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References
- ↑ EHF profile
- ↑ "Состав сборной России на матчи в Испании". rushandball.ru. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
