2015–16 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship

Kazakhstan Basketball Championship
Season	2015–16
Duration	15 November 2015 – 9 May 2016
Games played	120
Teams	12 (5 in the regular season)
Finals
Champions	BC Barsy Atyrau 2nd title
Runners-up	BC Astana
Semifinalists	PBC Kapchagay Caspiy Aktau
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The 2015–16 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (Russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу сезон 2015–16) was the 24th season of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship, the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan. Its official designation in full was: XXIVth basketball Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan for men's teams (National league) (Russian: XXIV-го Чемпионата Республика Казахстан по баскетболу среди мужских команд (Национальной лиги)).

The regular season ran from 15 January to 3 April 2016. 5 teams played 16 games each, with 8 confrontations between every side.

The playoffs ran from 13 April to 13 May 2016, BC Barsy Atyrau won their second consecutive title by beating BC Astana in the final.[1]

Teams

Qualifying stage

Aktau

Atyrau

Shymkent

Astana

Almaty

Kapchagay

Kostanay

Atyrau-2

Petropavl

Pavlodar

Kokshetau

Kostanay-2

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Location of teams of the 2015–16 Kazakhstan Basketball League. Qualifying stage.

Team	Russian name	City	Arena
Almatynski Legion	ПБК Алматинский легион	Almaty	Sports complex Dostyk
Astana Tigers	Тигры Астаны	Astana	Saryarka Velodrome
Caspiy Aktau	БК Каспий Актау	Aktau	Sports complex Caspiy
PBC Kapchagay	ПБК Капшагай	Kapchagay	Sports palace Jastar
Bars Petropavl	БК Барс Петропавловск	Petropavl	Sport complex Zhenis
Barsy Atyrau	БК Барсы Атырау	Atyrau	Sports and recreation complex Atyrau
Barsy Atyrau-2	БК Барсы Атырау-2	Atyrau	Sports and recreation complex Atyrau
Irtysh Pavlodar	БК Иртыш Павлодар	Pavlodar	Central Stadium sport complex
Kazygurt Shymkent	БК Казыгурт Шымкент	Shymkent	Sports and recreation complex Shymkent
Okzhetpes Kokshetau	БК Окжетпес Кокшетау	Kokshetau	Sport complex Kokshetau
Tobol Kostanay	БК Тобол Костанай	Kostanay	Akimat of Kostanay Sport Palace

Regular season

Aktau

Atyrau

Astana

Almaty

Kapchagay

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Location of teams of the 2015–16 Kazakhstan Basketball League.

Team	Russian name	City	Arena
Almatynski Legion	ПБК Алматинский легион	Almaty	Sports complex Dostyk
BC Astana	БК Астана	Astana	Saryarka Velodrome
Caspiy Aktau	БК Каспий Актау	Aktau	Sports complex Caspiy
PBC Kapchagay	ПБК Капшагай	Kapchagay	Sports palace Jastar
Barsy Atyrau	БК Барсы Атырау	Atyrau	Sports and recreation complex Atyrau

Qualifying stage

Pos	Teams	P	W	L	Pts
1	BC Barsy Atyrau	11	11	0	22	Qualification to Regular season
2	BC Caspiy Aktau	11	10	1	21	Qualification to Regular season
3	BC Tobol Kostanay	11	10	1	21
4	Almatynski Legion	11	7	4	18	Qualification to Regular season
5	PBC Kapchagay	11	7	4	18	Qualification to Regular season
6	BC Kazygurt Shymkent	11	7	4	18
7	BC Barsy Atyrau-2	11	4	7	15
8	BC Bars Petropavl	11	4	7	15
9	Astana Tigers	11	2	9	13
10	BC Irtysh Pavlodar	11	2	9	13
11	BC Tobol Kostanay-2	11	2	9	13
12	BC Okzhetpes Kokshetau	11	1	11	12

Regular season

Pos	Teams	P	W	L	Pts
1	BC Barsy Atyrau	16	14	2	30	Qualification to Play-offs
2	BC Astana	16	12	4	28	Qualification to Play-offs
3	PBC Kapchagay	16	7	9	23	Qualification to Play-offs
4	Caspiy Aktau	16	4	12	20	Qualification to Play-offs
5	Almatynski Legion	16	3	13	19

