Russia
A 21-man list of Russia men’s national team for the 2018 Volleyball Nations League, that will have six debutants, was sent to the FIVB. Surprisingly, the head coach Sergey Shlyapnikov decided to cross off the setters Aleksandr Butko and Sergey Grankin from a preliminary list. The opposite Pavel Kruglov, middle blockers Ilyas Kurkaev, Aleksey Safonov and Dmitriy Shcherbinin, outside hitters Yuriy Berezhko and Egor Feoktistov, and libero Artem Zelenkov also did not make to the final list. Dmitriy Volkov was appointed a captain of „Zbornaya“.
Russian NT squad for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League:
SETTERS
Igor Kobzar (Kuzbass)
Dmitriy Kovalev (Ural)
Pavel Pankov (Zenit Sankt-Peterburg)
OPPOSITES
Konstantin Bakun (Belogorie)
Maksim Mikhailov (Zenit Kazan)
Viktor Poletaev (Kuzbass)
Romanas Shkulyavichus (Nova) – debutant
MIDDLE BLOCKERS
Ilya Vlasov (Dinamo)
Artem Volvich (Zenit Kazan)
Dmitriy Muserskiy (Belogorie)
Inal Tavasiev (Kuzbass) – debutant
Igor Filippov (Ural) – debutant
OUTSIDE HITTERS
Dmitriy Volkov (Fakel)
Anton Karpukhov (Kuzbass) – debutant
Egor Kliuka (Fakel)
Aleksandr Markin (Dinamo)
Yaroslav Podlesnykh (Kuzbass) – debutant
Sergey Savin (Lokomotiv)
LIBEROS
Aleksey Kabeshov (Ural) – debutant
Roman Martyniuk (Lokomotiv)
Aleksandr Sokolov (Yaroslavich)
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