Kazakhstan men's national volleyball team

Kazakhstan

Association	Kazakhstan Volleyball Federation (KVF)
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Viktor Kozik
FIVB ranking	53 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2002 )
Best result	19th (2002)
Asian Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1993 )
Best result	(1993, 2017)
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Honours Asian Championship 1993 Nakhon Ratchasima Team 2017 Gresik Team Asian Cup 2014 Almaty Team

The Kazakhstan men's national volleyball team represents Kazakhstan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches.^{[ citation needed ]}

Competition history

World Championship

World Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad		GP	MW	ML	SW	SL
1949	Part of Soviet Union									Part of Soviet Union
1952
1956
1960
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994	Did not qualify									1993 Asian Championship
1998										2	0	2	1	6
2002	First round	19th place	3	0	3	2	9	Squad		3	2	1	6	3
2006	First round	21st place	5	0	5	2	15	Squad		3	3	0	9	1
2010	Did not qualify									6	3	3	13	9
2014										5	4	1	13	3
2018										6	2	4	8	15
2022										2021 Asian Championship
2025										2023 Asian Championship
Total	0 Titles	2/21	8	0	8	4	24	—		25	14	11	50	37

World League

• 2015 – 28th place
• 2016 – 35th place
• 2017 – 35th place

Challenger Cup

Challenger Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Preliminary round	5th place	2	0	2	1	6	Squad
2019	Did not enter
2022
2023	Did not qualify
2024
Total	0 Titles	1/5	2	0	2	1	6	—

Asian Championship

Main article: Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

  Runners up

Year	Rank	Matches	W	L
1975	Part of Soviet Union
1979
1983
1987
1989
1991
1993	2	7	6	1
1995	14	4	0	4
1997	Did not enter
1999	11	6	2	4
2001	9	5	3	2
2003	8	6	1	5
2005	Qualified but withdrew
2007	10	7	5	2
2009	5	7	5	2
2011	9	7	5	2
2013	10	7	4	3
2015	9	7	5	2
2017	2	8	5	3
2019	10	8	4	4
2021	11	7	3	4
2023	13	5	3	2
Total	14/22	91	51	40

Asian Games

Main article: Volleyball at the Asian Games

  Fourth place

Year	Rank	Matches	W	L	SW	SL
1951	No Competition
1954
1958	Part of Soviet Union
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994	4	10	7	3	21	10
1998	8	6	1	5	4	15
2002	Did Not Enter
2006	7	3	1	2	4	7
2010	9	7	5	2	16	10
2014	10	7	3	4	12	15
2018	17	4	1	3	8	9
Total	6/16	37	18	19	65	66

Asian Challenge Cup

  Fourth place

AVC Challenge Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Did not participate
2022
2023	7th–12th places	7th place	5	3	2	10	6	Squad
2024	Semifinals	4th place	5	2	3	8	12	Squad
Total	0 Titles	2/4	10	5	5	18	18	—

Asian Cup

  Third place

Asian Cup record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2008	Did not qualify
2010	7th place match	7th place	6	3	3	10	11	Squad
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Semifinals	3rd place	6	3	3	9	12	Squad
2016	5th place match	5th place	6	4	2	13	10	Squad
2018	7th place match	7th place	5	3	2	11	8	Squad
2022	Qualified but withdrew
Total	0 Title	4/7	23	13	10	43	41	—

Current squad

The following is the Kazakhstani roster in the 2024 Asian Challenge Cup in Bahrain.

Head Coach: Viktor Kozik

No.	Name	Date of birth	Pos.	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2023–24 club
1	Yerikzhan Boken	31 July 1996	L	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	260 cm (100 in)	255 cm (100 in)	Taraz VC
2	Niyaz Nurgazin	10 March 1999	S	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Pavlodar VC
3	Vladimir Prokofyev	9 February 1993	MB	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	336 cm (132 in)	Zayik VC
5	Boris Kempa	25 May 1991	OH	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Pavlodar VC
7	Aibat Netalin	30 March 1992	OH	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Aktobe VC
8	Petr Churzin	25 September 1989	OP	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Atyrau VC
9	Sergey Okunev	29 April 1990	L	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Pavlodar VC
11	Damir Akimov	22 September 1991	MB	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Taraz VC
12	Nodirkhan Kadirkhanov	6 September 1991	MB	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Taraz VC
18	Vitaliy Vorivodin (c)	31 July 1990	OH	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Zhayik VC
21	Mikhail Ustinov	22 December 1989	OH	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Taraz VC
23	Askar Serik	29 September 1997	MB	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Pavlodar VC
24	Nurlibek Nurmakhambetov	17 July 2000	S	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Taraz VC

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