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Kyrgyzstan men's national basketball team

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Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
FIBA rankingNR (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationKBF
CoachIliya Isakov
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances1 (1995)
MedalsNone

The Kyrgyzstan national basketball team is the national Basketball team of Kyrgyzstan, Asia. Their last match was in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification Central Asia playoff, a rout loss to Kazakhstan in Astana. The majority of their best players play in Kazakhstan, including rebounding expert center Sergei Kazantcev and Turkish-born player Andrey Kislitsin.

The team had its best year in 1995. Then, at the official 1995 Asian Basketball Championship, the team surprisingly finished ahead of favorites such as Iran, Philippines and Jordan.

A prominent player of Kyrgyzstani descent is also Kyranbek Makan who plays for China because he was born and raised there.

Liga Forward

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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

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Roster

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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 6 in) 217 lb
5 F Stanislav Batrakov Bishkek Dynamo (1984-04-19)April 19, 1984 (age 30) 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) 228 lb
6 PG Konstantin Usenko Dank 1989 (age 25) 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) 192 lb
7 SG/SF Kanat Ibrayev Dank (1983-05-28)May 28, 1983 (age 31) 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 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 in) 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 8 in)
14 PG (1987-12-20)December 20, 1987 (age 21) 175
15 C Robert Pan Ala-Too 1992 (age 21) 202 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Artem Borodenko      | pos =        | m =      | kg =    | team = Dank
Aleksandr Adeykin    | pos = F      | m =      | kg = 94 | team = Bishkek Dynamo
     | pos = C      | m = 2.23 | kg =    | team = Barsy Atyrau|

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Reserve 2nd Reserve
C Sergei Kazantcev Robert Pan Maksim Cherniavsky
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
PG Shakirzhan Kuranbaev Konstantin Usenko Andrey Specht Shakil Kuranbaev

Former players

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Non-national team players

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Coaches

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Coach Name Year From Year To Nationality
Evgeni Krystov 1993 1994 Kyrgyzstan
Hamid Lakov 1994 1999 Kyrgyzstan
*Aleksandr Kyrinakov 1999 1999 Kyrgyzstan
Unknown Coach(es) 1999 2007 Kyrgyzstan
Iliya Isakov 2007 present Kyrgyzstan

Current staff

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Head coach Kyrgyzstan Iliya Isakov
Assistant coach Kyrgyzstan Husandzan Dzarov
U21 Coach Kazakhstan Alexandr Levanakov
U18 Coach Kyrgyzstan Aleksandr Dolzhenkov
U18 Assistant Coach Kyrgyzstan Rasulbek Begaliev
Physiotherapist Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Orebenko

Results

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FIBA Asia Cup

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Year Position Pld W L
1960 to 1991 Part of Soviet Union
Indonesia 1993 Did not enter
South Korea 1995 8th place 8 3 5
Saudi Arabia 1997 Did not enter
Japan 1999
China 2001
China 2003
Qatar 2005
Japan 2007
China 2009
China 2011
Philippines 2013
China 2015 Did not qualify
Lebanon 2017
Indonesia 2022 Did not enter
Saudi Arabia 2025
Total 1/31 8 3 5

Novruz Cup

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Year Position Tournament Host
2012 2nd 2012 Novruz Cup Baku, Azerbaijan[2]
2013 2nd 2013 Novruz Cup Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2014 3rd 2014 Novruz Cup Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2015 ? 2015 Novruz Cup ?

Footnotes

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*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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  2. ^ http://www.jmt.basketballjobmarket.com/news/azerbaijan-beats-kyrgyzstan-and-claims-novruz-cup/ [bare URL]
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