Kazakhstan men's national volleyball team

Kazakhstan
Association	Kazakhstan Volleyball Federation (KVF)
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Viktor Kozik
FIVB ranking	70 (5 October 2025)
Uniforms
Home	Away
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2002)
Best result	19th (2002)
Asian Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1993)
Best result	(1993, 2017)
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Asian Championship
Asian Cup

AssociationKazakhstan Volleyball Federation (KVF)

ConfederationAVC

Head coachViktor Kozik

FIVB ranking 70

(5 October 2025)^[1]

The Kazakhstan men's national volleyball team represents Kazakhstan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches.^{[citation needed]}

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World Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL
1949	Part of Soviet Union								Part of Soviet Union
1952
1956
1960
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994	Did not qualify								1993 Asian Championship
1998	Did not qualify								2	0	2	1	6
2002	First round	19th place	3	0	3	2	9	Squad	3	2	1	6	3
2006	First round	21st place	5	0	5	2	15	Squad	3	3	0	9	1
2010	Did not qualify								6	3	3	13	9
2014									5	4	1	13	3
2018									6	2	4	8	15
2022									2021 Asian Championship
2025									2023 Asian Championship
2027	To be determined
2029	To be determined
Total	0 Titles	2/23	8	0	8	4	24	—	25	14	11	50	37

Challenger Cup record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Preliminary round	5th place	2	0	2	1	6	Squad
2019	Did not enter
2022	Did not enter
2023	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	1/5	2	0	2	1	6	—

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1975	Part of Soviet Union
1979
1983
1987
1989
1991
1993	Final	Runners-up	7	6	1	18	4	Squad
1995	Final round	14th place	4	0	4			Squad
1997	Did not enter
1999	9th–12th places	11th place	6	2	4	6	14	Squad
2001	9th–12th places	9th place	5	3	2	11	6	Squad
2003	5th–8th places	8th place	6	1	5	5	16	Squad
2005	Qualified but withdrew
2007	9th–12th places	10th place	7	5	2	17	8	Squad
2009	5th–8th places	5th place	7	5	2	16	10	Squad
2011	9th–12th places	9th place	7	5	2	17	10	Squad
2013	9th place match	10th place	7	4	3	13	11	Squad
2015	9th place match	9th place	7	5	2	16	10	Squad
2017	Final	Runners-up	8	5	3	17	15	Squad
2019	9th place match	10th place	8	4	4	13	15	Squad
2021	11th place match	11th place	7	3	4	10	13	Squad
2023	13th place match	13th place	5	3	2	12	8	Squad
2026	Did not participate
Total	0 Title	14/23	91	51	40	171	140	—

Year	Rank	Matches	W	L	SW	SL
1951	No Competition
1954	No Competition
1958	Part of Soviet Union
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994	4	10	7	3	21	10
1998	8	6	1	5	4	15
2002	Did Not Enter
2006	7	3	1	2	4	7
2010	9	7	5	2	16	10
2014	10	7	3	4	12	15
2018	17	4	1	3	8	9
2022	9	6	3	3	11	13
2026	To be determined
Total	7/17	37	18	19	65	66

Asian Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Did not participate
2022	Did not participate
2023	7th–12th places	7th place	5	3	2	10	6	Squad
2024	Semifinals	4th place	5	2	3	8	12	Squad
2025	Qualified but withdrew
2026	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	3/6	10	5	5	18	18	—

Kazakhstan men's national volleyball team

World Championship

World League

Challenger Cup

Asian Championship

Asian Games

Asian Nations Cup

Asian Cup

CAVA Nations League

Results and fixtures

2025

2025 CAVA Nations League

Team

Current squad

Coach history

References

External links

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No.	Name	Date of birth	Pos.	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2023–24 club
1	Yerikzhan Boken	31 July 1996	L	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	260 cm (100 in)	255 cm (100 in)	Taraz VC
2	Niyaz Nurgazin	10 March 1999	S	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Pavlodar VC
3	Vladimir Prokofyev	9 February 1993	MB	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	336 cm (132 in)	Zayik VC
5	Boris Kempa	25 May 1991	OH	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Pavlodar VC
7	Aibat Netalin	30 March 1992	OH	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Aktobe VC
8	Petr Churzin	25 September 1989	OP	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Atyrau VC
9	Sergey Okunev	29 April 1990	L	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Pavlodar VC
11	Damir Akimov	22 September 1991	MB	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Taraz VC
12	Nodirkhan Kadirkhanov	6 September 1991	MB	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Taraz VC
18	Vitaliy Vorivodin (c)	31 July 1990	OH	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Zhayik VC
21	Mikhail Ustinov	22 December 1989	OH	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Taraz VC
23	Askar Serik	29 September 1997	MB	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Pavlodar VC
24	Nurlibek Nurmakhambetov	17 July 2000	S	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Taraz VC

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