Basketball club «Astana» and Kostanay «Tobol» secured the place at the semifinals of the Cup of Kazakhstan 2021. Following the results of the game, which will take place on Saturday, March 13, the question of who from what place in the group will go to the decisive stage of the tournament will be decided. The match starts at 17:30 Nur-Sultan time.
«Tobol» - is a Kazakhstani professional men's basketball club from the city of Kostanay, founded in 2003.
Achievements:
- Kazakhstan Championship Winner: 2003/2004
- Silver medalist of the Championship of Kazakhstan: 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011
- Major League Winner: 2013/2014, 2015/2016, 2016/2017
- Major League Silver medalist: 2010/2011
- Kazakhstan Cup Winner: 2005
- Kazakhstan Cup finalist: 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2020
- Bronze medalist of the Cup of Kazakhstan: 2018
Our team twice met with rivals from Kostanay in the regular season of the National League of the current season and both times won a landslide victory. In addition, it was “Tobol” that was the rival of the capital's team in the final of the Cup of Kazakhstan 2020, which took place in November last year, then our guys effortlessly won over Kostanay.
Leaders of the rivals: The condition of the Tournament Regulations on the participation of only players with a Kazakh passport is not a problem for “Tobol”, and to some extent is even an advantage for them. The Kostanay squad this season consists exclusively of Kazakhstani players, so they will use all their strength at 100% at the Cup games. The main leader of “Tobol” is the player of the national team of Kazakhstan Anton Bykov, it is also worth noting one more member of the pack of “Steppe Wolves” — a point guard Shaim Kuanov. In addition, the coaching staff of «Astana» should pay attention to the experienced players who are the backbone of the Kostanay team — Maxim Voeikov, Pavel Ilyin, Dmitry Klimov and Konstantin Dvirny.
The match will take place on Saturday, March 13 in Shchuchinsk at the arena of the sports base «Zhaksy 2», beginning at 17:30 Nur-Sultan time. Online broadcast of the match 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.
