Russia: Dinamo Moscow down Zenit-Kazan second time in 3 days and the others of Round 17
Dinamo Moscow were without a victory against Zenit-Kazan for nearly a decade but now they beat them 2 times in just 3 days! Dinamo achieved a double 3-point worth victory […]
Russia: Zenit St. Petersburg trample over Lokomotiv and become new leaders of Superliga. Win also for Surgut
Zenit Saint Petersburg settled at the top of the 2020/21 Superliga Parimatch regular season: they trampled over reigning champions Lokomotiv in Round 18 of the competions in straigh sets: 25:20, […]
Russia: Dinamo Moscow (also without Sokolov) beat Zenit-Kazan first time in 9 years!
Dinamo Moscow were absolutely better than Zenit-Kazan in a delayed match of the Round 5 of the 2020/21 Russian Volleyball Championship even though they played without Bulgarian Tsvetan Sokolov. They […]
Russia: by beating Orenburg in recovery match of Round 6, Kuzbass new leader!
Kuzbass achieved a victory in the 2020/21 Russian Superliga Parimatch regular season that pushed them to the top of the charts. Beating Zenit-Kazan, a few days ago, they made the […]
Russia: Zaytsev’s impeccable attack prolongs crisis of Zenit-Kazan, home defeats for Surgut, Krasnoyarsk and Fakel
Even though they won the opening match in 2021, the crisis of Zenit-Kazan isn’t over yet: in Round 17 of the 2020/21 Russian Superliga Parimatch regular season, Vladimir Alekno’s team […]
Russia: Belgorod and, surprisingly, ASK Nizhniy Novgorod win the recovery matches of Round 5
The three days of Russian Superliga started yesterday with 2 recovery matches valid for Round 5 with reversed courts (the challenges will in fact be repeated on the same fields […]
Russia: Kuzbass beat Lokomotiv in Siberian derby, Dinamo Moscow overcome 2-set deficit vs Samotlor
Kuzbass Kemerovo prevailed over Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in the Siberian derby valid for the Round 16 of the 2020/21 Superliga Parimatch regular season. Kuzbass celebrated a four sets win, 3-1 (25:18, […]
Russia: three points victories for Saint Petersburg and Kazan (but with an injury…)
Two more matches of the fragmented Round 16 of the Russian Super League were played today. Zenit St Petersburg won 3-1 in a comeback on the field of Ural Ufa. […]
Russia: bad defeat for Belgorod. Surgut and Krasnoyarsk win
Two matches of Round 16 of the Russian Superlega were played today. In the first, last-placed Gazprom Surgut scored the second consecutive victory with a surprising 3-0 against Belogorie Belgorod […]
Russia: after nearly one month, Camillo Placì has won the battle against the coronavirus.
Italian volleyball coach Camillo Placì, who’s currently at the helm of Russia’s Fakel Novi Urengoy, has been discharged from the hospital after nearly a month. The 64-year-old Italian expert had […]
Russia: Kazan ko also against Novosibirsk. Victory also for Moscow, St. Petersburg and, surprisingly, Surgut
Today Lokomotiv Novosibirsk ended the series of defeats from Zenit-Kazan that amounted to 18 matches. The last time when current club champions of Russia beat the giants from Tatarstan region […]
Russia: Dinamo LO beats Fakel at tie break
In the third match of Round 15 that will be completed today, Fakel Novy Urengoy risked a surprise defeat on the field of Dinamo LO, but in disadvantage 2-1 and […]
Russia: great victory of Orenburg over Belgorod in second match of Round 15
In the second match of Round 15, Neftyanik Orenburg surprisingly defeated Belogorie Belgorod at the tie-break. Among the hosts, the best was the outside-hitter Purin with 26 points with 52% […]
Russia: Dinamo Moscow sweep Zenit St. Petersburg and lift trophy
Dinamo Moscow beat Zenit Saint Petersburg in the final of the 2020 Russian Volleyball Cup. In the decisive match for the trophy, official name: Russian Cup named after Konstantin Reva, […]
Russia: Zenit Kazan have been dethroned, final is Dinamo Moscow – St. Petersburg. Nizhnevartovsk beats Kuzbass in advance of Round 15
