The Russians at the previous European Championships did not reach anything, they finished the quarterfinals. This year promises good in Russian volleyball. Changing coaches, rejuvenating the team in the world league and taking a good 6th place. At the Championships returned to the frame of the biggest stars.
Setter: Siergiej Grankin, Alexander Butko
Spiker: Maxim Mikhailov, Maxim Zhigalov
Middle Blocker: Andrey Ashchev. Artem Volvich, Alexey Ostapenko, Ilyas Kurkaev
Receiver: Yuriy Berezhko, Alexander Markin, Egor Kliuka, Dmitriy Volkov
Libero: Roman Martyniuk, Valentin Golubev
Coach: Sergey Schlapnikov
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The surprising absence of Dmitriy Kovalev and Dmitriy Muserskiy.