The Kazakhstan Hockey Federation has published the men's national team roster for the 2027 Asian Championship on its official website. Talgat Zhailauov will lead the team at the tournament, the website infohub.kz reports.
The competition will be held on November 5–8, 2026, in Jeonju, South Korea, in a round-robin format. Along with the hosts and Kazakhstan, teams from China and Japan will also compete for the medals.
The national team roster includes 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All of them play for clubs in the Kazakhstan championship.
Goaltenders: Anton Osokin, Sergey Kudryavtsev (both — Torpedo), Vladislav Nurek (Nomad).
Defensemen: Stepan Alexandrov, Danil Butenko, Fyodor Khoroshev (all — Torpedo), Artyom Korolev, Alexander Makarov, Kirill Nikitin, Ruslan Tusupbekov (all — Nomad), Eduard Mikhailov (Saryarka).
Forwards: Artur Gatiyatov, Dmitry Grents, Dias Guseynov, Sayan Daniyar, Maxim Mukhametov (all — Torpedo), Artur Gross, Abay Mangisbayev, Alexander Migunov, Nikita Merzlikin (all — Nomad), Alexander Borisevich (Saryarka), Yevgeny Rymarev (Almaty), Oskar Yulbarisov (Gornyak).
Match schedule in Kazakhstan time: November 5, 12:00 — Japan vs Kazakhstan; November 7, 13:30 — Kazakhstan vs China; November 8, 13:30 — Kazakhstan vs South Korea.