Volleyball in Russia continued also on Christmas day. Zenit Kazan won’t get a new opportunity to play in the final, after being defeated by Zenit St. Petersburg in the semifinals […]
Russia: Fakel wins postponement of Round 7, Ural Ufa advance of Round 16
The championship does not stop during the weekend of the Russian Cup and offers advances and recoveries. In the recovery match of Round 7, Perrin’s best performance of the season […]
Russia: Fakel Novy Urengoy wins recovery match of Round 4
In recovery match of Round 4, Fakel Novy Urengoy (still withot italian head coach Placì, with Yakovlev on the bench) defeats ASK Nizhniy Novgorod in four sets. Today the replica […]
Russia: win for Dinamo Moscow over Novosibirsk in recovery match of Round 5
In the recovery match of Round 5, Dinamo Moscow defeated Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in straight sets in a match that will be repeated in St. Petersburg in the first semifinal of […]
Russia: Kemerovo wins at tie break over Ural Ufa in second postponement of Round 14
In the second postponement of Round 14, Kuzbass Kemerovo won at the tie-break on the field of Ural Ufa. The 25 points with 69% in attack by Markin were decisive, […]
Russia: Zenit St. Petersburg wins first postponement of Round 14
In the first postponement of Round 14, Zenit St. Petersburg defeated Dinamo L0 3-1. Good performance by the central Iakovlev (top scorer with 14 points, 50% in attack, 5 blocks […]
Russia: Yugra-Samotlor achieve historic victory over Zenit-Kazan
Yugra-Samotlor made an amazing upset in Round 14 of the 2020/21 Russian Superliga Parimatch regular season, as they beat the country’s most titled club Zenit-Kazan with a score of 3-0 […]
Rumors: Anderson to St. Petersburg?
It seems there will be a turnaround regarding the destination in which American volleyball superstar Matthew Anderson will spend the ongoing season…. According to some rumors, his future may not […]
Russia: Ngapeth returns to France without Zenit’s permission
It seems that this volleyball season, just like few others in his career, can’t go without some sort of a scandal or misbehaving: as already mentioned, the French superstar Earvin […]
Russia: Straight sets win for Kazan on the field of Ural Ufa. Ngapeth?
In postponement of Round 13 Zenit Kazan was not affected by the fatigue of the Champions League, and won with a clear 3-0 on the field of Ural Ufa, making […]
Russia: Belgorod celebrate milestone by upsetting title contenders. Yenisey and Dinamo Moscow ok
Belogorie Belgorod ended their own losing streak in the 2020/21 Russian Volleyball Championship. On a great jubilee, the 900th match in the national championship, they beat title contenders Fakel in […]
Russia: Gazprom Surgut – Zenit St. Petersburg 1-3 in advance of Round 13
In the advance of Round 13, Zenit St. Petersburg (without Camejo, knee problems) won 3-1 in comeback on the Gazprom Surgut field, struggling even in the third and fourth set […]
Russia: No more undefeated teams in Superliga! Fakel down Dinamo Moscow. Three points also for Lokomotiv and Kuzbass
3 matches were played today, unusually on Monday, in the Russian championship. After the disappointing Champions League pool played in Trento, Italy, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (with Kurkaev back in the sextet, […]
Russia: Krasnoyarsk upset Fakel in a match with 30 aces, Zenit Kazan back on winning path, Zenit St. Petersburg smash Belogorie
Zenit Kazan have recovered after losing a game to Belogorie Belgorod in the previous game. However, the team from Kazan had to play a five-set match against ASK Nizhniy Novgorod […]
Russia: Dinamo Moscow beat Belgorod and keep invincibility
Dinamo Moscow still hold the status of the only undefeated team in the 2020/21 Russian Superliga Parimatch, even though they played today the first competitive match after a one-month absence […]