# Kazakhstan men's national volleyball team

The Kazakhstan men's national volleyball team represents Kazakhstan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches.

## Competition history
### World Championship

| World Championship record | World Championship record | World Championship record | World Championship record | World Championship record | World Championship record | World Championship record | World Championship record | World Championship record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record |
| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL |
| 1949 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1952 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1956 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1960 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1962 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1966 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1970 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1974 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1978 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1982 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1986 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1990 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1993 Asian Championship | 1993 Asian Championship | 1993 Asian Championship | 1993 Asian Championship | 1993 Asian Championship | 1993 Asian Championship | 1993 Asian Championship | 1993 Asian Championship |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2002 | First round | 19th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2006 | First round | 21st place | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | Squad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship | 2021 Asian Championship |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2023 Asian Championship | 2023 Asian Championship | 2023 Asian Championship | 2023 Asian Championship | 2023 Asian Championship | 2023 Asian Championship | 2023 Asian Championship | 2023 Asian Championship |
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/21 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | — | 25 | 14 | 11 | 50 | 37 |

### World League

* 2015 – 28th place
* 2016 – 35th place
* 2017 – 35th place

### Challenger Cup

Challenger Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
| 2018 | Preliminary round | 5th place | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Squad |
| 2019 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2022 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | — |

### Asian Championship

Runners up
| Year | Rank | Matches | W | L |
| 1975 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1979 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1983 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1987 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1989 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1991 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1993 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1995 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1999 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew |
| 2007 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 14/22 | 91 | 51 | 40 |

### Asian Games

Fourth place
| Year | Rank | Matches | W | L | SW | SL |
| 1951 | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition |
| 1954 | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition |
| 1958 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1962 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1966 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1970 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1974 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1978 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1982 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1986 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1990 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union |
| 1994 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 10 |
| 1998 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2002 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter |
| 2006 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 |
| 2018 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| Total | 6/16 | 37 | 18 | 19 | 65 | 66 |

### Asian Challenge Cup

Fourth place
AVC Challenge Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
| 2018 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2022 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2023 | 7th–12th places | 7th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | Squad |
| 2024 | Semifinals | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | Squad |
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | — |

### Asian Cup

Third place
Asian Cup record (Defunct) :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | 7th place match | 7th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | Squad |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Semifinals | 3rd place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | Squad |
| 2016 | 5th place match | 5th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | Squad |
| 2018 | 7th place match | 7th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | Squad |
| 2022 | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew | Qualified but withdrew |
| Total | 0 Title | 4/7 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 41 | — |

## Current squad

The following is the Kazakhstani roster in the 2024 Asian Challenge Cup in Bahrain.
Head Coach: Viktor Kozik
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Pos. | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2023–24 club |
| 1 | Yerikzhan Boken | 31 July 1996 | L | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 61 kg (134 lb) | 260 cm (100 in) | 255 cm (100 in) | Taraz VC |
| 2 | Niyaz Nurgazin | 10 March 1999 | S | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 315 cm (124 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Pavlodar VC |
| 3 | Vladimir Prokofyev | 9 February 1993 | MB | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 336 cm (132 in) | Zayik VC |
| 5 | Boris Kempa | 25 May 1991 | OH | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Pavlodar VC |
| 7 | Aibat Netalin | 30 March 1992 | OH | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Aktobe VC |
| 8 | Petr Churzin | 25 September 1989 | OP | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Atyrau VC |
| 9 | Sergey Okunev | 29 April 1990 | L | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 310 cm (120 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Pavlodar VC |
| 11 | Damir Akimov | 22 September 1991 | MB | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 104 kg (229 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Taraz VC |
| 12 | Nodirkhan Kadirkhanov | 6 September 1991 | MB | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | Taraz VC |
| 18 | Vitaliy Vorivodin (c) | 31 July 1990 | OH | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 104 kg (229 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Zhayik VC |
| 21 | Mikhail Ustinov | 22 December 1989 | OH | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | Taraz VC |
| 23 | Askar Serik | 29 September 1997 | MB | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Pavlodar VC |
| 24 | Nurlibek Nurmakhambetov | 17 July 2000 | S | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 325 cm (128 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Taraz VC |