# 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.
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 |
| 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) | |

### 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 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

| 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 Cup

| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1960 to 1991 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1993 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1995 | 8th place | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 1997 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1999 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2001 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2003 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2005 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2007 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2009 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2011 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2013 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2025 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| Total | 1/31 | 8 | 3 | 5 |

### Novruz Cup

| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
| 2012 | 2nd | 2012 Novruz Cup | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 2013 | 2nd | 2013 Novruz Cup | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 2014 | 3rd | 2014 Novruz Cup | Bishkek, 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.