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{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Kazakhstan Basketball Cup (KBC)
| current_season  = 2016 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup
| last_season     = 2017
| upcoming_season = 2015
| logo            = National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan.png
| pixels          = 150px
| caption         = National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan logo
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| sport           = Basketball
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| fame            = <!--what the league is famous for...the "claim to fame"...avoid use if possible-->
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| country         = {{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
| venue           = 
| continent       = [[FIBA Asia]] ([[Asia]])
| folded          = 
| champion        = [[BC Almaty|Almatynski Legion]] <br /> <small>(2nd title)
| most_champs     = [[Astana Tigers]] <br /> [[BC Astana]] <br /> <small>(4 titles each)
| qualification   = 
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| sponsor         = 
| related_comps   = [[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship]]
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| website         = [http://nbf.kz/pages.php?page=Kazakhstan_Cup nbf.kz] {{ru icon}}
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}}

The '''Kazakhstan Basketball Cup''' ({{lang-ru|Кубка Казахстана по баскетболу}}) is the national men's professional [[basketball]] cup competition in the country of [[Kazakhstan]]. It is organised annually over a few days in a single location by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its official designation in full is: '''Basketball Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan for men's teams''' {{lang-ru|Кубка Республика Казахстан по баскетболу среди мужских команд}}).

== Titles ==
{{colbegin|2}}
* 2003 [[Otrar Almaty]]
* 2004 [[Astana Tigers]]
* 2005 [[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]]
* 2006 [[Astana Tigers]]
* 2007 [[Saba Battery Tehran BC|Saba Battery]]
* 2008 [[Astana Tigers]] 
* 2009 [[BC Barsy Atyrau|Barsy Atyrau]] 
* 2010 [[Astana Tigers]]
* 2011 [[BC Astana]] 
* 2012 [[BC Astana]] 
* 2013 [[BC Astana]] 
* 2014 [[BC Astana]] 
* 2015 [[BC Almaty|Almatynski Legion]] 
* 2016 [[BC Almaty|Almatynski Legion]] 
{{colend}}

