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 does not play often enough. 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.
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) | |
| 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) | |
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. |
Starter |
Bench |
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
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Andrey Kislitsin
-
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.
References
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