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	BC Astana	3
	3	Caspiy Aktau	0
						1	BC Astana	0
						3	Barsy Atyrau	3
	2	PBC Kapchagay	0
	3	Barsy Atyrau	3

Semifinals

(2) Astana vs. (3) Caspiy Aktau

April 13 18:00

Boxscore

Astana 75, Caspiy Aktau 73
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 12–22, 25–9, 15–20
Pts: Aleksandr Zhigulin 16 Rebs: Anton Ponomarev Patrick Calathes 10 Asts: Pavel Ilin Rustam Murzagaliev 5		Pts: Zhanysh Erns Uulu 23 Rebs: Maxim Smirnov 9 Asts: Dyami Starks Zhanysh Erns Uulu 5
Astana leads series, 1–0

Saryarka Velodrome, Astana Attendance: 569 Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

April 14 17:00

Boxscore

Astana 78, Caspiy Aktau 70
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–19, 22–12, 16–26
Pts: Patrick Calathes 15 Rebs: Pavel Ilin 9 Asts: Patrick Calathes 9		Pts: Zhanysh Erns Uulu 16 Rebs: Maxim Smirnov 8 Asts: Zhanysh Erns Uulu 5
Astana leads series, 2–0

Saryarka Velodrome, Astana Attendance: 233 Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

April 17 17:00 PM

Boxscore

Caspiy Aktau 71, Astana 83
Scoring by quarter: 14–29, 30–15, 11–23, 16–16
Pts: Azim Yagodkin 21 Rebs: Azim Yagodkin Sergei Kazantsev Maxim Smirnov 5 Asts: Azim Yagodkin Maxim Smirnov 6		Pts: Anton Ponomarev Patrick Calathes 19 Rebs: Patrick Calathes 11 Asts: Pavel Ilin Rustam Murzagaliev Patrick Calathes 3
Astana wins series, 3–0

Sport complex Caspiy, Aktau Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

(1) BC Barsy Atyrau vs. (4) PBC Kapchagay

April 13 19:00

Boxscore

Barsy Atyrau 80, Kapchagay 75
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–21, 17–21, 23–14
Pts: Michael Burvel 22 Rebs: Michael Burvel 11 Asts: 0		Pts: Mykhailo Galenko 17 Rebs: Anton Bykov 13 Asts: 0
Barsy Atyrau leads series, 1–0

Sports and recreation complex Atyrau, Atyrau Referees: Arsen Andryushkin

April 14 19:00

Boxscore

Barsy Atyrau 91, Kapchagay 88
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 21–28, 25–24, 22–17
Pts: Ryan Cook 23 Rebs: Dmitri Gavrilov 12 Asts: 0		Pts: Vadim Matyukevich 24 Rebs: Anton Bykov 7 Asts: 0
Barsy Atyrau leads series, 2–0

Sports and recreation complex Atyrau, Atyrau Referees: Arsen Andryushkin

April 16 18:00

Boxscore

Barsy Atyrau 91, Kapchagay 60
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 20–17, 24–13, 26–20
Pts: Ryan Cook 18 Rebs: Ryan Cook 9 Asts: 0		Pts: Vadim Matyukevich 16 Rebs: Anton Bykov 8 Asts: 0
Barsy Atyrau wins series, 3–0

Sports and recreation complex Atyrau, Atyrau Referees: Arsen Andryushkin

Third place game

Caspiy Aktau vs. PBC Kapchagay

April 23 17:00

Boxscore

Caspiy Aktau 86, Kapchagay 73
Scoring by quarter: 34–15, 16–19, 18–20, 18–19
Pts: Dyami Starks 22 Rebs: Dyami Starks 9 Asts: Dyami Starks 5		Pts: Maxim Voeykov 19 Rebs: Anton Bykov 13 Asts: Konstantin Dvirnyi 3
Caspiy Aktau leads series, 1–0

