2021 World Championship. Russia - Belarus

Today, on June 1, the senior Russian national team will compete against Belarus in the concluding match of the 2021 IIHF World Championship in Riga, Latvia.

Yesterday, our players defeated Sweden in a dramatic penalty shootout with this following line-up:

Samonov (Bocharov);

Nesterov, Zadorov - Slepyshev, Voronkov, Grigorenko;
Gavrikov, Provorov - Tolchinsky, Karnaukhov, Barabanov;
Zub, Orlov - Burdasov, Morozov, Tarasenko;
Ozhiganov - Shvets-Rogovoi, Kamenev, Timkin, Galimov.

Previously, the Russians had only conceded the single defeat against Slovakia (1:3) while defeating the Czech Republic (4:3), Great Britain (7:1), Denmark (3:0) and Switzerland (4:1). For their part, Belarus have picked up one win against the Swedes (1:0) while losing to the Slovaks (2:5), the Czechs (2:3 OT), the British (3:4), the Danes (2:5) and the Swiss (0:6).

Russia have already qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition, but the Belarusians have lost all hope of advancing.

Puck-drop is scheduled for 20:15 Moscow time. Match TV will provide a live television broadcast in Russia.