Didi 10 Explained

Crocobet Didi 10
Current Season:	2024–25 Didi 10 season
Pixels:	250px
Sport:	Rugby union
Owner:	Georgia Rugby Union
Inaugural:	1990
Teams:	10
Country:	Georgia
Champion:	RC Aia Kutaisi (2023-24)
Most Champs:	RC Locomotive Tbilisi (10 titles)
Tv:	Rugby TV (Georgian)
Sponsor:	Crocobet
Website:	rugby.ge

The Didi 10 ("Big 10") is a professional^[1] domestic rugby union club competition in Georgia. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Crocobet Didi 10.^[2] It is the top tier of rugby competition in the country.^[3]

Current season

• Ares Kutaisi
• Khvamli Tbilisi
  • Lelo Saracens RC Aia Kutaisi (2023-24 Champions)
• RC Army Tbilisi (Promoted from 2023-24 Georgian First League)
• RC Batumi
• RC Kochebi Bolnisi
• RC Rustavi Kharebi
• Tao Samtskhe-Javakheti (Promoted from 2023-24 Georgian First League)

2024–25 Didi 10 table!Pos!Team!Pld!W!D!L!PF!PA!PD!TB!LB!Pts!Qualification

1	Ares Kutaisi	2	2	0	0	93	59	+34	1	0	9	For elimination finals
2		2	2	0	0	47	18	+29	1	0	9
3		2	2	0	0	47	31	+16	0	0	8	For third time finals
4	Rustavi Kharebi	2	1	0	0	45	47	-2	0	1	5
5	Army Tbilisi	2	1	0	0	37	39	-2	0	1	5
6	Khvamli Tbilisi	2	1	0	1	56	65	-9	1	0	5
7	Tao Samtskhe-Javakheti	2	1	0	1	25	46	-21	0	0	4
8	Lelo Saracens	2	0	0	2	22	32	-10	0	2	2
9	Kochebi Bolnisi	2	0	0	2	35	51	-16	0	1	1	Play-off with 2024–25 Georgian First League runner-up
10	Batumi	2	0	0	2	31	50	-19	0	1	1	Relegation to Georgian First League

List of Champions

Georgian SSR Championship! #! Year! ! !

1	1967			GPI Tbilisi
2	1968			GPI Tbilisi
3	1969			GPI Tbilisi
4	1970			Spartak Tbilisi
5	1971			Aia Kutaisi
6	1972			Locomotive Kutaisi
7	1973			Aia Kutaisi
8	1974			Aia Kutaisi
9	1975			Aia Kutaisi
10	1976			Aia Kutaisi
11	1977		Elva Tbilisi	Aia Kutaisi
12	1978		Spartak Tbilisi	GPI Tbilisi
--	1979	Not Held
13	1980		KPI Kutaisi
14	1981			-
15	1982			SKA VVS Tbilisi
16	1983–84		Shevardeni Tbilisi	-
17	1984–85	ZVI Tbilisi	-
18	1986		Spartak Tbilisi
19	1987		Samtoeli Chiatura	-
20	1988			Samtoeli Chiatura
21	1989	Aisi Kutaisi	ZVI Tbilisi	Shevardeni Tbilisi

Independent Championships of Georgia^[4] !#!Year!!!

1	1990	Aia Kutaisi	Elmavali	Mimino
2	1991	Aia Kutaisi	Vesta Tbilisi	Gelati
3	1992	Vesta Tbilisi	Aia Kutaisi	Chokhatauri
4	1993	Rustavi Kharebi	Shevardeni Tbilisi	Aia Kutaisi
5	1994		Rustavi Kharebi	Aia Kutaisi
6	1995	Aia Kutaisi	Gumar Tbilisi	Tbilisi
7	1996	Gumar Tbilisi	Kochebi Bolnisi	Hawks
8	1997	Kochebi Bolnisi	Aia Kutaisi	Rustavi Kharebi
9	1998	Kochebi Bolnisi	Batumi Bears	ASK
10	1999	Batumi Bears	Kochebi Bolnisi	Locomotive Tbilisi
11	2000	Locomotive Tbilisi	Kochebi Bolnisi	ASK
12	2001	Locomotive Tbilisi	Batumi Bears	Kochebi Bolnisi
13	2002	Batumi Bears	Batumi Bears 2	Locomotive Tbilisi
14	2003	Locomotive Tbilisi	Kochebi Bolnisi	Academy Tbilisi
15	2004	Lelo Saracens	Academy Tbilisi	Batumi Bears
16	2005	Locomotive Tbilisi	Academy Tbilisi	Hooligana
17	2006	Locomotive Tbilisi	Dinamo Tbilisi	Kochebi Bolnisi
18	2007	Kochebi Bolnisi	Lelo Saracens	Locomotive Tbilisi
19	2008	Locomotive Tbilisi	Lelo Saracens	Kochebi Bolnisi
20	2009	Lelo Saracens	Batumi	Locomotive Tbilisi
21	2010	Locomotive Tbilisi	Lelo Saracens	Kochebi Bolnisi
22	2011	Armia Tbilisi	Aia Kutaisi	Locomotive Tbilisi
23	2012–13	Lelo Saracens	Armia Tbilisi	Aia Kutaisi
24	2013–14	Lelo Saracens	Armia Tbilisi	Locomotive Tbilisi
25	2014–15	Lelo Saracens	Locomotive Tbilisi	Kochebi Bolnisi
26	2015–16	Lelo Saracens	Locomotive Tbilisi	Jiki Gori
27	2016–17	Jiki Gori	Batumi	Lelo Saracens
28	2017–18	Locomotive Tbilisi	Aia Kutaisi	Jiki Gori
29	2018–19	Batumi	Rustavi Kharebi	Armazi Marneuli
30	2019–20	Discontinued due to the pandemic.^[5]
31	2020–21	Aia Kutaisi	Batumi	Academy Tbilisi
32	2021–22	Batumi	Kochebi Bolnisi	Rustavi Kharebi
33	2022–23	Rustavi Kharebi	Batumi	Lelo Saracens
34	2023–24	Aia Kutaisi	Lelo Saracens	Kochebi Bolnisi
35	2024–25	TBC

