Basketball Club "BC" Barsy Atyrau (russian: Баскетбольный клуб "БК" Барсы Атырау) is a

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i professional

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club based in the city of

Atyrau Atyrau ( kk, Атырау, ', ; russian: Атырау, ), known until 1991 as Guryev (russian: Гурьев, ), is a city in Kazakhstan and the capital of Atyrau Region. Atyrau is a transcontinental city, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Cas ...

in western Kazakhstan. Founded in 2003, Barsy has competed in the

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, where they were champions in 2011 and 2016, the

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(winning in 2009), and the

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. For the 2014–15 season, the team also competed in the Rietumu līga (Western league), a regional basketball league in

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History

Barsy Atyrau was founded in 2003, with impetus from the

Atyrau region Atyrau Region ( kk, Атырау облысы / ; russian: Атырауская область) formerly known as Guryev Region (russian: Гурьевская область) until 1991, is one of the regions of Kazakhstan, in the west of the cou ...

Basketball Federation and the Atyrau Board for Tourism and Sports. The

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Basketball Federation also provided help, such as sending Leonid Novikov to serve as a coach and adviser. A women's section was established for the 2007–08 season. The team won its first trophy in 2009, winning that year's edition of the

. In the 2010–11 season, Barsy finished the

regular season in first place. They then swept Caspiy Aktau in three games, to reach the playoff finals for the first time ever. Pitted against Tobol Kostanay, the previous year's runners-up, they also won the series 3–0, to win their maiden national championship. Starting from 2010, Barsy also played in the

, a regional league with teams from the Baltic states, and some invited countries. They played the

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and 2011–12 seasons in the second division Challenge Cup. From

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), all teams were placed inside four groups in one overall division, the Kazakhstanis advanced to the Last 16. During the 2013–14 season, they advanced from their group to the playoffs with a 5–7 record, losing in the first round to

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. In 2013–14, the club reached the Kazakhstan league finals again, however they were comfortably swept in 3 games by title holders

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. Barsy played in the Rietumu līga (Western League), a regional basketball league in

during the 2014–15 season. They finished second in the regular season, with a 15–3 record, before reaching the playoff semifinals. Whilst playing in foreign leagues, Barsy have played all their games on the road. Barsy won its second Kazakh Cup in 2022.

Titles

*2x

: champions (

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, 2016) *2x

: winners (

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, 2022)

Current squad

Notable players

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- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one

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game at any time. * Aleksei Backih *

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History

Titles

Current squad

Notable players

References

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