Russia U16 have started preparing for the President's Sporting Club Cup

In Novogorsk, the under 16 Russian national team have started preparing for the upcoming President's Sporting Club Cup which will take place in Minsk, Belarus.

These following players have been called up.

Goalkeepers: Pyotr Andreyanov (CSKA), Viktor Levchenko (Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Semyon Frolov (Lada).

Defensemen: Maxim Agafonov, Bogdan Pestretsov, Daniil Skvortsov (all CSKA), Andrei Zavadsky, Maxim Moiseev (both Avangard), Nikolai Izmaylov (Salavat Yulaev), Kurban Limatov (Dynamo Moscow), Nikita Poltavchuk (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Ivan Stefanishin (SKA-Strelna).

Forwards: Artyom Akhmadullin, Arseniy Ilin (both SKA-Strelna), Mikhail Vorfolomeev (Lada), Lavr Gashilov, Dmitry Isaev (both Avto-Spartakovets), Nikita Esipov, Roman Rizvanov (both CSKA), Kirill Emelyanov, Dmitry Yakutsenak (both Lokomotiv-2004), Yegor Murashev (Yugra-Yunior), Yegor Potapov (Ak Bars), Yanush Kheybatov, Yegor Privalov (both Avangard), Ivan Ryabkin (Dynamo Moscow), Vladimir Guzeev, Danila Semikhin, German Suzdorf (Vityaz).

Coaching staff:

Head coach: Dmitry Mikhailov.

Coaches: Pavel Baulin, Igor Shchadilov, Oleg Bratash.

Goalkeeping coach: Leonid Grishukevich.

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