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2 декабря 2001, 16:19

Handball 3 goalkeepers and 13 field players are going to Italy to the World championship

The chief coach of the Russian women handball team Evgeny Trefilov named the squad's composure - from December, 4 to 16 it will participate in the world championship, SE-Internet correspondent Natalia KUNDRUKOVA reports.

On the groups stage of the championship in Bressanon, Italy our team which after the draws stands in group C is playing against Japan (December, 4), Austria (5), Greenland (6), Korea (8) and Yugoslavia (9). If Russian players get one of the top four places in their group in 1/8 finals they will be playing with a team from group D. Thus, their possible opponents are Norway, Slovenia, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay and Tunis.