According to the Championship, the team trained in the following combinations:
- goalkeepers: Yaroslav Askarov, Amir Miftakhov, Daniil Isaev;
- Alexander Romanov - Danila Galenyuk, Grigory Denisenko - Alexander Khovanov - Egor Sokolov;
- Daniil Pylenkov - Egor Zamula, Maxim Groshev - Ivan Morozov - Nikita Alexandrov;
- Daniil Misyul — Daniil Zhuravlev, Kirill Marchenko Dmitry Voronkov — Vasily Podkolzin;
- Anton Malyshev, Nikita Rtishchev - Maxim Sorkin - Ivan Kruglov.
Pavel Dorofeev did not take part in the lesson.
In the quarterfinals, the Swedes were stronger than the Czech Republic (5: 0), and Russia defeated Switzerland (3: 1).
Semifinal meeting between Russia and Sweden will be held January 4 at 17:00 Moscow time.
Earlier, the 1988 Olympic champion Valery Kamensky expressed the view that Russia will defeat Sweden in the MFM semi-final.