06.06.2011
EuroBasket 2011
Russia have named 16 players who will be given a chance to break into the squad for the EuroBasket.
Coach David Blatt will first gather these players on 27th June for a one-week training camp, before the senior players arrive to launch their preparations for the EuroBasket tournament that tips off in Lithuania on 31st August.
The 16 will be given every chance to prove they belong in the squad for the tournament, in which Russia have been drawn in Group D alongside Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukraine, Belgium and Slovenia.
Training Camp Squad: Semyon Antonov (Nizhny Novgorod), Dmitri Golovin (Nizhny Novgorod), Maksim Grigoryev (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Pyotr Gubanov (Dynamo Moscow), Vyacheslav Zaytsev (Khimki), Victor Zvarykin (Krasnye Krylya), Alexey Zozulin (Spartak St Petersburg), Vladimir Ivlev (Dynamo Moscow), Anatoliy Kashirov (Aris), Aleksandr Korchagin (Spartak St Petersburg), Aleksei Kotishevskiy (Spartak St Petersburg), Valery Likhodei (Triumph Lyubertsy), Ivan Nelyubov (WEF), Denis Polohin (CSKA Moscow), Dmitry Khvostov (Dynamo Moscow), Artem Yakovenko (Nizhny Novgorod).
Senior Squad: Sergey Bykov (CSKA Moscow), Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA Moscow), Evgeny Voronov (Dynamo Moscow), Aleksey Zhukanenko (Dynamo Moscow), Sasha Kaun (CSKA Moscow), Victor Keyru (Dynamo Moscow), Andrei Kirilenko (Utah Jazz), Timofey Mozgov (Denver Nuggets), Sergey Monya (Khimki), Anton Ponkrashov (Spartak St Petersburg), Vitaly Fridzon (Khimki), JR Holden (CSKA Moscow), Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow), Alexey Shved (CSKA Moscow).