86 (0-2)
SHSS Tbilisi 84 Batumi 95 (1-1)
GSAU 85 Dynamo Tbilisi 88 (1-1)
TSU 85 Sokhumi 74 (2-0)
Energy Rustavi and TSU are in the semis.
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Golden Opportunities For Georgia Teen Shengelia
Georgia were once the nearly men of European basketball.
Stuck in EuroBasket Division B, Georgia has always had a talented squad and almost won promotion in 2005 and 2007 but suffered upset defeats that cost them a spot in Division A.
The most disappointing setback of all came on August 29 in 2007, when they travelled to Reykjavik to take on Iceland.
Heavily favored going into the game, Georgia lost 76-75 and ended up missing out on the Promotion Round.
Georgia finally accomplished their mission of reaching Division A last summer.
They advanced to the Promotion Round and then hammered Belarus 175-159 over two legs to clinch promotion.
Georgia have big-name players like Atlanta Hawks center Zaza Pachulia and former NBA player Nikoloz Tskitishvili.
One of the players that will be prominent in the near future is 18-year-old Tornike Shengelia, who has made three appearances for the senior side the last two summers.
The 2.05m small forward, who is on the books of Power Electronics Valencia in Spain's ACB, works out with the team but usually plays for Valencia's LEB EBA side and leads the team in scoring at better than 16 points per contest.
He was in the squad over the weekend when Valencia won the Eurocup Finals in Vitoria.
Shengelia spoke to Jeff Taylor for FIBA Europe.
What's it like for a Georgian to move to Spain to play basketball?
Tornike Shengelia: The first year was really hard. I didn't know the language and I was alone here, but after four or five months, it was so much easier. The basketball level is incredible. It's a much higher level - the top basketball in Europe. They have everything here - ACB teams and the LEB.
We noticed that Valencia coach Neven Spahija had you working out with the seniors in practice as they prepared for their recent ACB game against Bilbao, and you had to guard Thomas Kelati.
Tornike Shengelia: It's really good. Once you go up against those guys, you notice the difference when you play in the second team.
So you work out with one of the best teams in Spain but usually get most of your minutes in the second team in the EBA?
Tornike Shengelia: Yes, if I just play with the first team, I don't get that many opportunities to play (in games) so the second team allows me to get minutes. It's good to have games. I played in three Eurocup games, though.
You represented Georgia at the U20 European Championship Division B last year and averaged 17.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists but also were in the senior team squad?
Tornike Shengelia: Actually it was my second year with Georgia (senior team). This year was really incredible. We went to Division A, and I got a lot of experience by being able to play with some great players, some who are in the NBA or have been in the NBA.
So the national team is another golden opportunity for you to develop as a player. It's quite impressive that as a teenager, you are already in the national team squad.
Tornike Shengelia: All I'm trying to do is to get myself better every time that I step onto the court.
What do you think Georgia's chances are this year in terms of reaching next year's EuroBasket? You will take on Belgium, Portugal, Poland and Bulgaria in qualifying Group C.
Tornike Shengelia: We have a chance. This year, the group we have, there is not one favorite team. We can go far. We have a good team.
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Superleague 2009/2010 - playoff quarter-finals: game 3
Batumi 87 SHSS Tbilisi 88 95 (1-2)
Dynamo Tbilisi 91 GSAU 98 (1-2)
SHSS Tbilisi and GSAU join Energy Rustavi and TSU in the semis.
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Superleague 2009/2010 - playoff semi-finals: game 1
Energy Rustavi 82 SHSS Tbilisi 76 (1-0)
GSAU 81 TSU 90 (0-1)
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Superleague 2009/2010 - playoff semi-finals: game 2
Energy Rustavi 83 SHSS Tbilisi 63 (2-0)
GSAU 67 TSU 82 (0-2)
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Superleague 2009/2010 - playoff semi-finals: game 3
SHSS Tbilisi 75 Energy Rustavi 95 (0-3)
TSU 72 GSAU 59 (3-0)
Energy Rustavi and TSU will play the finals.
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Superleague 2009/2010 - playoff finals: game 1
Energy Rustavi 80 TSU 69 (1-0)
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Superleague 2009/2010 - playoff finals: game 2
Energy Rustavi 75 TSU 84 (1-1)
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