Kazakhstan men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Kazakhstan women's national basketball team.

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

Kazakhstan

FIBA ranking	70 1 (25 February 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Kazakhstan Basketball Federation
Coach	Renatas Kurilionokas
Nickname(s)	Snow Leopards [2]
Asian Championship
Appearances	9
Medals	None
Home Away

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

Main article: FIBA Asia Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1960 to 1991	Part of Soviet Union
1993	did not enter
1995	5th place	8	6	2
1997	13th place	6	2	4
1999	Withdrew
2001	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
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
Total	10/31	67	28	39

Asian Games

Main article: Basketball at the Asian Games

Year	Rank	P	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 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^[3]

Kazakhstan national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 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) Yevgeniy Issakov Marko Velickovic 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 Ctr. 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) Yevgeniy Issakov Marko Velickovic 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 Ctr. 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

Sponsor

2015: ISKER^[6]

See also

• Kazakhstan national under-17 basketball team
• Kazakhstan national under-19 basketball team
• Kazakhstan women's national basketball team