2014–15 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship

Kazakhstan Basketball Championship
Season2014–15
Duration8 October 2014 – 27 March 2015
Games played45
Teams6 (4 in the regular season)
Regular season
Top seedBC Astana
Finals
ChampionsBC Astana
4th title
  Runners-upAlmatynski Legion
SemifinalistsPBC Kapchagay
Caspiy Aktau
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The 2014–15 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (Russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу сезон 2014–15) was the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship, the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan. Its official designation in full was: XXIIth basketball Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan for men's teams (National league) (Russian: XXIII-го Чемпионата Республика Казахстан по баскетболу среди мужских команд (Национальной лиги)).

The regular season ran from 8 October 2014 to 27 March 2015, May 9, 2004,[1] 4 teams played 18 games each, with 6 confrontations between every side.

The playoffs ran from 29 March 2015 to 10 April 2015, BC Astana won their fourth consecutive title by beating Almatynski Legion in the final.

Teams

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Location of teams of the 2014–15 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[a] БК Барсы Атырау Atyrau Sports and recreation complex Atyrau
Kazygurt Shymkent[a] БК Казыгурт Шымкент Shymkent Sports and recreation complex Shymkent

Season narrative

BC Astana finished in first place after the regular season, earning the top seed for the playoffs.[2]

All four teams advanced to the playoffs, they were joined by the two best teams of the second division Higher league (Russian: Высшей лиги), namely Kazygurt Shymkent and Barsy Atyrau. The latter two teams played a best-of-three series against Almatynski Legion and Caspiy Aktau, the two lowest ranked National league team sides, who both won their respective series to advance to the final four.[3][4]

The Final four, with all match-ups decided in a single game, saw Almatynski Legion and Caspiy Aktau play against the top two sides of the regular season, BC Astana and PBC Kapchagay, with Almatynski Legion and BC Astana proceeding to the final, the defeated sides playing for third place.[5] The final saw BC Astana crush Almatynski Legion 82–56 on 10 April 2015 to claim the championship for the fourth time in a row.[6][7][8]

Regular season

Pos[2] Teams P W L Pts
1 BC Astana 18 12 6 29
2 PBC Kapchagay 18 10 8 28
3 Caspiy Aktau 18 7 11 25
4 Almatynski Legion 18 7 11 25

Play-offs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 BC Astana 1
3 Caspiy Aktau 2 3 Caspiy Aktau 0
6 Barsy Atyrau 1 1 BC Astana 1
3 Almatynski Legion 0
2 PBC Kapchagay 0
4 Almatynski Legion 2 3 Almatynski Legion 1
5 Kazygurt Shymkent 0

Semifinals

BC Astana vs. Caspiy Aktau

9 April
19:11
BC Astana 79, Caspiy Aktau 66
Scoring by quarter: 22–13', 16–15, 23–18, 18–20
Pts: Anatoly Kolesnikov 14 Pts: Zhanysh Erns Uulu 20

Almatynski Legion vs. PBC Kapchagay

9 April
16:42
Almatynski Legion 82, PBC Kapchagay 73
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 17–11, 21–23, 16–7
Pts: Dmitry Sviridov 20 Pts: Dmitri Gavrilov 17

Third place game

Caspiy Aktau vs. PBC Kapchagay

10 April
16:43
Caspiy Aktau 76, PBC Kapchagay 56
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 13–11, 22–23, 22–12
Pts: Kris Richard 19 Pts: Dmitri Gavrilov 16

Final

BC Astana vs. Almatynski Legion

10 April
18:59
BC Astana 81, Almatynski Legion 56
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 23–9, 24–13, 8–13
Pts: Jerry Johnson 18 Pts: Evstigneev, Marchuk 10

All-Kazakhstan Basketball Championship team

The league selected their choice of the best players at each position for the season.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Only for the playoffs.

References

  1. ^ Shakirov, M. (20 January 2015). "Мужчины НЛ - Сезон 2014-2015 года: Календарь игр" Русский [Men's NL – 2014-2015 season: Games calendar] (PDF). National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan (in Russian). Astana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Мужчины НЛ - Сезон 2014-2015 года: Таблицы результатов" Русский [Men's NL – 2014-2015 season: Results table] (PDF). National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan (in Russian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Almatysnki Legion advance into Final Four". Asia-Basket.com. Eurobasket.com. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ "1/4 финала Чемпионата Казахстан 2014/2015" Русский [2014/2015 Kazakhstan championship ¼ finals]. BC Almaty (in Russian). 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Astana and Almatynski Legion advance into Final". Asia-Basket.com. Eurobasket.com. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. ^ "BC Astana conquer fourth straight D1 trophy". Asia-Basket.com. Eurobasket.com. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Astana wins Kazakh championship". VTB United League. 11 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Финал 4-х Чемпионата Казахстана 2014/2015 завершен" Русский [The Final 4 of the 2014/2015 Kazakhstan Championship is over]. National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan (in Russian). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.