Georgian Rugby Championship

10 clubs from all over the country are fighting for the title ^[2] . From the 2012–2013 season, the championship began to begin in early September and end in May. According to the results of the championship, the elite leaves the club, which took the last place. Its place is taken by the winner of the second strongest division (First League) ^[3] , the penultimate team holds butt games. At the regular stage, the teams play with each other at home and away, defining the six teams for the playoffs. The playoffs start from the quarterfinal stage, which includes clubs that have taken 3-6th places at the regular stage. The “take-off” stage consists of one match. In the first semi-final there are winners of quarter-finals, the so-called lower grid. In the second team, who took 1st and 2nd places in the regular season, the so-called upper bracket. Further in Big 10 an unusual rule comes into force (the “Australian system”). The winner of the second semi-final (upper bracket) automatically reaches the final. The second finalist is determined in the face-to-face confrontation between the winning club of the first semi-final (lower bracket) and the loser of the second semi-final (upper bracket) ^[3] .

Tbilisi

Kutaisi

Bolnisi

Batumi

Burn

The geography of the participants of the Georgian Rugby Championship 2016/2017 season

Season 2016—2017: ^[4]

• “Aya” ( Kutaisi )
• Academy ( Tbilisi )
• Armazi ( Tbilisi )
• “Army” ( Tbilisi )
• Bagrati ( Kutaisi )
• “Batumi” ( Batumi )
• Jikebi ( Gori )
• Lelo-Saracens ( Tbilisi )
• Lokomotiv ( Tbilisi )
• Cochés ( Bolnisi )

Notes: From the 2014–2015 season, Kochechi changed the city of deployment from Tbilisi to Bolnisi ^[2] . In July 2014, Lelo and the Saracens Club of London signed a cooperation agreement, as a result of which the team became known as Lelo-Saracens ^[5] .

Finals