The players were Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the Presidential Property Management Directorate Vladimir Kozhin, and multiple world champions Pavel Bure, Irek Gimayev, Alexander Golikov, Alexei Gusarov, Andrei Kovalenko, Alexander Kozhevnikov, Sergei Makarov, Alexander Mogilny, Vyacheslav Fetisov and Alexander Yakushev.
After the game, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko continued their conversation.