The away two-match series of the basketball club «Astana» against «Barsy Atyrau» in the framework of the National League, scheduled for mid-January, was postponed to November 29 and 30. The capital team has already left for Atyrau for a game with the green-and-white ones, which will take place at the sports complex «Jysan Arena», beginning at 18:00 Nur-Sultan time.
«Barsy Atyrau» - is a Kazakhstani professional men's basketball club from the city of Atyrau, founded in 2003.
Achievements:
- Kazakhstan Championship Winner: 2010/2011, 2015/2016
- Silver medalist of the Championship of Kazakhstan: 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2016/2017
- Major League Winner: 2014/2015
- Kazakhstan Cup Winner: 2009
- Silver medalist of the Kazakhstan Cup: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Bronze medalist of the Kazakhstan Cup: 2020
Team roster: “Barsy Atyrau” is perhaps the most strong rival of our team in the National League. Let us remind you that it was they who managed to strip “Astana” of a championship in their time. In addition, in recent seasons, it is the Atyrau team that has been a rival of “Astana” in the finals of the Championship of Kazakhstan. As for the team's roster, it hasn't changed much since last season. The team was left by American guard Lysander Bracey and Russian guard Igor Savchenko, as well as a couple of Kazakhstanis, who did not play on the court so often and were not at the base — guards Artem Pedko and Alexander Chigrin. The team retained the main imports from last season, namely American defenders Edward Carter III and Ryan Cook. In addition, the basketball residency in Atyrau was retained by eight Kazakhstani players, who stayed with «Barsy» for several seasons — Vladimir Ivanov, Askar Akhmetzhan, Merey Uapov, Artem Parfenov, Rustam Utegen, Adilkhan Marat, Oleg Balashov and Ibragim Konysov. Two Russians have just joined the team. The guard Evgeny Marinin started in St. Petersburg in the “Spartak” team system, participated in the Russian U-18 team, he also played in the Russian teams “Ryazan”, “Saransk”, “Burevestnik”, “University-Yugra” and “Ufimets”, and spent last season at Arsenal Tula. Forward Pavel Sizov is a trainee of CSKA and played for the youth squads of the Army club, in addition, he also played in MBA, the second squad of “Khimki”, “AltaiBasket” and “Tambov”. Pavel also spent last season at «Arsenal Tula». In addition, “Barsy Atyrau” can engage the players from the second team.
Head coach: The Latvian specialist Arnis Vecvagars remains the head coach of «Barsy Atyrau» for the third season in a row. The new face in the coaching staff of the Atyrau team was the Russian specialist Viktor Uskov, who moved to the west of Kazakhstan from Tula “Arsenal”.
Team Leaders: The main driving force in the team is American Edward Carter III and Kazakhstani centre Vladimir Ivanov. Also, it is worth noting a forward Pavel Sizov, who is one of the most productive players of the team. The main five of the team also include American guards Ryan Cook and Russian guard Evgeny Marinin. Kazakh forward Rustam Utegen looks pretty good. In addition, the Atyrau coach often gives plenty of playing time to Kazakhstanis Adilkhan Marat, Oleg Balashov, Merey Uapov and Artem Parfenov.
History of games: For the entire time of the confrontation in the framework of the National League and the Cup of Kazakhstan, “Astana” met with “Barsy Atyrau” more than sixty times, or rather 64 times. “Barsy Atyrau”, among the Kazakhstani teams, outplayed “Astana” most often — 7 times, but that was a long time ago, in the 2015/2016 season.
Standing position: Both teams have held six games since the beginning of the season. “Astana” won all its matches and tops the standings, while “Barsy Atyrau” once lost and are on the second line.
The matches will be held on Sunday and Monday — November 29 and 30 in Atyrau at the sports complex «Jysan Arena», starting at 18:00 Nur-Sultan time. Online broadcasting of matches will be available on the home page of our website.
Detailed information about the tournament, tournament tables, schedule and match results are published in the
Tournaments section.
