Belarus head coach Yuri Shevtsov has named a 16-player squad for the friendlies in Bahrain: goalkeepers Viachaslau Saldatsenka (SKA, Minsk) and Ihar Chernikau (SKIF, Krasnodar, Russia); outfield players Andrei Yurynok and Mikalai Aliokhin (both Meshkov Brest), Aliaksandr Piatrovich (SKA, Minsk), Artsem Karalek (Kielce, Poland), Viachaslau Bokhan, Yauheni Nikanovich and Artsiom Kulak (all Zenit, Saint Petersburg, Russia), Ihar Bialiauski and Stanislau Sadouski (both Zagreb, Croatia), Dzmitry Khmialkou and Yulian Hiryk (both CSKA, Moscow, Russia), Kiryl Samoila (Slovan, Ljubljana, Slovenia), Nikita Pliuto (Konstanz, Germany) and Mikita Vailupau (Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal)

Before departing, the Belarusian team held a training camp at the Minsk House of Handball. The Belarusian national team will play three friendly matches in the Bahraini capital, Manama: against Bahrain on 5 and 7 November and against Saudi Arabia on 6 November.