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The head coach of the Russia men’s team Andrey Voronkov named the team roster to participate in the World Grand Champions Cup, which will be held in Japan from 19 to 24 November. Compared with the composition of victorious European Championship, Voronkov made one change: instead of the injured Alexey Verbov, in the Land of the Rising Sun will play libero of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Valentin Golubev.
Russia squad:
Setters: Sergey Grankin (Dinamo Moscow), Sergey Makarov (Kuzbass Kemerovo)
Opposites: Nikolay Pavlov (Nizhny Novgorod), Maxim Mikhailov (Zenit Kazan)
Middle Blockers: Dmitriy Muserskiy (Belogorie Belgorod), Artem Volvich (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk), Nikolai Apalikov (Zenit Kazan), Andrey Aschev (Dinamo Krasnodar)
Outside hitters: Dmitriy Ilinykh (Belogorie Belgorod) , Alexey Spiridonov (Fakel Noviy Urengoy), Eugeny Sivozhelez (Zenit Kazan), Ilya Zhilin (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk)
Libero: Valentin Golubev (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk), Artem Ermakov (Dinamo Moscow)
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