Representatives of the SKA Academy are present in the Russia U17 squad

In Novogorsk, a training camp for the under 17 Russian national team has started ahead of the upcoming U17 Sirius Cup which will take place in Sochi.

SKA goalkeeper Matvei Karbainov, defensemen Sebastyan Afanasyev, Eduard Bondar and Ivan Stefanishin and forwards Vyacheslav Vasiliev, Arseniy Ilin and Makar Timashkov have been picked for the team. Furthermore, SKA Academy specialist Dmitry Mikhailov will work as the team's head coach.

The competition will take place at the Sirius Educational Centre between the 14th and 23rd of July. Russia U17, Belarus U17, Saint Petersburg, Moscow and teams representing the Central, Volga and Ural federal districts will compete at the tournament.

Here is the full tournament schedule:

July 14

Ural - Belarus U17, 09:15*
Central - Volga, 12:00
Russia U17 - Moscow, 16:15

July 15

Saint Petersburg - Central, 09:15
Russia U17 - Ural, 12:00
Volga - Moscow, 16:15

July 17

Ural - Volga, 09:15
Belarus U17 - Russia U17, 12:00
Moscow - Saint Petersburg, 16:15

July 18

Volga - Belarus U17, 09:15
Saint Petersburg - Ural, 12:00
Central - Moscow, 16:15

July 20

Belarus U17 - Saint Petersburg, 09:15
Russia U17 - Volga, 12:00
Ural - Central, 16:15

July 21

Central - Belarus U17, 09:15
Saint Petersburg - Russia U17, 12:00
Moscow - Ural, 16:15

July 23

Volga - Saint Petersburg, 09:15
Belarus U17 - Moscow, 12:00
Russia U17 - Central, 16:15

*All times in accordance with Moscow time