Russia National Team. Battle of the Nations

Russia National Team. Battle of the Nations. Team Russia was formed in 2010. It consists of 50 fighters from different cities of the country, namely Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Stavropol, Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad and others, who are representatives of clubs “Bern“, “Bayard“, “PLK_TO“, “Western Tower“, “Southern Outpost“, “Nuremberg“. In its core are winners of the national qualifying tournament which is held annually within the preparation of the national team from December to March. In addition, according to the decision of the organizing committee, fighters who demonstrate very good results are invited as well. Team Russia’s achievements concerning the World Championship “Battle of the Nations“: - 4 first places in the 21 vs 21 category (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013); - 4 first places in the 5 vs 5 category (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013); - 3 second places in the 5 vs 5 category (2011, 2012, 2013); - 4 third places in the 5 vs 5 category (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013); - 4 first places in the 1 vs 1 category (2010, 2011. 2012, 2013); - 3 second places in the 1 vs 1 category (2010, 2011, 2013); - 3 third places in the 1 vs 1 category (2010, 2011, 2012). Team’s captain is Dmitry Trostin ( P.S “Competition in HMB circles is becoming stronger and realities of “Battle of the Nations“ demand a lot from our team, as we are HMB leaders at the moment. Every year we try to raise our combat level, try to win in a fair way, work on implementation of the «fair-play» principles in buhurts in Russia and all around the world. Cohesion, fidelity and respect for opponents are our basic principles»(c) Dmitry Trostin