Russia
There are seven debutants on the preliminary list of Russia national team. Good news for the fans of “Zbornaya” is a return to the squad of one of the best middle blockers in the world Dmitriy Muserskiy. He was not a part of the national team since the 2016 FIVB World League.
The first gathering is scheduled for May 3 but players of Superliga finalists, Zenit Kazan and Zenit Sankt-Peterburg, will not be obliged to appear that day. They will get a few days more to rest than the other players.
Preliminary list of Russia:
SETTERS
Aleksandr Butko (Zenit Kazan)
Sergey Grankin (Belogorie)
Igor Kobzar (Kuzbass)
Dmitriy Kovalev (Ural)
Pavel Pankov (Zenit Sankt-Peterburg)
OPPOSITES
Konstantin Bakun (Belogorie)
Pavel Kruglov (Dinamo)
Maksim Mikhailov (Zenit)
Viktor Poletaev (Kuzbass)
Romanas Shkulyavichus (Nova) – debutant
MIDDLE BLOCKERS
Ilya Vlasov (Fakel)
Artem Volvich (Zenit Kazan)
Ilyas Kurkaev (Lokomotiv)
Dmitriy Muserskiy (Belogorie)
Aleksey Safonov (Surgut) – debutant
Inal Tavasiev (Kuzbass) – debutant
Igor Filippov (Ural) – debutant
Dmitriy Shcherbinin (Dynamo)
OUTSIDE HITTERS
Yuriy Berezhko (Dinamo)
Dmitriy Volkov (Fakel)
Anton Karpukhov (Kuzbass) – debutant
Egor Kliuka (Fakel)
Aleksandr Markin (Dinamo)
Yaroslav Podlesnykh (Kuzbass) – debutant
Sergey Savin (Lokomotive)
Egor Feoktistov (Ural)
LIBEROS
Artem Zelenkov (Zenit Sankt-Peterburg)
Aleksey Kabeshov (Ural) – debutant
Roman Martyniuk (1987, Lokomotiv)
Aleksandr Sokolov (Yaroslavich)
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