13 Barys hockey players of the KHL club Barys are the opponents of the Latvian national team at the World Championship in the Kazakh national team / Diena

The team includes three goalkeepers, eight defenders and 14 forwards.

After arriving in the Czech Republic, the team will play a test match against Great Britain on Tuesday.

The World Championship will take place in the Czech cities of Prague and Ostrava from May 10 to 26.

The national team of Kazakhstan will be the opponent of the Latvian national team in subgroup B in Ostrava, where the USA, Germany, Slovakia, France, Sweden and Poland will also play.

Kazakhstan national team for participation in the world championship:

goalkeepers – Nikita Boyarkin, Andrei Shutov (both – Astana “Barys”, KHL), Sergey Kudryavtsev (Kokshetau “Arlan”);

defenders – Dmitry Breus (Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo”, KHL), Tamirlan Gaitamirov, Samat Daniyar, Adil Beketayev (all – Astana “Barys”, KHL), Artyom Korolyov, Madi Dikhanbek (both – Astana “Nomad”), Leonid Metalnikov (Vladivostok “Admiral”, KHL), Valery Orekhov (Magnitogorsk “Metallurg”, KHL);

forwards – Alikhan Asetov, Batirlan Muratov, Maksim Musorov, Alikhan Omirbekov, Mikhail Rakhmanov, Roman Starchenko, Yevhenii Rimaryov, Kirill Savitsky, Arkady Shestakov (all – Astana “Barys”, KHL), Oleg Boyko (Astana “Nomad”), Dmitry Grents (Kokshetau “Arlan”), Nikita Mihailis, Maksim Mukhametov (both – Magnitogorsk “Metallurg”, KHL), Kirill Panyukov (Khabarovsk “Amur”, KHL).