SKA Academy players participated at the U16 Sirius Cup

The U16 Sirius Cup has reached its completion at the Sirius Educational Centre in Sochi.

10 representatives of the SKA system competed for Russia U16, with SKA-1946 coach Pavel Kanarsky managing the team and SKA Academy specialists Alexander Antropov and Alexander Vedernikov working as his assistants.

19 representatives of the SKA Academy played for Saint Petersburg, a team which was coached by SKA system specialists Dmitry Tanfulu and Ivan Chichelov. Furthermore, for the Ural Federal District, 11 representatives of the SKA system were present with SKA Academy specialist Filipp Savchenko acting as the team's head coach.

The under 16 Russian national team finished in third place of the competition, with Saint Petersburg occupying fifth spot and the Ural Federal District sitting in sixth.

SKA system players Alexei Vlasov (7+8), Yegor Shilov (7+7) and Oleg Kulebyakin (4+7) were the leading three scorers of the tournament having played for Russia U16. Moreover, Kulebyakin was also named the best forward of the competition.