==Results==
The title has been alternatively decided by [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]] or by a single final (see [[#Format and rules|Format and rules]]).
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan="8"|Round robin format
|-
!Edition || 1st place || colspan="2" | Points (Won/Lost) || 2nd Place || Host city || Date
|-
|2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.gazeta.kz/news/kubok-kazakhstana-zavershilsya-newsID7085.html |script-title=ru:Кубок Казахстана завершился |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=11 September 2003 |website=Gazeta.kz |access-date=24 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=Kazakhstan Cup [has] ended}}</ref>  || '''[[Otrar Almaty]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| N/A || style="text-align: center;"| N/A || [[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]] || [[Almaty]] || 6–10 September
|-
|2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/pages.php?page=Kazakhstan_Cup_2011_men |script-title=ru:Кубок Казахстана 2011 среди мужских команд, 18-22 декабря, г. Астана |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=20 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=2011 Kazakhstan Cup for men's team, 18–22 December, Astana}}</ref>  || '''[[BC Astana]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''8 (4/0)''' || style="text-align: center;"| 7 (3/1) || [[BC Barsy Atyrau|Barsy Atyrau]] || [[Astana]] || 18–22 December
|-
|2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/images/uploads/documents/Kubok_RK/2012/Tablica_rezultatov_Kubka_2012_M.pdf |script-title=ru:Таблица результатов Кубка РК 2012 года среди мужских команд |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=20 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=2012 RK Cup for men's team results table}}</ref>  || '''[[BC Astana]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''8 (4/0)''' || style="text-align: center;"| 7 (3/1) || [[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]] || [[Almaty]] || 19–24 March
|-
|2013<ref name=C2013>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/pages.php?page=Kazakhstan_Cup_2013_men |script-title=ru:Кубок Казахстана 2013 среди мужских команд, 20-24 февраля, г. Атырау |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=20 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=2011 Kazakhstan Cup for men's team, 20–24 February, Atyrau}}</ref>  || '''[[BC Astana]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''8 (4/0)''' || style="text-align: center;"| 7 (3/1) || [[BC Barsy Atyrau|Barsy Atyrau]] || [[Atyrau]] || 20–24 February
|}
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan="8"|Single final format
|-
!Edition || Champion || Score || Finalist || Host city || Date
|-
|2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.gazeta.kz/news/-kubok-kazakhstana-dostalsya-stolichnym-tigram-newsID14387.html |script-title=ru:Кубок Казахстана достался столичным "Тиграм" |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1 November 2004 |website=Gazeta.kz |access-date=24 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=The Kazakhstan cup went to the capital Tigers}}</ref> || '''[[Astana Tigers]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''96''' - 75 || [[Bars Petropavl]] || [[Almaty]] || 29 October - 1 November
|-
|2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.gazeta.kz/news/kubok-strany-zavoeval-kostanajjskijj-tobol-newsID20268.html |script-title=ru:Кубок страны завоевал костанайский "Тобол" |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=5 October 2005 |website=Gazeta.kz |access-date=24 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=Tobol Kostanay wins the national cup}}</ref>  || '''[[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| N/A || [[Astana Tigers]] || [[Almaty]] || ?-5 October
|-
|2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.gazeta.kz/news/-tigry---pervye-barsy---treti-newsID25345.html |script-title=ru:«Тигры» - первые. «Барсы» - третьи |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=21 September 2006 |website=Gazeta.kz |access-date=24 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=Tigers - first. Barsy - third}}</ref> || '''[[Astana Tigers]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''74''' - 54 || [[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]] || [[Almaty]] || 15–21 September
|- 
|2007<ref name=EuroBasket14>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2007/10/2.asp |title=EuroBasket news report - 10/2/2007: Saba Battery wins Kazakhstan Open Cup |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2 October 2007 |website=[[Eurobasket.com]] |access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref> || '''[[Saba Battery Tehran BC|Saba Battery]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''79''' - 60 || [[Astana Tigers]] || [[Almaty]] || 26 September - 2 October
|- 
|2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2008/9/28.asp |title=EuroBasket news report - 9/28/2008: Astana Tigers secure Kazakhstan Cup title |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 September 2008 |website=[[Eurobasket.com]] |access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref> || '''[[Astana Tigers]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''94''' - 88 || [[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]] || [[Kostanay]] || 16 September - 21 September
|-
|2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/Chempionat/Kubok_RK_09/Rezul_kub_09_M.pdf |script-title=ru:Кубок Казахстана 2009 года среди мужских команд, 07-11 декабря, г. Костанай  |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=24 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=2009 Kazakhstan Cup for men's team, 7–11 December, Kostanay}}</ref>  || '''[[BC Barsy Atyrau|Barsy Atyrau]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''66''' - 65 || [[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]] || [[Kostanay]] || 7–11 December
|- 
|2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2010/10/12.asp |title=EuroBasket news report - 10/12/2010: Astana Tigers clinch 2010 Cup title |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=10 October 2010 |website=[[Eurobasket.com]] |access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref> || '''[[Astana Tigers]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''64''' - 63 || [[BC Barsy Atyrau|Barsy Atyrau]] || [[Atyrau]] || ? - 8 October
|-
|2014<ref name=EuroBasket14>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2014/3/5.asp |title=EuroBasket news report 3/5/2014 - BC Astana celebrate Kazakh Cup title |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=5 March 2014 |website=[[Eurobasket.com]] |access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref> || '''[[BC Astana]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''88''' - 76 || [[PBC Kapchagay]] || [[Astana]] || 27 February - 3 March
|-
|[[2015 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|2015]]<ref name=C2015>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/news.php?id=343 |script-title=ru:Алматинский легион становится обладателем Кубка РК |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=22 February 2015 |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=20 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=Almaty Legion becomes the Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan holder}}</ref> || '''[[BC Almaty|Almatynski Legion]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''90''' - 86 || [[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]] || [[Almaty]] || 18–22 February
|-
|[[2016 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|2016]]<ref name=C2016>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/news.php?id=485 |script-title=ru:Кубок Казахстана 2016 среди мужских команд |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=11 March 2016 |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=11 March 2016 |language=Russian |trans-title=2016 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup}}</ref> || '''[[BC Almaty|Almatynski Legion]]'''|| style="text-align: center;"| '''89''' - 87 || [[PBC Kapchagay]] || [[Almaty]] || 7–11 March
|}

