Estonian National Team
Kangur represented Estonia for the first time in youth level at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Qualifying Round. In his first game he was the top scorer for Estonia with 18 points in 23 minutes against Denmark. Kangur also played at the 2003 Summer Universiade.
He made his debut for the Estonia national basketball team on the 20th November 2002 at the age of 20. He scored 4 points in 8 minutes during EuroBasket 2003 Qualification Semi-Final Round game against Belarus. Since then he has been a certain selection for the national team representing Estonia at the 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2013 EuroBasket qualification tournaments. His national team career high score is 26 points against Iceland in autumn 2012, during the EuroBasket 2013 qualification. Since 2011 Kangur has been the captain of the Estonian national team.
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