The Russian national team is currently outside the top 20 among national teams, but if it participated in the World Championships, it would look decent there, the head of the RBF told . Andrei Kirilenko .
The Russian national team has been suspended from international competitions since February 2022 due to the situation in Ukraine.
— It is clear that we have very few matches now, but still, in your opinion, what is the level of our team? Is it the level of the top 10, the top 20 among the national teams?
— We are now outside the top 20 among national teams. To be there, you need to play regularly with foreign opponents. If you try to guess and really imagine, then our ceiling at the moment, I think, is the World Cup playoffs, where 32 teams play.
— Do you think that if we played on the international stage now, we would reach the Olympic Games? How would you play in Paris?
— I believe that the best should take part in a tournament like the Olympics, otherwise the Games will not be sold out. And our athletes had to perform at the best competitions in the same way as athletes from any country. Only then can you be considered an Olympic champion or a world champion – when you beat the best, “Kirilenko told .
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