Kazakhstan men's national basketball team

Kazakhstan
FIBA ranking	80 3 (3 March 2026)
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Kazakhstan Basketball Federation
Coach	Renatas Kurilionokas
Nickname	Snow Leopards
Asian Championship
Appearances	9
Medals	None
Home	Away

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.

Results

FIBA Asia Cup

Year	Rank	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1960 to 1991	Part of Soviet Union
1993	Did Not Compete
1995	5/19	8	6	2	670	607	–
1997	13/15	6	2	4	483	442	–
1999	Withdrew
2001	Did Not Compete
2003	7/16	7	3	4	560	583	–
2005	10/16	7	4	3	576	479	–
2007	4/16	8	4	4	664	599	–
2009	9/16	8	4	4	683	763	–
2011	Did Not Compete
2013	8/15	9	3	6	591	687	–
2015	11/16	8	2	6	561	629	–
2017	16/16	3	0	3	–	–	–
2022	15/16	3	0	3	–	–	–
2025	Did Not Qualify
Total	10/31	67	28	39	0	0	0

Asian Games

Year	Rank	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1951 to 1990	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 Compete
2014	4/16	10	4	6	–	–	–
2018	13/15	2	0	2	–	–	–
2022	11/16	4	1	3	243	304	–61
Total	7/19	44	20	24	0	0	0

Qualification

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^[3]

Kazakhstan national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	5	Anthony Clemmons	25 – (1994-08-15)15 August 1994	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Dinamo Sassari
PG	6	Shaim Kuanov	28 – (1991-07-28)28 July 1991	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	BC Tobol
SF	7	Nikolay Bazhin	29 – (1990-12-09)9 December 1990	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	BC Astana
SG	9	Vadim Chsherbak	26 – (1993-05-24)24 May 1993	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	BC Astana
PG	10	Rustam Murzagaliyev	27 – (1992-05-24)24 May 1992	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	BC Astana
C	11	Anton Ponomarev	31 – (1988-10-31)31 October 1988	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	BC Tobol
PF	17	Alexandr Zhigulin	25 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	BC Astana
C	20	Anton Bykov	30 – (1989-04-18)18 April 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	BC Tobol
PF	21	Roman Marchuk	26 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	PSC Sinegoryie
C	22	Askar Maidekin	22 – (1997-05-28)28 May 1997	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	BC Astana
C	24	Dmitriy Gavrilov	33 – (1986-11-27)27 November 1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	BC Astana
SG	25	Maxim Marchuk	26 – (1994-01-17)17 January 1994	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	BC Astana

Head coach

Emil Rajković

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 21 February 2020

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^[4]

Kazakhstan national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	5	Anthony Clemmons	25 – (1994-08-15)15 August 1994	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG	6	Shaim Kuanov	28 – (1991-07-28)28 July 1991	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	BC Tobol
SF	7	Nikolay Bazhin	29 – (1990-12-09)9 December 1990	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	BC Astana
SG	9	Vadim Chsherbak	26 – (1993-05-24)24 May 1993	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	BC Astana
PG	10	Rustam Murzagaliyev	27 – (1992-05-24)24 May 1992	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	BC Astana
C	11	Anton Ponomarev	31 – (1988-10-31)31 October 1988	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	BC Tobol
PF	17	Alexandr Zhigulin	25 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	BC Astana
C	20	Anton Bykov	30 – (1989-04-18)18 April 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	BC Tobol
PF	21	Roman Marchuk	26 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	PSC Sinegoryie
C	22	Askar Maidekin	22 – (1997-05-28)28 May 1997	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	BC Astana
C	24	Dmitriy Gavrilov	33 – (1986-11-27)27 November 1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	BC Astana
SG	25	Maxim Marchuk	26 – (1994-01-17)17 January 1994	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	BC Astana

Head coach

Emil Rajković

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 21 February 2020

Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.^[5]

Kazakhstan men's national basketball team – 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	1	Denis Degtyarev	26 – (1990-10-05)5 October 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	BC Astana
G	2	Azim Yagodkin	25 – (1992-02-21)21 February 1992	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	BC Caspiy Aktau
SF	5	Roman Marchuk	24 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	BC Caspiy Aktau
G	6	Rustam Murzagaliyev	25 – (1992-05-24)24 May 1992	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	BC Astana
SF	7	Nikolay Bazhkin	26 – (1990-12-09)9 December 1990	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	BC Barsy Atyrau
SG	9	Pavel Ilin	25 – (1992-05-24)24 May 1992	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	BC Barsy Atyrau
SG	10	Vassiliy Savchenko	30 – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	BC Barsy Atyrau
PF	11	Anton Ponomarev	28 – (1988-10-31)31 October 1988	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	BC Astana
SG	13	Rustam Yargaliyev	30 – (1986-12-20)20 December 1986	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	BC Astana
C	15	Mikhail Yevstigneyev	33 – (1984-07-05)5 July 1984	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	BC Barsy Atyrau
C	17	Alexander Zhigulin	23 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	BC Astana
SF	25	Maxim Marchuk	23 – (1994-01-17)17 January 1994	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	BC Astana

Head coach

Mikhail Karpenko

Assistant coach(es)

Renatas Kurilionokas

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 8 August 2017

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:

Kazakhstan roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club	Ctr.
PG		Jerry Johnson	35 – (1982-04-23)23 April 1982	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	BC Neptūnas

Legend

Club – describes current club
Age – describes age on 12 March 2018

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

2015: ISKER^[6]

References

↑ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
↑ The official website of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship - Power Ranking: Week 1, FIBA.com, 2 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
↑ "Kazakhstan at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.
↑ "Kazakhstan at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.
↑ 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster
↑ Behind the Scenes - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.com, Retrieved 11 Feb 2016.

External links

Official website
FIBA profile^{[dead link]}

Videos

Jordan v Kazakhstan - Group F - Game Highlights - 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Youtube.com video

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.

[2] The official website of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship - Power Ranking: Week 1, FIBA.com, 2 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

[3] "Kazakhstan at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.

[4] "Kazakhstan at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.

[5] 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

[6] Behind the Scenes - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.com, Retrieved 11 Feb 2016.

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