The final list of players of the Russia Men’s Volleyball National Team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo has been announced.
The head coach of the Russia National Team, Tuomas Sammelvuo, has finally made the final decision on the list of players on the roster for participation in the tournament of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He crossed out middle blocker Ilya Vlasov and libero Evgeniy Baranov from the group that conducted preparation in the homeland.
As it was already known, the list of 12 had to be composed without one of the major ‘Zbornaya’ pillars Dmitriy Muserskiy on it and it contains the following names…
Setters:
Igor KOBZAR (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Pavel PANKOV (Dinamo Moscow)
Opposite hitters:
Maksim MIKHAYLOV (Zenit-Kazan)
Victor POLETAEV (Zenit, St. Petersburg)
Middle blockers:
Artem VOLVICH (Zenit-Kazan)
Ilyas KURKAEV (Lokomotiv)
Ivan YAKOVLEV (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Outside hitters:
Denis BOGDAN (Fakel)
Dmitriy VOLKOV (Zenit-Kazan)
Egor KLIUKA (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Yaroslav PODLESNYKH (Dinamo Moscow)
Libero:
Valentin GOLUBEV (Zenit-Kazan)
