The Russian women’s team (“B” team) will play the group stage against the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany and Serbia.
The list of Women’s NT of Russia by the head coach Vadim Pankov:
Setters – Anna Matienko and Irina Filishtinskaya;
Opposites – Anastasia Bavykina and Daria Isaeva;
Middle bloskers – Irina Zaryazhko, Irina Malkova and Yulia Podskalnaya;
Receivers – Irina Voronkova, Olesya Nikolaeva, Daria Pisarenko and Anastasia Chernaya;
Liberos – Ekaterina Romanenko and Kristina Kurnosova.
The Russian men’s team („B“ team) will play in the group stage with Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Italy.
The list of Men’s NT of Russia by the head coach Sergey Shlyapnikov:
Setters – Igor Kobzar and Dmitriy Kovalev;
Opposites – Maxim Zhigalov and Viktor Poletaev;
Middle blockers – Ilya Vlasov, Ivan Demakov, Alexander Kimerov and Igor Filippov;
Receivers – Dmitriy Volkov, Alexander Markin, Yegor Kliyuka and Sergey Nikitin;
Liberos – Alexey Kabeshov and Roman Bragin.