==Format and rules==
The cup has been alternatively played in two different formats.
A round-robin format, where each team plays the others in the tournament once, with the team in possession of the best record (most points or head to head record) declared the winner.<ref name=C2013 />

A finals format, the teams are separated in two groups (usually of three teams), where all teams in a group play each other. The last placed teams in each group then play for 5th place whilst the respective first and second place teams compete in the semifinals, with the winners moving on to the final, all single games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/images/uploads/documents/Kubok_RK/2014/Kubok_raspisanie_M_2014.pdf |script-title=ru:Расписание игр команд участвующих в Кубке Казахстана по баскетболу среди мужских команд сезона 2014 г.
 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 February 2014 |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=22 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=Team schedule for the 2014 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/news.php?id=318 |script-title=ru:Расписание игр Кубка РК 2015 года среди мужских команд |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 February 2015 |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=20 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=Game schedule for the 2015 Men's Cup of Kazakhstan}}</ref>

The cup traditionally used to open the season,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.gazeta.kz/news/kubok-kazakhstana-budet-razygran-no-na-mesyac-pozzhe-newsID13854.html |script-title=ru:Кубок Казахстана будет разыгран, но на месяц позже |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=15 September 2004 |website=Gazeta.kz |access-date=24 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=The Kazakhstan Cup will be played, but in a month}}</ref> however from the 2012 edition it was switched nearer to the end of the season (February–March), leading to a strange situation wherein [[BC Astana]] won the cup twice in 2011-12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcastana.kz/en/news/id/1013 |title=First Astana's victorious spring |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[BC Astana]] |access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref>

In the [[2015 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|2015 edition]], teams were only allowed to field Kazakhstani players, with foreign players barred.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nbf.kz/news.php?id=347 |script-title=ru:Олег Севергин: "Эксперимент сыграть Кубок Казахстана без легионеров..." |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=26 February 2015 |website=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |publisher=DomaDoma.kz |via=National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan |access-date=20 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=Oleg Severgin: "Experiment a Kazakhstan Cup played without foreign players..."}}</ref>

==History== 
The 2013 Cup was held on March 19–24 in [[Almaty]] between five teams. BC Astana won all four of their games to win the title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/budivelnik-and-astana--winners-of-cups-in-their-countries.htm |title=Budivelnik and Astana – winners of Cups in their countries |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=26 March 2013 |website=[[VTB United League]] |access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref>

The 2014 Cup was contested between six clubs in [[Astana]] in March, BC Astana won the cup again, beating [[PBC Kapchagay|Kapshagay]] 88–76 in the final.<ref name=EuroBasket14 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/astana-wins-kazakhstan-cup.htm |title=Astana wins Kazakhstan Cup |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=4 March 2014 |website=[[VTB United League]] |access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref>

