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
