MEN Vladimir Malkov Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov Vitalij Durkin Sergey Lunev Evgenij Dremin WOMEN Natalia Perminova Ksenia Polikarpova Nina Vislova Evgenia Dimova Ekaterina Bolotova Evgeniya Kosetskaya The Russian team has the team ranking #12.
MS: Vladimir Malkov; Vladimir Ivanov WS: Natalia Perminova; Ksenia Polikarpova MD: Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov; WD: Ekaterina Bolotova/Evgeniya Kosetskaya; XD: Evgenia Dimova/Evgenij Dremin; Vitalij Durkin/Nina Vislova In the Russia's first group stage match, which was against the new badminton powerhouse, Japan, they succeeded to steal one point from the opening match, MD: Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov bt Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa 21-19, 21-12, so even though the team lost 1-4, this straight victory over the current World's No. 6 pair should be a sweet personal record for Ivanov/Sozonov
