Russia: Dinamo Moscow prevail in 5-setter big match over Zenit-Kazan to win Super Cup - Zenit St. Petersburg and Fakel joins Dinamo-LO to the top spot in charts

Russia: Dinamo Moscow prevail in 5-setter big match over Zenit-Kazan to win Super Cup – Zenit St. Petersburg and Fakel joins Dinamo-LO to the top spot in charts

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15 October 2022 Ivan

In the match for a trophy in this season’s Russian Volleyball Super Cup, Суперкубок России мужчины , which was held in the third round of the 2022-23 Russian Volleyball Championship, Dinamo Moscow defeated Zenit-Kazan in five sets (33:35, 25:23, 25:23, 20:25, 15:8) on their home ground, after two hours and 28 minutes of play in which the first set only lasted for 41 minutes!
It’s become a tradition in Russia in the last few years that no separate match for the Super Cup is held as it’s integrated into the regular round of the national championship.

Today the side from the Russian capital entered the match as the reigning champions, while Zenit did so as the owner of the Russian Cup. Dinamo Moscow won the Russian Super Cup for the second year in a row and for the fourth time in club’s history (2008, 2009, 2021, and 2022). It was their third victory of the season, while the Kazan club suffered their first defeat.
The Bulgarian opposite, Tsvetan Sokolov, top-scored for the winners with 28 points, while Ilya Vlasov made 5 blocks. Andrey Surmachevskiy tallied 25 points on the losing side.

Today, two more teams collected three victories in as many Superliga games: Zenit Saint Petersburg and Fakel Novy Urengoy.
Thanks to 20 points and 72% attack (18/25) from Egor Kliuka, Zenit St. Petersburg swept Nova Novokuybyshevsk (Maksim Shpilev was the only player in double digits on the losing side with 12 points). Partially it was 25:23, 25:14 and 25:22.
As for Fakel, they beat ASK Nizhny Novgorod with a score of 1-3 (25:19, 18:25, 18:25, 21:25), which was their first win against this rival on the road in the three matches they played so far. Evgeniy Sivozhelez put down 18 points including 5 aces for the winners, while Denis Antonov scored 14 on the other side.
Close the picture Kuzbass Kemerovo’s straight sets win over Ural Ufa (25:12, 25:18, 25:19).

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🇷🇺| 2022/23 PARI Суперлига | Round 3

| Friday| October 14, 2022
• Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk – Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 3-2 (27:29, 24:26, 25:23, 25:19, 15:11)
• Dinamo-LO – Neftyanik Orenburg 3-0 (25:23, 25:21, 25:16)

👉🏼 Saturday| October 15, 2022
• Kuzbass Kemerovo – Ural Ufa 3-0 (25:12, 25:18, 25:19)
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Stroitel Minsk 3-0 (25:21, 25:21, 25:23)
• Dynamo Moscow – Zenit Kazan 3-2 (33:35, 25:23, 25:23, 20:25, 15:8)
• Belogorie Belgorod – Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 3-0 (25:14, 27:25, 25:13)
• ASK Nizhny Novgorod – Fakel Novy Urengoy 1-3 (25:19, 18:25, 18:25, 21:25)
• Zenit St. Petersburg – Nova Novokuybyshevsk 3-0 (25:23, 25:14, 25:22)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Zenit St. Petersburg 9
2. Dynamo-LO 9
3. Fakel Novy Urengoy 9
4. Dynamo Moscow 8
5. Zenit Kazan 7
6. Belogorie Belgorod 6
7. Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 6
8. Kuzbass Kemerovo 5
9. ASK Nizhny Novgorod 5
10. Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 3
11. Ural Ufa 3
12. Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 2
13. Stroitel Minsk 0
14. Nova Novokuybyshevsk 0
15. Neftyanik Orenburg 0
16. Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 0