Russia W have started training in Novogorsk

In Novogorsk, the senior women's Russian national team have started preparing for the upcoming President's Sporting Club Cup which will take place in Minsk, Belarus.

Goalkeepers: Valeria Merkusheva (Tornado), Milena Tretyak (Belie Medveditsy), Darya Gredzen (Biryusa).

Defenders: Alexandra Budanova, Elena Provorova (both Biryusa), Liana Ganeeva (Dynamo-Neva), Angelina Goncharenko (Torpedo), Maria Pechnikova, Anna Shibanova (both Agidel), Nina Pirogova, Anna Savonina (both Tornado).

Forwards: Oksana Bratishcheva, Polina Bolgareva, Alexandra Vafina, Fanuza Kadirova (all Dynamo-Neva), Ekaterina Dobrodeeva, Oksana Mitrofanova (both Biryusa), Veronika Korzhakova, Polina Luchnikova, Ilona Markova, Elizaveta Rodnova, Ksenia Tyurina (all Agidel), Viktoriya Kulishova (Belie Medveditsy), Ekaterina Likhachyova, Alyona Starovoytova, Landysh Falyakhova, Alexandra Nesterova, Anna Shokhina (all Torpedo).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Alexander Zybin.

Coaches: Valeri Davletshin, Alexander Syrtsov.

Physical conditioning coach: Alexander Yanushevich.

Please note that games involving the senior Russian women's national team will not count towards the tournament standings.

Competition schedule:

November 10

Russia W - Russia U16, 13:00*
Belarus U18 - Kazakhstan U18, 18:00

November 11

Russia U16 - Kazakhstan U18, 12:00
Russia W - Belarus U18, 16:30

November 12

Kazakhstan U18 - Russia W, 12:00
Belarus U18 - Russia U16, 16:30

*Times all in accordance with Moscow time