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{{Infobox national basketball team
|  country= Kazakhstan {{flagicon|KAZ}}
|  logo= National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan.png
 | logo_width = 120px
|  fiba_ranking= 56 {{steady}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.com/rankingmen#tab=fiba |title=FIBA Ranking for Men |publisher=Fiba.Com |date=3 October 2015 |accessdate=18 February 2017}}</ref>
|  nickname= Snow Leopards <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/news/2015-fiba-asia-championship-power-ranking-week1 The official website of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship - Power Ranking: Week 1], FIBA.com, 2 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.</ref> 
|  fiba_zone= FIBA Asia
|  joined_fiba= 1992
|  national_fed= [[Kazakhstan Basketball Federation]]
|  oly_appearances=None
|  oly_medals= 
|  wc_appearances=None
|  wc_medals= 
|  zone_championship= [[FIBA Asia Championship|Asian Championship]]
|  zone_appearances= 8
|  zone_medals=None
|  coach= Eduard Skrypets
|  h_body=ffff00|h_pattern_b=_bluebow|h_pattern_s=_Kazajistan17a
|  a_body=00AAFF|h_shorts=ffff00|a_pattern_b=_Ukraine_reserve_2010|a_pattern_s=_kaz1617h
}}
The '''Kazakhstan national basketball team''' represents [[Kazakhstan]] in [[basketball]] international competitions. They belong to the [[FIBA Asia]] zone.

==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.

==Achievements==

===Asia Championship===
{| class="wikitable" width=70%
|- 
!|Year
!|Position
!|Tournament
!|Host
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 1995 || 5 || [[1995 ABC Championship]] || [[Seoul]], South Korea
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 1997 || 13 || [[1997 ABC Championship]] || [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2003 || 7 || [[2003 ABC Championship]] || [[Harbin]], China
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2005 || 10 || [[2005 FIBA Asia Championship]] || [[Doha]], Qatar
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2007 || 4 || [[2007 FIBA Asia Championship]] || [[Tokushima]], Japan
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2009 || 9 || [[2009 FIBA Asia Championship]] || [[Tianjin]], China
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2013 || 8 || [[2013 FIBA Asia Championship]] || [[Manila]], Philippines
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2015 || 11 || [[2015 FIBA Asia Championship]] || [[Changsha]], China
|}

===Asian Games===
{| class="wikitable" width=70%
|- 
!|Year
!|Position
!|Tournament
!|Host
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 1994 || 5 || [[Basketball at the 1994 Asian Games]] || [[Hiroshima]], Japan
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 1998 || 4 || [[Basketball at the 1998 Asian Games]] || [[Bangkok]], Thailand
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2002 || {{Bronze3}} || [[Basketball at the 2002 Asian Games]] || [[Busan]], South Korea
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2006 || 7 || [[Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games]] || [[Doha]], Qatar
|-  valign="top" bgcolor="#CEDAB0"
| 2014 || 4 || [[Basketball at the 2014 Asian Games]] || [[Incheon]], South Korea
|}

==Current roster==
Roster for the [[2016 FIBA Asia Challenge]]: <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/Kazakhstan Kazakhstan - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016], FIBA.COM. Accessed 13 February 2017.</ref>
{{FIBA roster header|team=Kazakhstan men's national basketball team
| color1 = #F9F400| bg1 = #0098D0| color2 = #0098D0| bg2 = #F9F400}}

<!-- list of players -->
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =4 | nat =KAZ | name =Pavel Ilin| pos =G | m = 1.94| year = 1992 | month = 5 | date = 24 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =BC Astana }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =5 | nat =KAZ | name =Shaim Kuanov| pos =G | m = 1.81| year = 1991 | month = 7 | date = 28 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =BK Tobol Kostanay}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =6 | nat =KAZ | name =Ibragim Konyssov| pos =G | m = 1.84| year = 1996 | month = 3 | date = 28 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =BK Barsy Atyrau }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =7 | nat =KAZ | name =Nikolay Bazhkin| pos =F | m = 1.97| year = 1990 | month = 12 | date = 9 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =Tigers Astana }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =10 | nat =KAZ | name =Vassiliy Savchenko| pos =G | m = 1.89| year = 1987 | month = 6 | date = 13 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =Barsy Atyrau }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =14 | nat =KAZ | name =Vitaliy Lapchenko| pos =C | m = 2.06| year = 1992 | month = 8 | date = 27 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =BC Astana }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =15 | nat =RUS | name =Pavel Micheev| pos =F | m = 2.00| year = 1983 | month = 5 | date = 30 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =Krasnye Krylia }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =22 | nat =KAZ | name =Askar Maidekin| pos =C | m = 2.05| year = 1997 | month = 5 | date = 28 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club = }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =23 | nat =KAZ | name =Kadyrzhan Gubashev| pos =G | m = 1.80| year = 1990 | month = 1 | date = 31 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =Barsy Atyrau }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =33 | nat =KAZ | name =Rustam Utegen| pos =F | m = 1.91| year = 1996 | month = 2 | date = 14 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =Barsy Atyrau }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =37 | nat =KAZ | name =Mikhail Yevstigneyev| dab =basketball| pos =C | m = 2.00| year = 1984 | month = 7 | date = 5 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =Barsy Atyrau }}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num =45 | nat =KAZ | name =Yuriy Kozhanov| pos =F | m = 1.90| year = 1990 | month = 1 | date = 5 | compyear = 2016 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 9 | club =Almaty Legion }}

