Leopards (basketball club)

Leopards
Leopards
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Based	2003
City	Atyrau
Hall	IC FOK “Atyrau”
Capacity	1,500 viewers
The president	Bulat Mukhambetkaliev (Club President)
Trainer	Arnis vecvagars
Competition	Balkan Basketball League; Kazakhstan Championship
Site	bcbarsy.kz

“Bars” is a Kazakhstan basketball club from the city of Atyrau . Performs in the championship of Kazakhstan and in the Balkan basketball league. Until the 2017/2018 season, she played in the Baltic Basketball League , this was the last season of this league.

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History

Basketball club "Bars" was created in 2003 by the Basketball Federation of Atyrau region and the Department of tourism and sports of Atyrau region. The head coach and adviser of the club was Leonid Novikov, provided as an aid to the Orsk Basketball Federation ^[1] .

In the 2007/2008 season, under the guidance of the honored trainer of the RK Kim Anatoly Grigoryevich, the women's team Bars was created ^[1] .

The club won its first trophy in 2009, becoming the owner of the Kazakhstan Cup ^[2] .

In the 2010/2011 season, “Leopards” became champions of Kazakhstan ^[3] , beating the Kostanai “Tobol” in the final with a score of 3-0 ^[4] ^[5] .

In 2010, Barca Bars started in the Baltic Basketball League, becoming the first team from Central Asia to enter this league ^[1] . In the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons, the team played in the challenge cup of the second division. After the cancellation of divisions in the 2012/13 season, the team reached 1/16. In the seasons 2013/2014 and 2015/16, the club entered the playoffs, but lost in the first round to Šiauliai ^[6] and Tartu Roku ).

In the 2015/2016 season, “Leopards” became two-time champions of Kazakhstan, beating “ Astana ” in the final with a score of 3-0.

Achievements

Kazakhstan Championship

Champion (2): 2010/2011 , 2015/2016
Finalist (5): 2011/2012 , 2012/2013 , 2013/2014 , 2016/2017 , 2017/2018

Major League of Kazakhstan

Champion (1): 2014/2015

Kazakhstan Cup

Owner (1): 2009
Finalist (5): 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2017 , 2018
03! Bronze (1): 2016

Head Coaches

2003 - Leonid Novikov
2004—2008 - Vadim Burakov
2009 - Zhydrunas Zhvinklis
2010-2012 - Vadim Burakov
2013—2014 - Eduard Skripets
2015—2016 - Oleg Kiselev
2016—2017 - Vinko Bakic / Boyan Salatich
2017 - n. at. - Alexander Vrzhina
2018 - n. at. - Arnis vecvagars

Current squad

The current composition of BC Barca Atyrau

Players

Trainers

Pos.	No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Growth	Weight
3.5! F	four	Ilyin, Pavel! Pavel Ilyin	May 24 1992 (27 years old)	196 cm	089! 89 kg
1.5! 3	five	Marat, Adilkhan! Adilkhan Marat	December 18 1999 (19 years old)	187 cm	085! 85 kg
3.5! F	7	Bazhin, Nikolay! Nikolay Bazhin	December 9 1990 (28 years old)	198 cm	087! 87 kg
5.0! Ts	eight	Ivanov, Vladimir! Vladimir Ivanov	November 30 1994 (24 years old)	205 cm	095! 95 kg
3.5! F	ten	Milosevic, Nenad! Nenad Milosevic	May 2 1983 (36 years old)	195 cm	085! 85 kg
5.0! Ts	eleven	Glazyrin, Konstantin Konstantinovich! Konstantin Glazyrin	November 11 1988 (30 years old)	202 cm	105! 105 kg
5.0! Ts	17	Nagimov, Ilyas! Ilyas Nagimov	March 28 1999 (20 years old)	200 cm	097! 97 kg
5.0! Ts	22	Maidekin, Askar! Askar Maidekin	May 28 1997 (22 years old)	203 cm	099! 99 kg
1.5! 3	23	Gubashev, Kadyrzhan! Kadyrzhan Gubashev (C)	January 31 1990 (29 years old)	182 cm	070! 70 kg
1.5! 3	thirty	Zhunusov, Ilyas! Ilyas Zhunusov	August 1 1998 (21 years old)	170 cm	070! 70 kg
3.5! F	33	Utegen, Rustem! Rustem Utegen	February 14 1996 (23 years old)	191 cm	070! 70 kg
5.0! Ts	37	Mikhail Evstigneev	July 5 1984 (35 years old)	205 cm	105! 105 kg
5.0! Ts	45	Yezhov, Dmitry! Dmitry Ezhov	April 20 1991 (28 years old)	207 cm	103! 103 kg

Main coach

Alexander Vrzhina

Trainer assistants

Ivan Skenderovich

Legend

(K) - Team Captain

Last updated: November 19, 2017

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ History (Russian) (inaccessible link) . Barsy Atyrau . Date of treatment July 19, 2016. Archived on September 19, 2016.
↑ Achievements (Russian) (inaccessible link) . Barsy Atyrau . Date of treatment July 19, 2016. Archived on September 19, 2016.
↑ KAZ - Barsy win regular season; Astana, Irtysh in women's final (neopr.) . FIBA (April 5, 2011). Date of treatment June 20, 2015.
↑ KAZ - Barsy surge into 2-0 Finals lead (neopr.) . FIBA (May 7, 2011). Date of treatment June 20, 2015.
↑ Eurobasket news report - 11/11/2011: Barsy Atyrau are new D1 champions (unopened) . Eurobasket.com (May 11, 2011). Date of treatment June 20, 2015.
↑ Baranauskas, Povilas Siauliai hold back Barsy's late surge (neopr.) . Baltic Basketball League (February 25, 2014). Date of treatment June 20, 2015.

Links

[BarsyHistory-1] ¹ ² ³ History (Russian) (inaccessible link) . Barsy Atyrau . Date of treatment July 19, 2016. Archived on September 19, 2016.

[2] Achievements (Russian) (inaccessible link) . Barsy Atyrau . Date of treatment July 19, 2016. Archived on September 19, 2016.

[3] KAZ - Barsy win regular season; Astana, Irtysh in women's final (neopr.) . FIBA (April 5, 2011). Date of treatment June 20, 2015.

[4] KAZ - Barsy surge into 2-0 Finals lead (neopr.) . FIBA (May 7, 2011). Date of treatment June 20, 2015.

[5] Eurobasket news report - 11/11/2011: Barsy Atyrau are new D1 champions (unopened) . Eurobasket.com (May 11, 2011). Date of treatment June 20, 2015.

[6] Baranauskas, Povilas Siauliai hold back Barsy's late surge (neopr.) . Baltic Basketball League (February 25, 2014). Date of treatment June 20, 2015.