Russia: Lokomotiv defeats Gazprom Surgut in postponement of Round 22

The titleholders Lokomotiv Novosibirsk are finishing the regular season of the 2020/21 Russian Volleyball Championship in victorious style. After returning empty-handed from the last tournament of the pool stage of the CEV Champions League in Friedrichshafen, Germany, they continued their winning streak in Superliga Parimatch regular season that now consists of 4 matches.
At the closing of Round 22, the reigning champions – currently 6th-placed – beat Gazprom-Yugra by a 3-1 (19:25, 25:23, 25:21, 25:20) and kept the chances, even though slim, of grabbing the vice leader’s position in the standings (the last one that guarantees a direct progression to the playoffs) in the next few rounds. Serbian Dražen Luburić top-scored the winner with 21 points.

| 2020/21 Russian Superliga Parimatch regular season – Round 22:

| November 16
• Belogorie Belgorod – Zenit Kazan 3:2 (25:20, 17:25, 25:21, 21:25, 15:13)

| February 13
• Ural Ufa – ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 3:1 (25:23, 25:23, 24:26, 25:15)
• Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk – Dinamo LO 3:1 (31:33, 25:23, 25:18, 25:22)
• Dinamo Moscow – Fakel Novy Urengoy 1:3 (23:25, 23:25, 25:20, 23:25)
• Neftyanik Orenburg – Zenit Saint Petersburg 0:3 (13:25, 17:25, 16:25)

| February 14
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Gazprom Surgut 3:1 (19:25, 25:23, 25:21, 25:20)
Top Scorers: Luburic 21, Ivovic 17, Rodichev 16, Shcherbinin 8; Shchakhbanmirzaev 22, Chereiskiy 10, Nikishin 10.

| March 11
• Kuzbass Kemerovo – Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

| Standings (updated on February 14, 2021)
Dinamo Moscow 49
Kuzbass Kemerovo 45
Zenit Saint Petersburg 45
Fakel Novy Urengoy 43
Zenit Kazan 42
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 37
Ural Ufa 34
ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 27
Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 29
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 24
Gazprom Surgut 20
Dinamo LO 19
Belogorie Belgorod 17
Neftyanik Orenburg 13