BK Astana Tigers is a Kazakhstani

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 basketball club based in the Kazakhstani capital, Astana

Astana

Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...

. The team competes in the First Division of the Kazakhstani National League, having already won 6 championships. The Tigers competed in the 21st FIBA-Asia Champions cup held last May 22–30, 2010, bagging fifth place.
BC Astana entered the VTB United League

VTB United League

VTB United League is an international professional basketball league that was founded in 2008. Its goal is to unite the leading basketball clubs of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe together into one league. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank. In its inaugural 2009–10 season, it featured clubs...

for the 2011-2012 season, making it the first Central Asian team in that league. Having also competed in an Asian tournament, BC Astana has achieved the rare feat of playing in two separate continental tournaments (the VTB United League for European countries and the FIBA Asia Champions Cup).

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