The line-up of the men’s national team of Russia for the tournament in Minsk, involving two host teams and the team of Iraq, was defined. The national team will gather in Novogorsk on October 26. The Russian team will hold the first workout the next day and will stay on the base in the Moscow region till Wednesday. The delegation will head for Minsk on October 30. The official website of the HFR informs that 17 players are called to the training session.
The national team of Russia:
gk — Denis Zabolotin (Meshkov Brest, Belarus), Vadim Kondratenko (SKIF), Ivan Sharov (Zenit);
lw — Dmitriy Ionov (CSKA), Ivan Osadchiy (SKIF);
p — Aleksandr Ermakov, Victor Furtsev (both from Chekhovskie medvedi), Andrey Tyurin (Permskie medvedi), Roman Tsarapkin (CSKA);
rw — Andrey Volkhonsky (Permskie medvedi), Ivan Erkanov (CSKA);
lb — Ilya Belevtsov (CSKA), Ivan Shelmenko (Chekhovskie medvedi);
cb — Aleksandr Arkatov (Permskie medvedi), Saveliy Shalabanov (SKIF);
rb — Anton Aksyukov (Chekhovskie medvedi), Daniil Moskalenko (CSKA).
The tournament schedule
31 October
Russia — Iraq — 16.00 (Moscow time)
Belarus — Belarus-2 — 18.30
1 November
Russia — Belarus-2 — 12.00
Belarus — Iraq — 14.30
2 November
Belarus-2 — Iraq — 12.00
Belarus — Russia — 14.30
