Preliminary Russian women's student national team roster for the Winter Universiade

The preliminary roster for the Russian women's student national team for the 2021 Winter Universiade has been revealed:

Goalkeepers: Valeria Merkusheva, Valeria Tarakanova (both SKIF), Diana Farkhutdinova (Dynamo-Neva).

Defenders: Polina Arkhipova (MSMO 7.62), Maria Batalova (Agidel), Liana Ganeeva, Yuliya Smirnova, Anastasia Chistyakova (all Dynamo-Neva), Ekaterina Danilova (Biryusa), Nina Pirogova, Anna Savonina (both Tornado), Elena Provorova (SKIF).

Forwards: Darya Beloglazova, Polina Bolgareva, Fanuza Kadirova, Kristi Shashkina (all Dynamo-Neva), Oksana Bratishcheva, Viktoriya Kulishova, Alena Starovoytova, Landysh Falyakhova (all SKIF), Ekaterina Dobrodeeva, Sofiya Lifatova (both Biryusa), Veronika Korzhakova, Polina Luchnikova, Ilona Markova, Elizaveta Rodnova (all Agidel), Elizaveta Shkalyova, Anna Shokhina (both Tornado).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Evgeny Bobariko
Coaches: Vladislav Prodan, Alexei Kusakin
Goalkeeping coach: Mikhail Vorobyov
Physical conditioning coach: Nikolai Tokraev

The training process in Novogorsk will continue until December 7. A day later, the team will fly to Switzerland for the competition.

Group stage schedule:

December 10, 21:00*, Kazakhstan - Russia
December 13, 17:30, Switzerland - Russia
December 14, 17:30, Russia - Japan
December 16, 17:30, Russia - USA
December 17, 21:00, Russia - Canada

The semi-finals will be played on December 19 and the medal games on December 20.

*All times in accordance with Moscow time