Liga Stavok National Team Tour. Game four. Russia - Belarus

The fourth match of the 2025 Liga Stavok National Team Tour will today take place in Tolyatti against Belarus.

Goalkeepers: Denis Kostin (Sibir), Andrei Mishurov (Admiral), Denis Popov (AKM), Gleb Saranchuk (SKA).

Defensemen: Timur Akhiyarov (Sibir), Vladimir Grudinin, Timofei Davydov, Artyom Shchuchinov (all Severstal), Semyon Ibragimov (Sochi), Ilya Karpukhin, Dmitry Yudin (both SKA), Vladislav Leontyev (Neftekhimik), Dmitry Samorukov (CSKA), Vladislav Syomin, Magomed Sharakanov (both Lada).

Forwards: Ruslan Abrosimov, Danil Aimurzin, Mikhail Ilyin (all Severstal), Mikhail Vorobyov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Pavel Dedunov, Valentin Zykov, Grigory Kuzmin, Sergei Plotnikov, Nikolai Polyakov, Sergei Tolchinsky, Marat Khairullin (all SKA), Ivan Vorobyov, Vladislav Tsitsyura (both Vityaz), Ruslan Iskhakov, Prokhor Poltapov, Maxim Sorkin (all CSKA), Nikita Khoruzhev (Neftekhimik).

The maiden two games were staged in Astana, Kazakhstan. Initially, our team comfortably defeated the Kazakh hosts 4:1 in the opener, before subsequently suffering a 2:4 setback to the Belarusians.

Yesterday, our players conceded a highly eventful 7:8 loss to Belarus in overtime at the same arena.

Puck-drop is scheduled for 18:00 Moscow time. Match-Strana will provide a live television broadcast in Russia.