Kazakhstan national rugby union team

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| Name = Kazakhstan

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| Union = Kazakhstan Rugby Union

| Nickname = The Nomads

| emblem = Steppe eagle

| Coach = Timur Mashurov

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| Captain = Serik Zhanseitov

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| World Rugby Rank = 64

| World Rugby Rank date = 4 November 2024

| World Rugby max date = 16 January 2023

| World Rugby max = 63

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| First game= {{ru|Georgia (country)|1990}} 17–5 {{ru-rt|Kazakhstan}}
(4 March 1994)

| Largest win = {{ru-rt|KAZ}} 115–5 {{ru|KGZ}}
(3 July 2022)

| Largest loss = {{ru-rt|Japan}} 118–3 {{ru|Kazakhstan}}
(10 Dec 1998)

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The Kazakhstan national rugby union team, nicknamed "The Nomads", is controlled by the Kazakhstan Rugby Union. Kazakhstan have been participating in international competition since 1994 after their independence from the USSR.

In 2007, the fortunes of the team greatly improved by winning all five of their matches and rising 14 places in the IRB World Rankings to 32nd. This rise was the biggest by any international team over the year. This led to the team being entered into the top division of the new Asian Five Nations in 2008.[http://www.irb.com/rankings/news/newsid=2021676.html International Rugby Board – 2007 rankings highs and lows] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608224821/http://www.irb.com/rankings/news/newsid=2021676.html |date=8 June 2008 }}. 28 December 2007

Kazakhstan are now one of the leading rugby union nations in Asia, finishing second in the 2009 and 2010 Asian Five Nations to continent heavyweights Japan on both occasions. Their second-place finish in 2010 saw them advance to the four-team playoff for a final place at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. They lost 44–7 to Uruguay in Montevideo, being eliminated but it was still their best result yet. They have yet to qualify for a Rugby World Cup finals.

Asian Games

Rugby union at the 1998 Asian Games – Men

Japan 118–3 Kazakhstan

Chinese Taipei 27–11 Kazakhstan

Asian Five Nations Record

Asia Rugby Championship

World Cup Record

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!align="center" width="55px" | Year

!align="center" width="120px" | Result

!Reached

align="center"|1995

|align="left"|Did not Enter

|N/A

align="center"|1999

|align="left"|Did not Enter

|N/A

align="center"|2003

|align="left"|Did not Qualify

|Asia Round 1 – Pool C (3rd)

align="center"|2007

|align="left"|Did not Qualify

|Asia Round 1b Playoff

align="center"|2011

|align="left"|Did not Qualify

|Final place play-offs

align="center"|2015

|align="left"|Did not Qualify

|2015 Rugby World Cup

align="center"|2019

|align="left"|withdrew

|2019 Rugby World Cup

See also

References

{{National rugby teams}}

{{National sports teams of Kazakhstan}}

Category:Asian national rugby union teams

Category:Rugby union in Kazakhstan

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