Kyrgyzstan men's national basketball team

Kyrgyzstan

FIBA ranking	NR (25 February 2025) [1]
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	KBF
Coach	Iliya Isakov
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances	1 (1995)
Medals	None
Home Away

The Kyrgyzstan national basketball team is the national Basketball team of Kyrgyzstan, Asia. Their last match was in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship qualification Central Asia playoff, a rout loss to Kazakhstan in Astana. 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 Iran, Philippines and Jordan.

A prominent player of Kyrgyzstani descent is also Kyranbek Makan who plays for China because he was born and raised there.

Liga Forward

The only league in Kyrgyzstan is Liga Forward which consists of mostly Kyrgyzstan players but also features ex-Kazakhstan internationals and ex-Uzbekistan internationals. Most Kyrgyzstan players start off in Liga Forward but they usually move elsewhere like the National Basketball League (Kazakhstan) or the Division 1 of Uzbekistan.

Kyrgyzstan National Basketball Team

Roster

Head coach: Iliya Isakov

#	Pos	Name	Club or Team	Date of Birth	Height	Weight
4	PG	Shakirzhan Kuranbaev	Dank	1986 (age 28)	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)	217 lb
5	F	Stanislav Batrakov	Bishkek Dynamo	(1984-04-19)April 19, 1984 (age 30)	205 cm (6 ft 9 in)	228 lb
6	PG	Konstantin Usenko	Dank	1989 (age 25)	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)	192 lb
7	SG/SF	Kanat Ibrayev	Dank	(1983-05-28)May 28, 1983 (age 31)	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	183 lb
8	G	Engelsov Janarbek	Ala-Too	(1992-01-26)January 26, 1992 (age 23)	188
9	G			(1986-05-11)May 11, 1986 (age 23)	193
10	F	Stanislav Shirobokov	Free Agent	1988 (age 26)	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)	239 lb
11	F			(1987-03-29)March 29, 1987 (age 22)	202
12	C	Sergei Kazantcev	Kaspiy Aktau	(1984-02-25)February 25, 1984 (age 30)	210 cm (6 ft 11 in)	213 lb
13	C	Maksim Cherniavsky	Free Agent	1985 (age 29)	233 cm (7 ft 8 in)
14	PG			(1987-12-20)December 20, 1987 (age 21)	175
15	C	Robert Pan	Ala-Too	1992 (age 21)	202 cm (6 ft 8 in)

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Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserve	2nd Reserve
C	Sergei Kazantcev	Robert Pan	Maksim Cherniavsky
PF	Stanislav Batrakov	Maksim Bloschinskiy	Artem Borodenko	Ruslan Pekhov
SF	Stanislav Shirobokov	Pavel Torin	Aleksandr Adeykin	Ilya Kobcev
SG	Kanat Ibrayev	Azamat Kurmanov	Yuriy Cherevko	Ihtiyar Jaro
PG	Shakirzhan Kuranbaev	Konstantin Usenko	Andrey Specht	Shakil Kuranbaev

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

Coach Name	Year From	Year To	Nationality
Evgeni Krystov	1993	1994	Kyrgyzstan
Hamid Lakov	1994	1999	Kyrgyzstan
*Aleksandr Kyrinakov	1999	1999	Kyrgyzstan
Unknown Coach(es)	1999	2007	Kyrgyzstan
Iliya Isakov	2007	present	Kyrgyzstan

Current staff

Head coach	Iliya Isakov
Assistant coach	Husandzan Dzarov
U21 Coach	Alexandr Levanakov
U18 Coach	Aleksandr Dolzhenkov
U18 Assistant Coach	Rasulbek Begaliev
Physiotherapist	Ruslan Orebenko

Results

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	8th place	8	3	5
1997	Did not enter
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2022	Did not enter
2025
Total	1/31	8	3	5

Novruz Cup

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
2012	2nd	2012 Novruz Cup	Baku, Azerbaijan [2]
2013	2nd	2013 Novruz Cup	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2014	3rd	2014 Novruz Cup	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Footnotes

*Was Assistant Coach but the Liga Forward 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.

See also

• Kyrgyzstan women's national basketball team
• Kyrgyzstan national under-19 basketball team
• Kyrgyzstan national under-17 basketball team
• Kyrgyzstan national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. February 25, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
2. http://www.jmt.basketballjobmarket.com/news/azerbaijan-beats-kyrgyzstan-and-claims-novruz-cup/ Archived March 26, 2018, at the Wayback Machine ^{[ bare URL ]}

External links

• Official website (in Kyrgyz)