Sport complex Caspiy, Aktau Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

April 24 17:00

Boxscore

Caspiy Aktau 90, Kapchagay 82 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 27–17, 15–24, 18–11, Overtime: 14–6
Pts: Azim Yagodkin 18 Rebs: Sergei Kazantsev Maxim Smirnov 8 Asts: Azim Yagodkin 7		Pts: Vadim Matyukevich 22 Rebs: Vadim Matyukevich 14 Asts: Vitali Kupenkov Daniil Seleznev Maxim Voeykov 2
Caspiy Aktau leads series, 2–0

Sport complex Caspiy, Aktau Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

April 26 18:00 PM

Boxscore

Kapchagay 69, Caspiy Aktau 67
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 20–14, 15–24, 18–8
Pts: Vadim Matyukevich 18 Rebs: Vadim Matyukevich 11 Asts: Daniil Seleznev 6		Pts: Dyami Starks 15 Rebs: Maxim Smirnov 9 Asts: Azim Yagodkin 5
Caspiy Aktau leads series, 2–1

Sport palace Jastar, Taldykorgan Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

April 27 16:00 PM

Boxscore

Kapchagay 103, Caspiy Aktau 102 (OT)

Scoring by quarter: 18–33, 16–16, 19–19, 30–15, Overtime: 20–19

Series tied, 2–2

Sport palace Jastar, Taldykorgan Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

April 30 17:00

Boxscore

Caspiy Aktau 77, Kapchagay 82
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 14–16, 28–24, 15–20
Pts: Dyami Starks 15 Rebs: Maxim Smirnov 9 Asts: Maxim Smirnov 4		Pts: Vadim Matyukevich 25 Rebs: Anton Bykov 16 Asts: Vyacheslav Raguev Daniil Seleznev Maxim Voeykov 2
Kapchagay wins series, 3–2

Sport complex Caspiy, Aktau Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

Final

BC Barsy Atyrau vs. BC Astana

April 28 19:00

Boxscore

Barsy Atyrau 87, Astana 67
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 17–16, 30–19, 20–10
Pts: Mikhail Evstigneev Ryan Cook 19 Rebs: Michael Burvel 10 Asts: 0		Pts: Jerry Johnson 15 Rebs: Aleksei Zhukanenko Anton Ponomarev 8 Asts: 0
Barsy Atyrau leads series, 1–0

Sports and recreation complex Atyrau, Atyrau Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

April 29 20:00

Boxscore

Barsy Atyrau 90, Astana 88 (OT)

Scoring by quarter: 90–88, 90–88, 90–88, 90–88, Overtime: 90-88

Barsy Atyrau leads series, 2–0

Sports and recreation complex Atyrau, Atyrau Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Alexey Stepanenko, Evgeniy Miheev

May 3 18:00

Boxscore

Astana 73, Barsy Atyrau 82
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 16–20, 9–22, 23–20
Pts: Jerry Johnson Aleksei Zhukanenko 15 Rebs: Anton Ponomarev 9 Asts: Jerry Johnson 6		Pts: Ryan Cook 16 Rebs: Mikhail Evstigneev 8 Asts: Ryan Cook 6
Barsy Atyrau wins series, 3–0

Saryarka Velodrome, Astana Referees: Matevos Nikogosyan, Evgeniy Miheev, Arsen Andryushkin

All-Kazakhstan Basketball Championship Team

The league selected their choice of the best players at each position for the season.[2]

• Best combo guard: Azim Yagodkin (Caspiy Aktau)
• Best shooting guard: Ryan Cook (Barsy Atyrau)
• Best small forward: Patrick Calathes (Astana)
• Best power forward: Anton Bykov (Kapchagay)
• Best center: Mikhail Evstigneev (Barsy Atyrau)

References

1. "2015–16 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship". Plex.page. Algoritmi Vision. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
2. "Завершился XXIV-й Чемпионат РК среди мужских команд НЛ" Русский [The Final 4 of the 2015/2016 Kazakhstan Championship is over]. National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan (in Russian). 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

External links

• National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan season profile Retrieved 22 June 2016
• FIBA game center season recap Retrieved 22 June 2016
• Asia-Basket season recap Retrieved 22 June 2016