Kyrgyzstan men's national basketball team

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.

Kyrgyzstan
FIBA ranking169 (9 December 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationKBF
CoachIliya Isakov
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
Asian Championships
Appearances1 (1995)
MedalsNone

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

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
4PGShakirzhan KuranbaevDank1986 (age 28)197 cm (6 ft 5)217 lb
5FStanislav BatrakovBishkek Dynamo(1984-04-19)April 19, 1984 (age 30)205 cm (6 ft 7)228 lb
6PGKonstantin UsenkoDank1989 (age 25)194 cm (6 ft 4)192 lb
7SG/SFKanat IbrayevDank(1983-05-28)May 28, 1983 (age 31)191 cm (6 ft 3)183 lb
8GEngelsov JanarbekAla-Too(1992-01-26)January 26, 1992 (age 23)188
9G(1986-05-11)May 11, 1986 (age 23)193
10FStanislav ShirobokovFree Agent1988 (age 26)203 cm (6 ft 8)239 lb
11F(1987-03-29)March 29, 1987 (age 22)202
12CSergei KazantcevKaspiy Aktau(1984-02-25)February 25, 1984 (age 30)210 cm (6 ft 11 in)213 lb
13CMaksim CherniavskyFree Agent1985 (age 29)233 cm (7 ft 7 in)
14PG(1987-12-20)December 20, 1987 (age 21)175
15CRobert PanAla-Too1992 (age 21)223 cm (7 ft 3 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

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

  • Dmitriy Danishin (2003-2010)
  • Vladimir Gellert (2007-2012)
  • Baish Adiyev (2008-2011)

Non National Team Players

  • Andrey Kislitsin
  • Denis Polokhin
  • Anton Dorosev
  • Erns Uulu Zhanysh

Coaches

Coach Name Year From Year To Nationality
Evgeni Krystov19931994Kyrgyzstan
Hamid Lakov19941999Kyrgyzstan
*Aleksandr Kyrinakov19991999Kyrgyzstan
Unknown Coach(es)19992007Kyrgyzstan
Iliya Isakov2007presentKyrgyzstan

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

Year Position Tournament Host
19958th1995 ABC ChampionshipSeoul, South Korea
2021TBD2021 FIBA Asia CupTBD, TBD

Novruz Cup

Year Position Tournament Host
20122nd2012 Novruz CupBaku, Azerbaijan
20132nd2013 Novruz CupTashkent, Uzbekistan
20143rd2014 Novruz CupBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2015?2015 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.

See also

  • Kyrgyzstan women's national basketball team
  • Kyrgyzstan national under-19 basketball team
  • Kyrgyzstan national under-17 basketball team
  • Kyrgyzstan national 3x3 team

References

  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
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