TEAM COMPOSITION

RUS / Russia

Team manager	CHERNYSHEV MIKHAIL
Coach	SHLIAPNIKOV SERGEI
Assistant coach	KARIKOV ALEXANDER
2nd assistant coach
Doctor	FEDOROV ALEXANDER
Physiotherapist	MAKARENKO SERGEY

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	1	Alexander	Safonov	Safonov	17.06.1991	208	118	340	325	Lokomotiv-Belogorie
	2	Maksim	Kulikov	Kulikov	06.03.1992	205	80	335	325	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
C	3	Dmitry	Kovalev	Kovalev	15.03.1991	198	82	340	330	Ural
	5	Bogdan	Glivenko	Glivenko	26.01.1992	205	96	345	336	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
	6	Ivan	Demakov	Demakov	06.01.1993	209	101	350	330	Akademiya-Zenit
	8	Ivan	Komarov	Komarov	28.07.1992	198	75	335	315	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
	9	Oleg	Krykun	Krikun	20.04.1991	203	90	350	340	Tumen
	10	Leonid	Shchadilov	Shchadilov	14.08.1991	202	87	340	330	Gazprom-Ugra
	12	Pavel	Taiurskii	Taiurskii	22.07.1991	198	86	345	330	Enisei
	16	Igor	Tisevich	Tisevich	16.04.1991	197	86	340	330	Yaroslavich
L	18	Aleksei	Kabeshov	Kabeshov	22.06.1991	190	83	319	314	Ural
	19	Egor	Logunov	Logunov	01.10.1991	198	88	360	340	Yaroslavich

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

The Russian team was formed in October 2006 when the first training camp was held, with players coming from different Russian regions. The team's first international tournament was the EEVZA Championship in 2007 in Tutayev, where the team finished first.

At the beginning of 2009, the team participated in the Qualification Tournament for the European Championship held in Yaroslavl. Six teams –Finland, Austria, Lithuania, Slovenia, Montenegro and Russia – took part in the competition and Russia once again reigned supreme.

At the 2009 European Championship in Netherlands, the team took the bronze medal and Igor Filippov was named Best Blocker. At the 2010 European Championship in Belorussia, the team took gold and they followed that up with the gold medal at the World Championship in Brazil.

Coach profile

Sergei Shliapnikov, 52, is head coach and president of the Yaroslavl club "Yaroslavich" (formerly " Neftyanik") and started playing volleyball at Yaroslavl sports school under Vadim V. Gurevich. In the mid-1980s, he was the main setter in the top league of the Soviet Championship for Avtomobilist.

In 1988, he founded the team Neftyanik (renamed Yaroslavich in 2007), and became its chief, coach and captain. In 1991, it became a professional club and has taken part in the Russian Championship since 1992. In 1997, Shliapnikov finished his playing career.

Under his leadership, the Russian junior national team won the World Championship (1999) and European Championship (1999, 2003). With the youth teams, Russia became world champions in 2011 and were silver medallists in 2001. In January 2012, he was appointed a curator of all the Russian men's national youth teams, handling the selection of coaching staff and players, and drafting and adoption of the calendar. In 2013, under his direction the Russia students team won at the Universiade in Kazan.