Russia: Fakel wins postponement of Round 7, Ural Ufa advance of Round 16

The championship does not stop during the weekend of the Russian Cup and offers advances and recoveries. In the recovery match of Round 7, Perrin’s best performance of the season compensates for Muzaj’s fluctuating performance and allows Ural Ufa to beat Belogorie Belgorod 3-1 in a comeback, while in the advance of Round 16 Fakel Novy Urengoy repeated yesterday’s success on ASK Nizhniy Novgorod, but this time they won only 3-2, also risking a sensational defeat. On 5:8 of the tiebreak, it was a big turn from the service line by Bogdan to put things right (10: 8). Today, on Christmas day, Kemerovo will be on the field in Nizhnevartovsk for the advance of Round 15.

📌| Results of December 24 | Recovery match of Round 7

Ural Ufa – Belogorie Belgorod 3-1 (21:25, 25:19, 25:22, 25:22)
Top Scorers: Perrin 23, Muzaj 18, Nikitin 10, Kulikov 10, Kolenkovskiy 8; Nelli 14, Rokhin 14, P. Tetyukhin 9, Samoylenko 9, Kuznetsov 7.

📌| Advance of Round 16

Fakel Novy Urengoy — ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 3-2 (25:17, 22:25, 25:17, 21:25, 15:13)
Top Scorers: Volkov 27, Bogdan 18, Yakovlev 12, Gutsalyuk 10; Vietskiy 27, Titich 9, Valeev 9, Pyatirkin 7, Nikonenko 7, Melnikov 7.

📄| Standings
Zenit Kazan 34
Fakel Novy Urengoy 29
Kuzbass Kemerovo 28
Dinamo Moscow 27
Zenit St. Petersburg 27
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 21
Ural Ufa 20
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 17
Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 17
Belogorie Belgorod 12
Dinamo LO 7
ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 7
Neftyanik Orenburg 6
Gazprom Surgut 0