Kyrgyzstan national basketball team
The Kyrgyzstan national basketball team is the national Basketball team of Kyrgyzstan, Asia. Kyrgyzstan currently doesn't have a FIBA world rank because the national team don't play very often. They're last match was in 2014 in the Novruz Cup tournament which was held in Kyrgyzstan on March 17 and ended on March 21st. Four teams competed in the tournament; Kyrgyzstan, Kazakh CSKA club, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. But other than the Novruz Cup they haven't really played a friendly or international match since 2012, which they lost to Azerbaijan. The majority of their best players play in Kazakhstan, including rebounding expert center Sergei Kazantcev and Turkish-born player Andrey Kislitsin.
Liga Forward
The only league in Kyrgyzstan is Liga Forward which consists of mostly Kyrgyzstan players but also features ex-Kazakhstan internationals and ex-Uzbekistan internationals. Most Kyrgyzstan players start off in Liga Forward but they usually move elsewhere like the National Basketball League (Kazakhstan) or the Division 1 of Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyzstan National Basketball Team
Roster
Head coach: Iliya Isakov
| # |
Pos |
Name |
Club or Team |
Date of Birth |
Height |
Weight |
| 4 | PG | Shakirzhan Kuranbaev | Dank | 1986 (age 28) | 197 cm (6 ft 5) | 217 lb |
| 5 | F | Stanislav Batrakov | Bishkek Dynamo | (1984-04-19)April 19, 1984 (age 30) | 205 cm (6 ft 7) | 228 lb |
| 6 | PG | Konstantin Usenko | Dank | 1989 (age 25) | 194 cm (6 ft 4) | 192 lb |
| 7 | SG/SF | Kanat Ibrayev | Dank | (1983-05-28)May 28, 1983 (age 31) | 191 cm (6 ft 3) | 183 lb |
| 8 | G | Engelsov Janarbek | Ala-Too | (1992-01-26)January 26, 1992 (age 23) | 188 |
| 9 | G | | | (1986-05-11)May 11, 1986 (age 23) | 193 |
| 10 | F | Stanislav Shirobokov | Free Agent | 1988 (age 26) | 203 cm (6 ft 8) | 239 lb |
| 11 | F | | | (1987-03-29)March 29, 1987 (age 22) | 202 |
| 12 | C | Sergei Kazantcev | Kaspiy Aktau | (1984-02-25)February 25, 1984 (age 30) | 210 cm (6 ft 11 in) | 213 lb |
| 13 | C | Maksim Cherniavsky | Free Agent | 1985 (age 29) | 233 cm (7 ft 7 in) | (unknown)| |
| 14 | PG | | | (1987-12-20)December 20, 1987 (age 21) | 175 |
| 15 | C | Robert Pan | Ala-Too | 1992 (age 21) | 223 cm (7 ft 3 in) | (unknown)| |
Artem Borodenko | pos = | m = | kgs = | team = Dank
Aleksandr Adeykin | pos = F | m = | kgs = 94 | team = Bishkek Dynamo
| pos = C | m = 2.23 | kgs = | team = Barsy Atyrau|
Depth Chart
| Pos. |
Starter |
Bench |
Reserve |
2nd Reserve |
|---|
| C |
Sergei Kazantcev | Robert Pan | Maksim Cherniavsky | |
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| PF |
Stanislav Batrakov | Maksim Bloschinskiy | Artem Borodenko | Ruslan Pekhov |
|
| SF |
Stanislav Shirobokov | Pavel Torin | Aleksandr Adeykin | Ilya Kobcev |
|
| SG |
Kanat Ibrayev | Azamat Kurmanov | Yuriy Cherevko | Ihtiyar Jaro |
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| PG |
Shakirzhan Kuranbaev | Konstantin Usenko | Andrey Specht | Shakil Kuranbaev |
|
Former Players
Dmitriy Danishin (2003-2010)
Vladimir Gellert (2007-2012)
Baish Adiyev (2008-2011)
Non National Team Players
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Andrey Kislitsin
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Denis Polokhin
- Anton Dorosev
- Erns Uulu Zhanysh
Coaches
Current Staff
| Head Coach |
Iliya Isakov |
| Assistant Coach |
Husandzan Dzarov |
| U21 Coach |
 Alexandr Levanakov |
| U18 Coach |
Aleksandr Dolzhenkov |
| U18 Assistant Coach |
Rasulbek Begaliev |
| Physiotherapist |
Ruslan Orebenko |
|
Results
FIBA Asia Championship
Novruz Cup
Footnotes
*Was Assistant Coach but the Liga Forward had to make a quick decision to put him as an Interim Coach. He only took charge for 2 matches in which Kyrinakov lost both and therefore was fired. However, it is unknown who was coach after that and it is also unknown that they played any games.
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