The Kazakhstan Basketball Cup () 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 ).
Titles
2003 Otrar Almaty 2004 Astana Tigers 2005 Tobol Kostanay 2006 Astana Tigers 2007 Saba Battery 2008 Astana Tigers 2009 Barsy Atyrau 2010 Astana Tigers 2011 BC Astana 2012 BC Astana 2013 BC Astana 2014 BC Astana 2015 Almatynski Legion 2016 Almatynski Legion 2017 BC Astana 2018 BC Astana 2019 BC Astana 2020 BC Astana 2021 BC Astana 2022 Barsy Atyrau
Results The title has been alternatively decided by round-robin or by a single final (see Format and rules). Round robin formatEdition 1st place Points (Won/Lost) Second place Host city Date2003 Otrar Almaty N/A N/A Tobol Kostanay Almaty 6–10 September2011 BC Astana 8 (4/0) 7 (3/1) Barsy Atyrau Astana 18–22 December2012 BC Astana 8 (4/0) 7 (3/1) Tobol Kostanay Almaty 19–24 March2013 BC Astana 8 (4/0) 7 (3/1) Barsy Atyrau Atyrau 20–24 February Single final formatEdition Champion Score Finalist Third place Host city Date2004 Astana Tigers 96 – 75 Bars Petropavl Almaty 29 October – 1 November2005 Tobol Kostanay N/A Astana Tigers Almaty ?-5 October2006 Astana Tigers 74 – 54 Tobol Kostanay Almaty 15–21 September2007 Saba Battery 79 – 60 Astana Tigers Almaty 26 September – 2 October2008 Astana Tigers 94 – 88 Tobol Kostanay Kostanay 16 September – 21 September2009 Barsy Atyrau 66 – 65 Tobol Kostanay Kostanay 7–11 December2010 Astana Tigers 64 – 63 Barsy Atyrau Atyrau ? – 8 October2014 BC Astana 88 – 76 PBC Kapchagay Astana 27 February – 3 March2015 Almatynski Legion 90 – 86 Tobol Kostanay Almaty 18–22 February2016 Almatynski Legion 89 – 87 PBC Kapchagay Almaty 7–11 March2017 BC Astana 66 – 46 Barsy Atyrau Atyrau 12 March2018 BC Astana 72 – 61 Barsy Atyrau Atyrau 2019BC AstanaTobolAlmaty2020BC Astana102–66TobolBarsy AtyrauNur-Sultan2021BC Astana92–66TobolBarsy AtyrauShchuchinsk2022Barsy AtyrauRound-robinBC AstanaAktobeN/A
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.
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.
The cup traditionally used to open the season, 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.
In the 2015 edition, teams were only allowed to field Kazakhstani players, with foreign players barred.
From 2022, the cup returned to a round-robin format.
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.
The 2014 Cup was contested between six clubs in Astana in March, BC Astana won the cup again, beating Kapshagay 88–76 in the final.
The 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. Almatynski Legion and Tobol Kostanay met in the final, with Almatynski Legion winning the title after a 90–86 victory.
All-Cup Team The league selects their choice of the best players at each position, forming the tournament team for each edition. Edition Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Center2013 Reinis Strupovics (Aktau) Branko Cvetković (Astana) Dmitri Dyatlovsky (Atyrau) Anton Ponomarev (Astana) David Simon (Astana)2014 Jerry Johnson (Astana) Jānis Blūms (Astana) Edgaras Želionis (Atyrau) Pat Calathes (Astana) Dmitri Sviridov (Kapchagay)2015 Berik Ismailov (Kapchagay) Yuriy Kozhanov (Almaty) Nikolai Bazhin (Kostanay) Dmitri Gavrilov (Kapchagay) Vsevolod Fadeikin (Almaty)2016 Shaim Kuanov (Kostanay) Yuriy Kozhanov (Almaty) Konstantin Dvirnyi (Kapchagay) Anton Bykov (Kapchagay) Mikhail Evstigneev (Atyrau)2017 Rustem Murzagaliev Rustam Ergali Pavel Ilyin Anton Ponomarev Vsevolod Fadeikin
See also Kazakhstan Basketball Championship
References
External links National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan page