BC Barsy Atyrau

Barsy Atyrau
Leagues Kazakhstan Basketball Championship
Founded 2003
History BC Barsy Atyrau
(2003–present)
Arena Sports and Recreation complex Atyrau
Arena Capacity 400
Location Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Team colors Green, White
         
President Muhambetkaliev Esetovich
Head coach Edward Skripets
Championships 1 Domestic Titles
1 Domestic Cups
Website bcbarsy.kz (Russian)

Basketball Club "BC" Barsy Atyrau (Russian: Баскетбольный клуб "БК" Барсы Атырау) is a Kazakhstani professional[1] basketball club based in the city of Atyrau in western Kazakhstan.

Founded in 2003, Barsy has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship, where they were champions in 2011, the Kazakhstan Basketball Cup (winning in 2009) and the Baltic Basketball League.

For the 2014-2015 season, the team competed in the Rietumu līga (Western league), a regional basketball league in Latvia.

History

Barsy Atyrau was founded in 2003 with impetus from the Atyrau region Basketball Federation and the Atyrau Board for Tourism and Sports, the Orsk Basketball Federation also provided help, such as sending Leonid Novikov to serve as a coach and adviser.[2]

A women's section was established for the 2007-08 season.[2]

The team won its first trophy in 2009, winning that year's edition of the Kazakhstan Basketball Cup.[3]

In the 2010-2011 season, Barsy finished the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship regular season in first place.[4] They then swept Caspiy Aktau in three games to reach the playoff finals for the first time ever.[5] Pitted against Tobol Kostanay, the previous year's runners-up, they also won the series 3-0 to win their maiden national championship.[6][7]

Starting from 2010, Barsy also played in the Baltic Basketball League, a regional league with teams from the Baltic states and some invited countries.[2] They played the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons in the second division Challenge Cup. From 2012-13), all teams were placed inside four groups in one overall division, the Kazakhstanis advanced to the Last 16. During the 2013-14 season they advanced from their group to the playoffs with a 5-7 record, losing in the first round to Šiauliai.[8]

In 2013-14 the club reached the Kazakhstan league finals again, however they were comfortably swept in 3 games by holders BC Astana.[9]

Barsy played in the Rietumu līga (Western League), a regional basketball league in Latvia during the 2014-15 season. They finished second of the regular season with a 15-3 record before reaching the playoff semifinals.[10]

Whilst playing in foreign leagues, Barsy have played all their games on the road.[11]

Titles

References

  1. ↑ Bello, Mike (3 March 2015). "Former Spartan Goode to Compete in Kazakhstan". Norfolk State Spartans. Norfolk (Virgina). Retrieved 20 June 2015. [He] signed a professional contract to play for BK Barsy Atyrau
  2. 1 2 3 История [History]. Barsy Atyrau (in Russian). Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Достижения [Progress]. Barsy Atyrau (in Russian). Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "KAZ – Barsy win regular season; Astana, Irtysh in women’s final". FIBA. Atyrau/Astana. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "KAZ – Barsy take on Tobol in Finals". FIBA. Atyrau/Astana. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "KAZ – Barsy surge into 2-0 Finals lead". FIBA. Atyrau. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Eurobasket news report – 5/11/2011: Barsy Atyrau are new D1 champions". Eurobasket.com. Atyrau. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Baranauskas, Povilas (25 February 2014). "Siauliai hold back Barsy's late surge". Baltic Basketball League. Siauliai. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Astana captures Kazakh championship". VTB United League. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rietumulīga - Kurzemes Radio līga 2014 - 2015 basketbolā" [Western league – Kurzemes Radio basketball league 2014-2015]. Rietumulīga.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "The field is set for 2013/14 BBL season". Baltic Basketball League. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

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