Finals

Independent Championships of Georgia finals!Year!Date!Venue!Home!Score!Away!Referee

1990	09/12	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Elmavali	3 – 10	Aia Kutaisi	Abashidze
1991	14/07	Aia Arena	Aia Kutaisi	11 – 6	Vesta Tbilisi	Abashidze
1992	05/07	Grigol Jomartidze Stadium	Aia Kutaisi	6 – 16	Vesta Tbilisi	Mgeladze
1997	30/11	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Rustavi Kharebi	20 – 8	Aia Kutaisi	Declo
1998	06/12	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Rustavi Kharebi	30 – 10	Batumi Bears	Claver
2000	05/12	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	Locomotive Tbilisi	28 – 28	Kochebi Bolnisi	Robitashvili
2001	09/12	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	Locomotive Tbilisi	24 – 17	Batumi Bears	Wallen
2002	14/12	Batumi Stadium	Batumi Bears	27 – 10	Batumi Bears 2	Robitashvili
2003	20/12	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Locomotive Tbilisi	18 – 15	Kochebi Bolnisi	Mgeladze
2004	22/12	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	Lelo Saracens	30 – 28	Academy Tbilisi	Javakhishvili
2005	11/12	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	Locomotive Tbilisi	30 – 6	Academy Tbilisi	Mgeladze
2006	13/12	Shevardeni Stadium	Locomotive Tbilisi	27 –13	Dinamo Tbilisi	Chachua
2007	26/11	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Lelo Saracens	9 – 15	Rustavi Kharebi	Peshonber
2008	09/11	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Locomotive Tbilisi	19 – 9	Lelo Saracens	Raynal
2009	10/10	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Lelo Saracens	15 – 6	Batumi	Raynal
2010	14/11	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Lelo Saracens	11 – 6	Locomotive Tbilisi	Masiello
2011	05/11	Avchala Stadium	Armia Tbilisi	29 – 22	Aia Kutaisi	Lafon
2013	25/05	Shevardeni Stadium	Lelo Saracens	16 – 10	Armia Tbilisi	Wilkinson
2014	24/05	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Lelo Saracens	24 – 11	Armia Tbilisi	Fitzgibbon
2015	09/05	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Lelo Saracens	30 – 21	Locomotive Tbilisi	Wilkinson
2016	15/05	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Lelo Saracens	17 – 15	Locomotive Tbilisi	Gallagher
2017	14/05	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	Jiki Gori	28 – 22	Batumi	Murphy
2018	13/05	Avchala Stadium	Aia Kutaisi	10 – 29	Locomotive Tbilisi	Clancy
2019	12/05	Batumi Stadium	Batumi	36 – 11	Rustavi Kharebi	Amashukeli
2021	12/06	Aia Arena	Aia Kutaisi	16 – 13	Batumi	Amashukeli
2022	05/06	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	Batumi	23 – 14	Rustavi Kharebi	Amashukeli
2023	06/05	Avchala Stadium	Rustavi Kharebi	24 – 22	Batumi	Abulashvili
2024	28/04	Avchala Stadium	Lelo Saracens	3 – 19	Aia Kutaisi	Amashukeli

See also

• Rugby union in Georgia
• Georgia Cup
• Soviet Cup
• Soviet Championship

External links

• Georgia Champs
• Georgia Rugby Bunch

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rugby World Cup 2019: Georgia team guide | Sport | The Guardian . . 17 September 2019 .
2. Web site: Qsovreli . Zura . 2024-09-04 . crocobet დიდი 10 crocobet-ი და დიდი 10 დამეგობრდნენ . 2024-09-04 . Georgia Rugby Union . en-US.
3. Web site: რაგბის კავშირის სტატისტიკის სამსახური . 2024-05-25 . stat-rugby-ge.translate.goog.
4. Web site: კაცთა შინაური კვარცხლბეკი . 2024-09-07 . stat-rugby-ge.translate.goog.
5. Web site: დიდი 10 . 2024-09-07 . stat-rugby-ge.translate.goog.