The [[2015 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|2015 Cup]] was played from 18 to 22 February in Almaty, six teams participated, though holders BC Astana did not defend their title as they were already playing three matches (two on the road) in other competitions around that period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.zakon.kz/4683015-generalnyjj-menedzher-bk-astana.html |script-title=ru:Генеральный менеджер БК «Астана» Валерий Тихоненко: «Будем урезать бюджет» |last=Marchenko |first=Evdokia |date=20 January 2015 |website=Zakon.kz |location=Astana |access-date=20 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=BC Astana's general manager Valery Tikhonenko: "We will cut the budget"}}</ref>
[[BC Almaty|Almatynski Legion]] and [[BC Tobol Kostanay|Tobol Kostanay]] met in the final,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asia-basket.com/Kazakhstan/news/400307/Almatysnki-Legion-advance-into-Final-Four |title=Almatysnki Legion advance into Final Four |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1 April 2015 |website=Asia-Basket.com |publisher=[[Eurobasket.com]] |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref> with Almatynski Legion winning the title after a 90–86 victory.<ref name=C2015 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asia-basket.com/Kazakhstan/news/395547/Almatynski-Legion-claim-Kazakh-Cup-title |title=Almatynski Legion claim Kazakh Cup title |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 February 2015 |website=Asia-Basket |publisher=[[Eurobasket.com]] |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>

==All-Cup Team== 
The league selects their choice of the best players at each position, forming the tournament team for each edition.
{|class="wikitable"
!Edition || [[Point guard]] || [[Shooting guard]] || [[Small forward]] || [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] || [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
|-
|2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcbarsyatyrau.kz/news/astana_obladatel_kubka_rk_2013/ |script-title=ru:Астана обладатель Кубка РК 2013 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=25 February 2013 |website=[[BC Barsy Atyrau]] |access-date=22 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=Astana owns RK Cup}}</ref> || {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Reinis Strupovics]] ([[BC Caspiy Aktau|Aktau]]) || {{Flagicon|SRB}} [[Branko Cvetković]] ([[BC Astana|Astana]]) || {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Dmitri Dyatlovsky]] ([[BC Barsy Atyrau|Atyrau]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Anton Ponomarev]] ([[BC Astana|Astana]]) || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[David Simon (basketball)|David Simon]] ([[BC Astana|Astana]])
|-
|2014<ref name=EuroBasket14 /> || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Jerry Johnson (basketball)|Jerry Johnson]] ([[BC Astana|Astana]]) || {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Jānis Blūms]] ([[BC Astana|Astana]]) || {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Edgaras Zelionis]] ([[BC Barsy Atyrau|Atyrau]]) || {{Flagicon|GRE}} [[Pat Calathes]] ([[BC Astana|Astana]]) || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Dmitri Sviridov]] ([[PBC Kapchagay|Kapchagay]])
|-
|[[2015 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|2015]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.al-bclegion.kz/news/614 |script-title=ru:Кубка Республика Казахстан 2015 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=22 February 2015 |website=[[BC Almaty]] |access-date=22 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=2015 Kazakhstan Republic Cup}}</ref> || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Berik Ismailov]] ([[PBC Kapchagay|Kapchagay]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yuriy Kozhanov]] ([[BC Almaty|Almaty]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nikolai Bazhin]] ([[BC Tobol Kostanay|Kostanay]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dmitri Gavrilov]] ([[PBC Kapchagay|Kapchagay]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Vsevolod Fadeikin]] ([[BC Almaty|Almaty]])
|-
|[[2016 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|2016]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.al-bclegion.kz/news/?id=310 |script-title=ru:Кубка Республика Казахстан 2016 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=11 March 2016 |website=[[BC Almaty]] |access-date=11 March 2016 |language=Russian |trans-title=2016 Kazakhstan Republic Cup}}</ref> || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Shaim Kuanov]] ([[BC Tobol Kostanay|Kostanay]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yuriy Kozhanov]] ([[BC Almaty|Almaty]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Konstantin Dvirnyi]] ([[PBC Kapchagay|Kapchagay]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Anton Bykov]] ([[PBC Kapchagay|Kapchagay]]) || {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Mikhail Evstigneev]] ([[BC Barsy Atyrau|Atyrau]])
|}

==See also==
*[[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship]]

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

==External links==
*[http://www.nbf.kz/pages.php?page=Kazakhstan_Cup National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan page] {{ru icon}}

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