Russia: Zenit Kazan open semifinal series with a win over Novosibirsk

After the first game of 2022/23 PARI Суперлига мужчины, Russian Superliga Semifinals played on yesterday in which No.2 Dynamo Moscow defeated No.3 Zenit Saint Petersburg with an exciting tie break, prediction respected also in the other semifinals, in which regular season winners Zenit Kazan down Lokomotiv Novosibirsk by 3-1 (25:20, 20:25, 25:22, 25:22).

Double tie break in placement Round for 5th/8th place: Belogorie Belgorod down ASK Nizhny Novgorod 3-2 (20:25, 23:25, 25:23, 25:15, 15:6), and Fakel Novy Urengoy did the same on the field of Dynamo-LO (23:25, 25:22, 18:25, 8:15).

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🇷🇺| 2022/23 PARI Суперлига мужчины | Semifinals (best of five)

—GAME 1—

| Saturday | April 15, 2023
• Dynamo Moscow (2) – Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) 3-2 (25:15, 20:25, 17:25, 33:31, 15:10) Serie: 1-0
Top Scorers: Sokolov (28), Semyshev (17), Vlasov (11) – Anderson (22), Poletaev (18), Yakovlev (10)
👉🏼 Sunday | April 16, 2023
• Zenit Kazan (1) – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (4) 3-1 (25:20, 20:25, 25:22, 25:22) Serie: 1-0
Top Scorers: Mikhailov (21), D. Volkov (12), Surmachevsky (10) – Kazachenkov (18), Kurbanov (15), Lyzik (10)

—GAME 2—

| Monday | April 17, 2023
• Dynamo Moscow (2) – Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) 3-0 (25:22, 25:23, 25:15) Serie: 2-0
Top Scorers: Sokolov (22), Vlasov (10), Podlesnykh (9) – Anderson (12), Poletaev (10), Kluka (6)
| Tuesday | April 18, 2023
• Zenit Kazan (1) – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (4) 3-0 (25:19, 27:25, 30:28) Serie: 2-0
Top scorers: Mikhailov (14), Kononov
(11), D. Volkov (9) – Kazachenkov (15), Perrin (14), Kurbanov (10).

—GAME 3—

| Friday | April 21, 2023
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (4) – Zenit Kazan (1) 3-0 (25:18, 27:25, 25:23) Serie: 1-2
| Monday | April 24, 2023
• Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) – Dynamo Moscow (2) 0-3 (19:25, 34:36, 23:25) Serie: 0-3

—GAME 4—

| Sunday | April 23, 2023
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (4) – Zenit Kazan (1) 2-3 (25:21, 25:23, 21:25, 20:25, 13:15) Serie: 1-3
Top Scorers: Kurbanov (19), Luburic (15), Perrin (14) , Kurkaev (14) – Mikhailov (22), D. Volkov (21), Deroo (18)

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🏐| Placement Round – 5/8th Place

—GAME 1—

| Sunday | April 16, 2023
• Belogorie Belgorod – ASK Nizhny Novgorod 3-2 (20:25, 23:25, 25:23, 25:15, 15:6)
• Dynamo-LO – Fakel Novy Urengoy 2-3 23:25, 25:22, 18:25, 8:15)

—GAME 2—

| Tuesday | April 18, 2023
• Belogorie Belgorod – ASK Nizhny Novgorod 3-0 (25:18, 28:26, 25:20) Serie: 2-0
• Dynamo-LO – Fakel Novy Urengoy 3-0 (25:23, 25:16, 25:19) Serie: 1-1

—GAME 3—

| Friday | April 21, 2023
• ASK Nizhny Novgorod – Belogorie Belgorod 3-0 (28:26, 25:21, 25:22) Serie: 1-2
| Saturday | April 22, 2023
• Fakel Novy Urengoy – Dynamo-LO 3-0 (25:18, 25:19, 25:19) Serie: 2-1

—GAME 4—
| Sunday | April 23, 2023
• ASK Nizhny Novgorod – Belogorie Belgorod 1-3 (25:17, 21:25, 24:26, 24:26) Serie: 1-3
| Monday | April 24, 2023
• Fakel Novy Urengoy – Dynamo-LO 1-3 (25:19, 18:25, 21:25, 15:25) Serie: 2-2

—GAME 5—
| Thursday | April 27, 2023
• Dynamo-LO – Fakel Novy Urengoy

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