The Kyrgyzstan national basketball team is the national Basketball team of

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

. Their last match was in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification Central Asia playoff, a rout loss to

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

. 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

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and

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. A prominent player of Kyrgyzstani descent is also Kyranbek Makan who plays for

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because he was born and raised there.

Liga Forward

The only league in

Liga Forward Liga Forward is the highest tier of basketball in the country Kyrgyzstan, which began in 1992 when Kyrgyzstan became independent from the Soviet Union. It features class teams such as Dank, Tulpar Skafkis and Bishkek Dynamo. Teams Former team ...

which consists of mostly Kyrgyzstan players but also features ex-Kazakhstan internationals and ex-Uzbekistan internationals. Most Kyrgyzstan players start off in

but they usually move elsewhere like the

National Basketball League (Kazakhstan) The Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу) is the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan, it is organised by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its ...

or the Division 1 of Uzbekistan.

Kyrgyzstan National Basketball Team

Roster

Head coach: Iliya Isakov Artem Borodenko , pos = , m = , kg = , team = Dank Aleksandr Adeykin , pos = F , m = , kg = 94 , team = Bishkek Dynamo , pos = C , m = 2.23 , kg = , team = Barsy Atyrau,

Depth chart

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

Current staff

Results

FIBA Asia Cup

Novruz Cup

Footnotes

*Was Assistant Coach but the

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.

References

External links

Official website
{{National sports teams of Kyrgyzstan 1992 establishments in Kyrgyzstan Men's national basketball teams National sports teams of Kyrgyzstan Sport in Kyrgyzstan