Before the start of the Kazakhstan Cup, the basketball club «Astana» will hold a postponed two-game series against «Barsy Atyrau» in the National League.
ATTENTION! - In connection with the restrictive measures introduced in the capital due to the coronavirus pandemic, the match will be held without spectators with empty stands.
«Barsy Atyrau» - is a Kazakhstani professional men's basketball club from the city of Atyrau, established 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
The first series of games this season against “Barsy” took place in Atyrau on November 29 and 30. Then the capital's team did not leave any chances to the rivals, having won both games with a total difference of more than 50 points. After that, the Atyrau team held 12 more matches, winning eleven of them. They beat “Almaty Legion” and “Caspian” twice, 4 times were stronger than “Aktobe” and three times won over “Tobol”, losing one game to Kostanay. “Barsy Atyrau” confidently occupy the second line of the tournament table, noticeably ahead of their rivals.
Roster changes: Two new players joined the team from previous games, both from the Major League teams. In January, shooting guard Aleksey Alenushka replaced his basketball registration from Karaganda to Atyrau, and in February a powerful forward Diaz Arykov moved from the team “Ertis”. In addition, the Atyrau team periodically announces the games of the players from the farm team.
Rival leaders: American point guard Ryan Cook is the most effective player in the team, and the member of the Kazakhstan national team, center Vladimir Ivanov, is just slightly inferior in this indicator to his teammate. Other leaders of the team are American guard Edward Carter III and Russian forward Pavel Sizov. In addition, the team has the Russian defender Yevgeny Marinin and the Kazakhs — forward Rustam Utegen and guards Oleg Balashov, Adilkhan Marat, and Askar Akhmetzhan.
Tournament position: “Barsy Atyrau” have already played 20 matches this season and won 80% of them — 16. This result allows them to confidently occupy second place. «Astana» is confidently leading after 16 wins in 16 matches. The results of these games will not affect the position of the teams in the standings, but in case of two victories, “Astana” will secure first place in the regular season in advance.
The matches will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 9 and 10 in Nur-Sultan at the arena of «Saryarka» cycle track, beginning at 19:30 Nur-Sultan time. Live broadcasting of the matches will be available on the home page of our website and on our YouTube channel.
Detailed information about the tournament, tournament tables, schedule and match results are published in the
Tournaments section.
