The women’s national team line-up is introduced on the official website of the Russian Handball Federation. Lyudmila Bodniyeva’s wards will get to work in Novogorsk in Moscow region since 26 September.
Two players of the youth national team were among the called to the training camp: left wing of HC Dinamo-Sinara Sofia Vasilyeva and left back of HC Zvezda Julia Babenko. Pivot of the Volgograd team Stefania Belolipetskaya and left back of HC Kuban Anastasia Shavman are also in the team squad.
The national team of Russia will be training in Novogorsk till 30 September. After that 18 of 21 of the called players will go to Minsk, where control meetings with the Belarusian national team are planned on 1 an 2 October.
Russia women’s national team:
goalkeepers — Evelina Anoshkina (HC Astrakhanochka), Polina Kaplina, Kira Trusova (both from HC CSKA);
left wings — Sofia Vasilyeva (HC Dinamo-Sinara), Marianna Egorova (Zvezda), Kristina Kozhokar (Rostov-Don);
right wings — Maria Dudina (HC Astrakhanochka), Albina Murzalieva (HC CSKA);
pivots — Alena Amelchenko (HC Lada), Stefania Belolipetskaya (HC Dinamo-Sinara), Anastasia Illarionova (HC CSKA);
left backs — Julia Babenko (HC Zvezda), Elena Mikhailichenko (HC CSKA), Anastasia Shavman (HC Kuban);
right backs — Julia Baeva (HC Luch), Antonina Skorobogatchenko (HC CSKA), Ekaterina Zelenkova (HC Rostov-Don);
playmakers — Valeriya Kirdyasheva (HC Lada), Karina Sabirova (HC CSKA), Daria Statsenko, Milana Tazhenova (both from HC Rostov-Don)
coaching staff — Lyudmila Bodniyeva (head coach), Mikhail Izmailov, Aleksandr Yanushevich (general physical training coach).
Photo: Maria Bolotko
