The Kyrgyzstan national basketball team is the national Basketball team of Kyrgyzstan, Asia.
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.
Coaches Coach NameYear FromYear ToNationality 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
Results
FIBA Asia Cup
YearPosition1960 to 1991Part of Soviet Union 1993Did not enter 19958th place835 1997Did not enter 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015Did not qualify 2017 2022Did not enter 20252029Did not qualifyTotal1/32835 Asian Games Basketball at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's tournament - 12th place Novruz Cup YearPositionTournamentHost 2012 2nd 2012 Novruz Cup Baku, Azerbaijan 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
External links Official website