Russia: what happened at the end of Round 16

6 games of this weekend valid for Round 16 of 2022/23 PARI Суперлига мужчины, Russian Superliga, were played today.

The day started with Kuzbass Kemerovo (8th) who celebrated a tie break win on the field of Fakel Novy Urengoy (9th) – 2-3 (25:18, 20:25, 25:22, 24:26, 9:15). With this result, the winners increased the lead in the standings compared to today’s rivals to 5 points.
The last Russian pre-COVID champions are getting closer and closer to the top 4, ensuring a direct placement in the playoff quarter-finals of the competition.
The Kemerovo-based team broke Fakel’s resistance, coming back from 0-1 and 1-2 in sets. This was their fourth consecutive victory, despite the fact that the team has no imports or big names on the roster, unlike in previous seasons.
The most productive player on the winning side, today was Kirill Klets with 30 points, while Korney Enns scored 27 for Fakel.

Tie break win also for Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk on the field of ASK Nizhny Novgorod (25:18, 25:21, 22:25, 21:25, 9:15), while
three games ended in straight sets: leaders Zenit St. Petersburg, who down as predicted Yenisei Krasnoyarsk on the road with a clear 0-3 (22:25, 15:25, 19:25), Ural Ufa over Dynamo-LO (25:17, 25:23, 25:20) and Belogorie Belgorod, who won with the same result on the field of Gazprom-Yugra Surgut (18:25, 18:25, 20:25).
Close the picture the four sets win of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk on the field of Nova Novokuybyshevsk (19:25, 25:22, 23:25, 19:25).

Zenit Kazan will play on Wednesday.

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🇷🇺| 2022/23 PARI Суперлига мужчины | Round 16

| Saturday | January 7, 2023
• Dynamo Moscow – Stroitel Minsk 3-0 (25:14, 25:15, 25:18)

👉🏼 Sunday | January 8, 2023
• Fakel Novy Urengoy – Kuzbass Kemerovo 2-3 (25:18, 20:25, 25:22, 24:26, 9:15)
• Yenisei Krasnoyarsk – Zenit St. Petersburg 0-3 (22:25, 15:25, 19:25)
• Ural Ufa – Dynamo-LO 3-0 (25:17, 25:23, 25:20)
• Nova Novokuybyshevsk – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 1-3 (19:25, 25:22, 23:25, 19:25)
• Gazprom-Yugra Surgut – Belogorie Belgorod 0-3 (18:25, 18:25, 20:25)
• ASK Nizhny Novgorod – Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 2-3 (25:18, 25:21, 22:25, 21:25, 9:15)

| Wednesday | January 11, 2023
• Neftyanik Orenburg – Zenit Kazan 0-3 (15:25, 23:25, 18:25)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Zenit St. Petersburg 47
2. Dynamo Moscow 44
3. Zenit Kazan 43
4. Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 34
5. Ural Ufa 29
6. Belogorie Belgorod 29
7. Dynamo-LO 28
8. Kuzbass Kemerovo 26
9. Fakel Novy Urengoy 21
10. Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 18
11. Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 16
12. Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 13
13. ASK Nizhny Novgorod 11
14. Neftyanik Orenburg 9
15. Stroitel Minsk 7
16. Nova Novokuybyshevsk 6

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