Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
FIBA rankingNR (15 September 2023)[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

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 DynamoApril 19, 1984 (age 30)205 cm (6 ft 7)228 lb
6PGKonstantin UsenkoDank1989 (age 25)194 cm (6 ft 4)192 lb
7SG/SFKanat IbrayevDankMay 28, 1983 (age 31)191 cm (6 ft 3)183 lb
8GEngelsov JanarbekAla-TooJanuary 26, 1992 (age 23)188
9GMay 11, 1986 (age 23)193
10FStanislav ShirobokovFree Agent1988 (age 26)203 cm (6 ft 8)239 lb
11FMarch 29, 1987 (age 22)202
12CSergei KazantcevKaspiy AktauFebruary 25, 1984 (age 30)210 cm (6 ft 11 in)213 lb
13CMaksim CherniavskyFree Agent1985 (age 29)233 cm (7 ft 7 in)
14PGDecember 20, 1987 (age 21)175
15CRobert PanAla-Too1992 (age 21)202 cm (6 ft 7in)
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

  • Turkey Kyrgyzstan Andrey Kislitsin
  • Russia Kyrgyzstan Denis Polokhin
  • Kyrgyzstan Anton Dorosev
  • Kyrgyzstan 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 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

FIBA Asia Cup

Year Position Pld W L
1960 to 1991Part of Soviet Union
Indonesia 1993Did not enter
South Korea 19958th place835
Saudi Arabia 1997Did not enter
Japan 1999
China 2001
China 2003
Qatar 2005
Japan 2007
China 2009
China 2011
Philippines 2013
China 2015Did not qualify
Lebanon 2017
Indonesia 2022Did not enter
Saudi Arabia 2025
Total1/31835

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. September 15, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
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