Erkanov plays with Volkhonsky, Shalabanov is with Kandybin. The squads of two Russian teams participating in the Cup of Friendship were announced

The coaching staff of the national team of Russia divided the players into two teams

12:48, 4 January 2026
A traditional tournament involving two Russian national team, the national teams of Belarus and China starts on Monday at the Dynamo Palace of Sports on Lavochkina street. The coaching staff of the national team of Russia  defined the squads for the Cup of Friendship-2026. The teams will play with each other on the first day of the tournament.
 
Russia
 
Gk: Denis Zabolotin (Meshkov Brest, Belarus), Ivan Sharov (Zenit)
 
Lw: Dmitriy Ionov (CSKA), Ivan Osadchiy (SKIF)
 
Rw: Ivan Erkanov (CSKA), Andrey Volkhonskiy (Permskie medvedi)
 
P: Aleksandr Ermakov, Viktor Furtsev (both from Chekhovskie medvedi), Roman Tsarapkin (CSKA)
 
Rb: Anton Aksyukov (Chrkhovskie medvedi), Nikita Kamenev (Permskie medvedi)
 
Lb: Ilya Belevtsov (CSKA), Evgeniy Dzemin (Permskie medvedi), Sergey Mark Kosorotov (Wisla Plock, Poland)
 
Cb: Aleksandr Arkatov (Permskie medvedi), Igor Karlov (Tatran, Slovakia)
 
Coahing staff: Lev Voronin, Valentin Buzmakov, Aleksey Kostygov
 
Russia-2
 
Gk: Ilya Ivanov (Dinamo Astrakhan), Vadim Kondratenko (SKIF), Ilya Teplukhin (Chekhovskie medvedi)
 
Lw: Pavel Arkatov (Dinamo-Sungul), Ruslan Gakame (Victor)
 
Rw: Vladislav Glushchenko (Kaustik), Daniil Tumanov (Academia)
 
P: Nikita Kashnikov (SKIF), Andrey Tyurin (SGAU-Saratov)
 
Rb: Daniil Moskalenko (CSKA), Nikita Svetlov (Kaustik)
 
Lb: Arseniy Perunov (Academia), Ivan Shelmenko (Chekhovskie medvedi)
 
Cb: Dmitriy Kandybin (Chekhovskie medvedi), Nikita Ruchaev (Permskie medvedi), Saveliy Shalabanov (SKIF)
 
Coaching staff: Sergey Klenov, Oleg Nikkel, Eduard Sedov
 
 
Photo: the HFR press    
 
 
 

 

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