Knowing that Russia had a terrible 2015 season, Coach Alekno did some trimming and now reveals his preliminary roster for the European Olympic Qualification Tourney next month in Germany.
Missing on the list are 2012 Olympic champion Alexander Butko and the infamous Alexey Spiridonov.
Alekno’s list includes the legendary Sergey Tetyukhin, Dmitriy Muserskiy, Sergey Grabnkin and Maxim Mikhaylov.
Preliminary Roster:
Setters:
Dmitri Kovalev
Sergei Grankin
Igor Kolodinskiy
Outside Hitters:
Evgeny Sivozhelez
Sergey Tetyukhin
Yuri Berezhko
Sergey Savin
Egor Kliuka
Alexander Markin
Opposite Hitters:
Maxim Mikhaylov
Victor Poletaev
Konstantin Bakun
Middle Blockers:
Dmitry Muserskiy
Ilya Vlasov
Artem Volvich
Andrey Ashev
Alexander Volkov
Dmitry Scherbinin
Liberos:
Aleksey Obmochaev
Alexei Verbov
Valentin Golubov
Artem Ermakov
The final roster will only have 14 players.
The winner of the European Olympic Qualification Tourney qualifies for the 2016 Olympics. The 2nd and 3rd ranked teams will advance to the World Olympic Qualification Tourney in May and will be hosted by Japan.
(images: FIVB)