Russia announce team for USA opener

Russia head coach Nikolay Nerush announced on Tuesday his team to play their opening Pool C match against USA at Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth, on Thursday, 15 September.

Russia:

1. Sergey Popov
2. Vladislav Korshunov (c)
3. Ivan Prishchepenko
4. Alexander Voytov
5. Denis Antonov
6. Andrey Garbuzov
7. Artem Fatakhov
8. Vyacheslav Grachev
9. Alexander Shakirov
10. Yury Kushnarev
11. Vasily Artemyev
12. Alexey Makovetskiy
13. Konstantin Rachkov
14. Vladimir Ostroushko
15. Igor Klyuchnikov

Replacements:

16. Valery Tsnobiladze
17. Alexander Khrokin
18. Vladmimir Botvinnikov
19. Adam Byrnes
20. Victor Gresev
21. Alexander Yanyushkin
22. Andrey Kuzin