Russia: Zenit Kazan first finalist. Lokomotiv defeated after a comeback from 2-0 in decisive Game 4

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Leaders of 2022/23 PARI Суперлига мужчины, Russian Superliga, Zenit Kazan is the first team to qualify for final, and they did it after a great comeback from 2-0 on the field of No.4 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, who re-open the series on Friday following a great straight sets win. Today, however, after two great sets, they collapsed and suffere the rivals’ comeback: 2-3 (25:21, 25:23, 21:25, 20:25, 13:15).
Maxim Mikhailov ended the game as top scorer with 22 points, but decisive also the performance in blocking, 17 for Kazan (6 for Dmitry Volkov and 5 for Deroo) to 8.
Interestingly, this was the match number 6 between Zenit-Kazan and Lokomotiv, and the score is 5-1 in favor of today’s winners!
The final series starts in Kazan with matches on May 1 and May 3.

In Playoffs 5th/8th Place Belogorie Belgorod win the series 3-1 by winning in four sets on the field of ASK Nizhny Novgorod (25:17, 21:25, 24:26, 24:26) while, in Play Out, away victories for Neftyanik Orenburg, 1-3 on the field of Nova Novokuybyshevsk (19:25, 25:22, 22:25, 20:25), and Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk, who inflicted another heavy defeat to Stroitel Minsk, 0-3 (12:25, 21:25, 23:25).

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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 3-1 (25:19, 26:28, 25:21, 31:29) Serie: 3-2

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🏐| PLAYOUT:

| Round 1 – April 21, 2023
• Neftyanik Orenburg – Stroitel Minsk 3-0 (25:22, 25:20, 25:21)
• Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk – Nova Novokuybyshevsk 3-0 (27:25, 25:13, 25:19)

| Round 2 – April 22, 2023
• Stroitel Minsk – Nova Novokuybyshevsk 0-3 (18:25, 20:25, 24:26)
• Neftyanik Orenburg – Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 1-3 (25:19, 16:25, 21:25, 21:25)

👉🏼 Round 3 – April 23, 2023
• Nova Novokuybyshevsk – Neftyanik Orenburg 1-3 (19:25, 25:22, 22:25, 20:25)
• Stroitel Minsk – Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 0-3 (12:25, 21:25, 23:25)

| Round 4 – May 5, 2023
• Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk – Nova Novokuybyshevsk 1-3 (12:25, 25:21, 25:27, 26:28)
• Neftyanik Orenburg – Stroitel Minsk 3-0 (25:21, 25:19, 25:17)

| Round 5 – May 6, 2023
• Stroitel Minsk – Nova Novokuybyshevsk 0-3 (16:25, 23:25, 20:25)
• Neftyanik Orenburg – Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 3-2 (27:25, 26:28, 22:25, 25:21, 15:9)

| Round 6 – May 7, 2023
• Stroitel Minsk – Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 1-3 (23:25, 17:25, 26:24, 18:25)
• Nova Novokuybyshevsk – Neftyanik Orenburg 3-1 (25:16, 23:25, 25:19, 26:24)

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