# Kazakhstan men's national basketball team

The Kazakhstan national basketball team represents Kazakhstan in basketball international competitions. They belong to the FIBA Asia zone.

## History

Kazakhstan's best finish in international competition was in the 2002 Asian Games, beating the Philippines in the bronze medal game, and a fourth-place finish in the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 losing out to Korea in the third-place game. At 2014 Asian Games, Kazakhstan end up on a 4th place after losing to Japan in third place match.

## Competitions
### 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 | 5th place | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1997 | 13th place | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 2001 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2003 | 7th place | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 10th place | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4th place | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 9th place | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2013 | 8th place | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 11th place | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 16th place | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 15th place | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | 10/31 | 67 | 28 | 39 |

### Asian Games

| Year | Rank | P | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 1951 to 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 | 5/9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 1998 | 4/12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 2002 | 3/12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 2006 | 7/20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | – | – | – |
| 2010 | did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014 | 4/16 | 10 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – |
| 2018 | 13/15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Total | 6/18 | 40 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team
### Current roster
#### 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Opposition: Palestine (21 February) Venue: Saryarka Velodrome, Nur-Sultan Opposition: Jordan (24 February) Venue: Saryarka Velodrome, Nur-Sultan

### Past roster
#### 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Opposition: Palestine (21 February) Venue: Saryarka Velodrome, Nur-Sultan Opposition: Jordan (24 February) Venue: Saryarka Velodrome, Nur-Sultan
Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Mikhail Yevstigneyev | Alexander Zhigulin | |
| PF | Anton Ponomarev | Maxim Marchuk | Denis Degtyarev |
| SF | Pavel Ilin | Nikolay Bazhkin | Roman Marchuk |
| SG | Rustam Yargaliyev | Vassiliy Savchenko | |
| PG | Azim Yagodkin | Rustam Murzagaliyev | |

## Head coach position

* Vitaliy Strebkov – 2005–2009
* Vadim Burakov – 2010
* Matteo Boniciolli – 2012–2013
* Vitaliy Strebkov – 2014–2015
* Eduard Skrypets – 2016–2017
* Mikhail Karpenko – 2017–2018
* Renatas Kurilionokas – 2018–2019
* Emil Rajković – 2020–2021
* Oleg Kisilev – 2022–2024

## Notable players

Other current notable players from Kazakhstan:

## Past rosters

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship: Head coach: Vitaliy Strebkov
| # | Pos | Name | Club | Date of Birth | Height |
| 5 | G | Jerry Jamar Johnson | BC Astana | (1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 33) | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| 6 | G | Rustam Murzagaliyev | BC Astana | (1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 23) | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| 7 | F | Maxim Marchuk | BC Astana | (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 21) | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| 8 | F | Maxim Smirnov | BC Caspiy Aktau | (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 28) | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) |
| 9 | F | Anatoly Bose | BC Astana | (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 26) | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
| 10 | C | Pavel Ilin | BC Astana | (1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 23) | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| 11 | C | Anton Ponomarev | BC Astana | (1988-10-31)31 October 1988 (aged 26) | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| 12 | F | Dmitriy Klimov | BC Astana | (1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 27) | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
| 13 | G | Rustam Yargaliyev | BC Astana | (1986-12-20)20 December 1986 (aged 28) | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
| 14 | F | Dmitriy Gavrilov | BC Barsy Atyrau | (1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 28) | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) |
| 15 | C | Alexandr Zhigulin | BC Astana | (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 (aged 21) | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |

## Kit
### Sponsor

2015: ISKER