Russian Women Goalball team has qualified to quarterfinal after four victories at the group stage

At the 2017 IBSA Goalball European Championships that is taking place in Lahti, Finland Russian women team defeat Greece and Ukraine and qualified to the next round from the first place in the group.

At the second competition day Russia outscored Greece 7:0 (Irina Arestova (3), Arina Gerasimova (2) and Anastasia Mazur (2). The final game at the group was against Ukraine. With the help of Arina Gerasimova (3 goals), Anna Shevchenko (1) and Evgeniya Semina (1) Russian team defeat their rivals.