The Russian national team defeated the team of Belarus in the first friendly match in Minsk with a score of 43:21. Victoria Shamanovskaya from Lyudmila Bodniyeva’s team became the top-scorer with 10 goals. The teams will meet again tomorrow at 18.00.
26 November
Russia — Belarus — 43:21 (22:8)
Russia: Ryabtseva (7/15=47%), Vereshchak (5/12=42%), Kazmenko (3/9=33%); Shamanovskaya — 10, Illarionova — 4, Vyakhireva — 4, Maslova — 4, Semina — 3, Kirdyasheva — 3/1, Shkitina — 4, Nikitina — 2, Egorova — 2/1, Kaynarova — 2, Santalova — 2, Dolmatova — 2, Kozachenko — 1, Statsenko — 1.
Belarus: Kuntsevich (7/29=29%), Voytulevich (2/15=13%), Makarenko (1/9=11%); Shinkaruk 5/2, Ilyina — 5, Peregud — 4, Petrachkova — 2, Skripak — 1, Mokat — 1, Sivukha — 1/1, Pogrebitskaya — 1, Danilevich — 1.
Photo: the HFR press