The coaching staff of the men’s national team headed by Lev Voronin defined the squad for the upcoming tournament in Iran.
The national team will gather in Novogorsk of March 9, and on the 11th will head to Iranian Shiraz. Besides the Russian team, the national team of Belarus and Iran will play in the tournament, the participation of the fourth team is possible. The official website of the HFR informs that the return to Moscow is scheduled for the 16th of March. 18 handball players are called to the training session.
The national team of Russia:
gk — Denis Zabolotin (Meshkov Brest, Belarus), Dmitriy Koryakin (Dinamo Astrakhan), Ivan Sharov (Dinamo-Sungul);
lw — Dmitriy Ionov, Egor Kochura (both from CSKA);
p — Aleksandr Ermakov, Victor Furtsev (both from Chekhovskie Medvedi), Nikita Kashnikov (SKIF), Roman Tsarapkin (CSKA);
rw — Ivan Erkanov (the Olympic Reserve School Academia), Anatoliy Filippov (SGAU-Saratov);
lb — Kirill Akramov, Ivan Shelmenko (both from Chekhovskie Medvedi), Ilya Belevtsov (CSKA);
cb — Aleksandr Arkatov (Dinamo-Sungul), Saveliy Shalabanov (SKIF);
rb — Anton Aksyukov (Chekhovskie Medvedi), Dmitriy Kiselev (Zenit).
Photo: vk.com/rh
