The game is over
Astana, Kazakstan
10 February 2020 Monday / 16:30 MSK
72
95
CSKA
Feb 10 (Mon):
Sportbox.ru (for Russia): 16:25
Match! Game: 16:25
Vtb-league.com (for Russia): 16:30
Match! Country: 21:50

Feb 11 (Tue):
Match! Country: 9:05
CSKA
09.02.2020
Our team went to Nur-Sultan to face the hosts at their new basketball arena…
To Astana’s new home
Our team went to Nur-Sultan to face the hosts at their new basketball arena.

Pre-game breakdown


The Army Men had three productive days after the previous game. They took time to analyze the defeat in Piraeus and prepared for the next game.

Will Clyburn and Andrey Vorontsevich remain on the injury list.

14 players boarded the Aeroflot charter flight. Howard Sant-Roos and Alexander Khomenko stayed in Moscow. Daniil Kochergin, the young forward who had a chance to debut for the main team in the previous VTB League game, joined the team.

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
It is a bounce back game for us. Astana has an ambitions to be in playoffs, they have three new players in comparison to our first meeting – Florence, Holt and Crockett.


“Relativity” connections


Valery Tikhonenko, Astana General Manager, is a legend of CSKA. He played for the Army Men for 5 seasons (1985-87, 1997-2000) and coached the team for 2 years (2000-02).

Astana newcomer Stephen Holt spent part of 2016-17 season together with Howard Sant-Roos at Nymburk.

Past matchups


Win-loss record: 19-0
Game of 2019-20 season:
15-Dec-2019. CSKA – Astana: 104-91 (+13)

Short dossier


BC Astana (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan)
Founded: 2000
Colors: yellow, blue
Home court: DE Zhekpe-Zhek Arena (5,000).
President: Valery Tikhonenko
Head coach: Emil Rajkovic
Website: pbcastana.kz
Trophy case: 7-time Kazakhstan champion (2012-15, 17-19), 7-time Kazakhstan Cup winner (2011-14,

Upcoming tournament games

30 March 2024, Saturday

30 / Sat / 18:00 MSK

31 March 2024, Sunday

31 / Sun / 13:00 MSK
31 / Sun / 15:00 MSK
31 / Sun / 15:30 MSK
31 / Sun / 16:00 MSK

01 April 2024, Monday

01 / Mon
Megasport Arena, Moscow
01 / Mon / 20:00 MSK

03 April 2024, Wednesday

03 / Wed / 18:15 MSK
03 / Wed / 19:30 MSK

04 April 2024, Thursday

04 / Thu / 17:30 MSK