<!-- end list of players -->

|}

| valign="top" |

;Head coach

*{{player||UKR|[[Eduard Skrypets]]}}

;Assistant coaches
----
;Legend:

*'''Club''' – describes last<br />club before the tournament
*'''Age''' – describes age<br />on 9 September 2016

|}

===Depth chart===
{{Basketball depth chart
 |line_color  = 0098D0
 |alt_color   = F9F400
 |label_color = 0098D0
 |starter_c   = Mikhail Yevstigneyev
 |starter_pf  = Nikolay Bazhkin
 |starter_sf  = [[Pavel Micheev]]
 |starter_sg  = Vassiliy Savchenko
 |starter_pg  = Pavel Ilin
 |bench 1_c   = Vitaliy Lapchenko
 |bench 1_pf  = [[Yuriy Kozhanov]]
 |bench 1_sf  = Rustam Utegen
 |bench 1_sg  = Kadyrzhan Gubashev
 |bench 1_pg  = Shaim Kuanov
 |bench 2_c   = Askar Maidekin
 |bench 2_pf  = 
 |bench 2_sf  = 
 |bench 2_sg  = 
 |bench 2_pg  = Ibragim Konyssov
}}

==Head coach position==
*{{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Vitaliy Strebkov]] – 2005-2009
*{{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Vadim Burakov]] – 2010
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Matteo Boniciolli]] – 2012-2013
*{{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|KAZ}} Vitaliy Strebkov – 2014-2015
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Eduard Skrypets]] – 2016

==Notable players==
Other current notable players from Kazakhstan:
{{FIBA roster header|team=Kazakhstan
| color1 = #F9F400| bg1 = #0098D0| color2 = #0098D0| bg2 = #F9F400}}
<!-- list of players -->
{{FIBA player|df=y | num =  | nat = TUR | name = Jerry Johnson | dab = basketball| year = 1982 | month = 4 | date = 23 | pos = PG | m = 1.82 | club = Demir Insaat Buyukcekmece Basket | compyear = 2017 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 23}}
<!-- end list of players -->
|}
----
;Legend:
*'''Club''' – describes current club 
*'''Age''' – describes age on 5 May 2016
|}

==Past rosters==
:''Scroll down to see more.''
<div style="height:512px; overflow-y:auto; margin:0 auto; border:1px solid #BBB">
Roster for the [[2015 FIBA Asia Championship]]:
Head coach: {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Vitaliy Strebkov]]
{| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0  |- bgcolor=#FFECCE style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" width=80%
|-bgcolor=#00BFFF
!width=5%|#
!width=5%|Pos
!width=22% |Name
!width=26% |Club
!width=22% |Date of Birth
!width=16%|Height
|-
| 4 || G ||align=left|[[Oliver Tomassone]] ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1981|1|11|df=y}} || {{height|m=2.34}}
|-
| 5 || G ||align=left|[[Jerry Johnson (basketball)|Jerry Jamar Johnson]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1982|4|23|df=y}} || {{height|m=1.83}}
|-
| 6 || G ||align=left|[[Rustam Murzagaliyev]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1992|5|24|df=y}} || {{height|m=1.96}}
|-
| 7 || F ||align=left|[[Maxim Marchuk]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1994|1|17|df=y}} || {{height|m=1.98}}
|-
| 8 || F ||align=left|[[Maxim Smirnov]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Caspiy Aktau]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1986|12|25|df=y}} || {{height|m=2.06}}
|-
| 9 || F ||align=left|[[Anatoly Bose]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1988|12|6|df=y}} || {{height|m=2.00}}
|-
| 10 || C ||align=left|[[Pavel Ilin]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1992|5|24|df=y}} || {{height|m=1.96}}
|-
| 11 || C ||align=left|[[Anton Ponomarev]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1988|10|31|df=y}} || {{height|m=2.11}}
|-
| 12 || F ||align=left|[[Dmitriy Klimov]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1988|9|5|df=y}} || {{height|m=2.00}}
|-
| 13 || G ||align=left|[[Rustam Yargaliyev]]  ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1986|12|20|df=y}} || {{height|m=1.94}}
|-
| 14 || F ||align=left|[[Dmitriy Gavrilov]] ||align=left|{{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Barsy Atyrau]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1986|11|27|df=y}} || {{height|m=2.03}}
|-
| 15 || C ||align=left|[[Alexandr Zhigulin]] ||align=left|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[BC Astana]] ||align=left|{{Birth date and age2|2015|9|23|1994|4|26|df=y}} || {{height|m=2.05}}
|}
</div>

==Kit==

===Sponsor===
2015: [[ISKER Group|ISKER]] <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/Behind-the-Scenes/#iset=9dca0344-c7b2-4957-bcb7-6b72fd3a1721&iid=506df0a6-bcb4-4c35-a640-59bcc7694a24 Behind the Scenes - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016], FIBA.com, Retrieved 11 Feb 2016.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Kazakhstan women's national basketball team]]
*[[Kazakhstan national under-19 basketball team]]
*[[Kazakhstan national under-17 basketball team]]
*[[Kazakhstan national 3x3 team]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nbf.kz Official website]
* [http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/langlc/en/nationalfederationnumber/2304/nfProf.html FIBA profile]

===Videos===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll28RuVQgEI Jordan v Kazakhstan - Group F - Game Highlights - 2015 FIBA Asia Championship] Youtube.com video

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{{National sports teams of Kazakhstan}}

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