Kazakhstan national rugby union team

Kazakhstan
Nickname	The Nomads
Union	Kazakhstan Rugby Union
Head coach	Timur Mashurov
Captain	Serik Zhanseitov
First colours	Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	64 (as of 4 November 2024)
Highest	63 (16 January 2023)
First international
	Georgia 17–5 Kazakhstan ; (4 March 1994)
Biggest win
	Kazakhstan 115–5 Kyrgyzstan; (3 July 2022)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 118–3 Kazakhstan; (10 Dec 1998)

The Kazakhstan national rugby union team, nicknamed "The Nomads", is controlled by the Kazakhstan Rugby Union. Kazakhstan have been participating in international competition since 1994 after their independence from the USSR.

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In 2007, the fortunes of the team greatly improved by winning all five of their matches and rising 14 places in the IRB World Rankings to 32nd. This rise was the biggest by any international team over the year. This led to the team being entered into the top division of the new Asian Five Nations in 2008.^[1]

Kazakhstan are now one of the leading rugby union nations in Asia, finishing second in the 2009 and 2010 Asian Five Nations to continent heavyweights Japan on both occasions. Their second-place finish in 2010 saw them advance to the four-team playoff for a final place at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. They lost 44–7 to Uruguay in Montevideo, being eliminated but it was still their best result yet. They have yet to qualify for a Rugby World Cup finals.

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Year	Result	Reached
1995	Did not Enter	N/A
1999	Did not Enter	N/A
2003	Did not Qualify	Asia Round 1 – Pool C (3rd)
2007	Did not Qualify	Asia Round 1b Playoff
2011	Did not Qualify	Final place play-offs
2015	Did not Qualify	2015 Rugby World Cup
2019	withdrew	2019 Rugby World Cup

Kazakhstan national rugby union team

Asian Games

Asian Five Nations Record

World Cup Record

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