Today in Astana the qualifying round of qualifying for the Asian Championships Men’s Basketball Team. The Kazakh team hosted on the floor of the team of Uzbekistan. On the eve of match press conference was held where players have voiced about the composition of the team, head coach and objectives are set for the team Boniciolli.

 

Children from all over Kazakhstan came to collect a week before the game, hard training, familiarity with the coach and other "obligations" were given easily. For players, the team is almost all new. The mood for the match was exorbitant, because tasks are the highest is getting into the top three on the Asian continent.

The national team of the Republic of Kazakhstan in basketball:

• Rustam Yargaliev, "Astana"
• Anton Ponomarev "Astana"
• Rustem Murzagaliev "Astana"
• Maxim Marchuk "Astana"
• Dmitry Klimov "Astana"
• Dmitri Gavrilov "Caspian"
• Andrei Malyshev "Caspian"
• Constantine Dvirny "Caspian"
• Vitaly Lapchenko "Caspian"
• Timur Sultanov, "Tobol"
• Yuri Kozhanov "Kapshagay"
• Nicholas Bazhin "Astana Tigers"
• Michael Yevstigneev "Barca Atyrau"
• Bondarovich Leonid "Barca Atyrau"
• Alexander Zhigulin "Barcelona"

In the starting five came out the following players: Timur Sultanov, Marchuk Maxim Rustam Yargaliev, Dmitri Gavrilov and Mikhail Yevstigneev.

The match was absent Dmitry Klimov since injury and Alexander Zhigulin.

The match was interesting. We must pay tribute to the Uzbek national team, they fought to the last. Looking at the composition of our team, you can see at a glance what each player is interesting and good in their own way, each has its own "trump card." And the fact that Matteo Bonichiolli was able to rally them together in such a short period of time, it is a great success.

Talking about the match, we can say that the game was not in the "one ring" as many thought. The Uzbek team quite well. Played cohesively and fought to the last.

The final score of the match 80:60 (1st period-21: 15, 2nd period-40: 33, 3 period-62: 47)

Statistical data: Michael Yevstigney-28 points, 9 rebounds, Rustam Yargaliev-21 points, Andrei Malyshev, 8 points, 9 rebounds.