Russia: Kemerovo beats St. Petersburg in big match of Round 1. All easy for Dinamo Moscow
The Russian Super League started today, and a big match was immediately played: Zenit St. Petersburg (which resumed training last Monday after the coronavirus outbreak that had interrupted its activities […]
Russian Cup: Preliminary stage over! Kuzbass Kemerovo 8/8, suspension of Zenit St. Petersburg removed
The preliminary stage of the 2020/21 Russian volleyball Cup, Kubok Rossii, is over! Kuzbass absolutely dominated Zone 1 in Novosibirsk with eight victories in as many matches, including yersterday’s against […]
Russian Cup: Ural Ufa shock Zenit-Kazan, Kuzbass at 6 of 6!
Ural Ufa literally stunned Zenit-Kazan on Day 6 of the 2020/21 Russian volleyball Cup. They defeated Zone 3 hosts Zenit-Kazan in four sets (29:27, 19:25, 25:19, 31:29). The Pole Maciej […]
Russian Cup: Dinamo Moscow and Kuzbass Kemerovo at 4 out of 4!
Dinamo Moscow remained undefeated in the 2020 Russian volleyball Cup after four days of the preliminary round. In the match between Dinamo Moscow and Fakel Novy Urengoy, that completed the […]
Russia: Coronavirus outbreak at Zenit St. Petersburg. The team does not continue in the cup preliminaries
The coronavirus immediately messes up the plans for the new season in Russia. In fact, the 3 first rounds of the preliminary phase of the Russian Cup began on Monday […]
Russian Cup: Kemerovo down champions Lokomotiv, Belgorod stun Fakel
Kuzbass Kemorovo inflicted a defeat to the national champions Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in Round 2 of the pool stage of the 2020 Russian volleyball Cup. The reigning champions of Russia suffered […]
Russian Cup: Winning debut for Novosibirsk, Kazan, Kemerovo, Fakel, Ufa and Dinamo Moscow
The two players whose transfers to Russia made a bomb in the world volleyball market, Zaytsev and Bednorz, made notable debuts at the opening of the country’s cup. The opening […]
Russia: COVID appears among Zenit Kazan players, pre-season tournament canceled
The pre-season tournament that was supposed to bring back the volleyball life in Russia, the Victory Cup, has been canceled due to positive results for coronavirus at some of the […]
Russia: Gazprom say goodbye to Salparov in ungentlemanlike way
One of the world’s best volleyball liberos at the moment, Teodor Salparov, became a free agent at the moment when most clubs are about to close their rosters for the […]
Russia: Official list of Superliga participants unveiled!
The Russian Volleyball Federation (VFV) made the official list of participants of the next men’s and women’s championship. There will be 14 clubs in each Superliga, while the format and […]
Russia: Instead of being promoted to Superliga, Transgaz close to disappearing
Transgaz Stavropol were close to achieving a long-lasting dream: the participation in the Russian volleyball Championship. However, they are at risk of disappearing. The team sensationally won the 2019/20 Russian […]
Russia: European champion in 2013 Nikolay Pavlov ends career
The one-time CEV European Championship and FIVB World League winner with the Russia volleyball National Team, Nikolay Pavlov, ended his career at the age of 38. The veteran opposite switched […]
Russian federation imposes new regulations as precaution against Coronavirus
The men’s and women’s Russian volleyball championships will have strict regulations when it comes to the next season, imposed to protect all participants from the COVID-19. First of all, persons […]
Russian federation sticks with same format as last season: to titles through Final Six
The next season of both men’s and women’s volleyball championship of Russian will be played in a format similar to the one that was used in the CEV Champions League […]
Russia: Nova Novokuybyshevsk withdraw from participating in Superliga and will be replaced by Neftyanik
The Russian volleyball Championship joined the enlarging group of national competitions that had to deal with the withdrawal of one or more clubs. So, the number of teams that will […]
Russia: Polish opposite Muzaj to Ural Ufa
The Poland volleyball National Team member Maciej Muzaj will play for Ural Ufa next season. He has signed a one-year contract with the Russian club. Last season, the 26-year-old opposite […]
Russia: Kuzbass Kemerovo announces Zaytsev
As already announced in our list of volleyball world transfers, superstar Ivan Zaytsev is officially a new player of Kuzbass Kemerovo! Given that the 31-year-old opposite hitter has a valid […]
Russia: a Serbian middle-blocker for Kemerovo
As anticipated in our list of official world transfers 2020/21, the new head coach of Kuzbass Kemerovo Alexey Verbov will have a Serbian middle blocker for next season. He is […]
Russia: Croatian expert Igor Juričić takes over Belgorod bench
Igor Juričić became the head coach of European club volleyball powerhouse Belogorie Belgorod. After parting ways with the French side Tourcoing, at whose helm he was since 2016, he signed […]
Russia: Nelli to Belogorie Belgorod
The three-time CEV Volleyball Champions League winners, Belogorie Belgorod, signed a contract with Italian Gabriele Nelli. The Italy National Team backup opposite will replace Serbian Dražen Luburić, who went to […]
Russia: Luburić from Belogorie Belgorod to Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
The Serbia Volleyball National Team member Dražen Luburić will play for Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in the 2020/21 season. The 26-year-old opposite will stay in Russia for one more season but will […]
Russia: Perrin moves from Sada Cruzeiro to Ural Ufa
The Canada Volleyball National Team member John Gordon Perrin will continue his career in Ural Ufa, by signing a one-year contract with Russia’s side. The 30-year-old outside hitter spent the […]
Russia: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk extend the contract with head coach Kostantinov
The head coach of the Russian Volleyball champions Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, Plamen Konstantinov, extended the contract with the club. The Bulgarian expert signed the new agreement which is valid for four […]
Russia: Dmytro Pashytskyy leaves Kemerovo
One of the best middle blockers of the Russian Volleyball Championship, Dmytro Pashytskyy, left Kuzbass after three seasons. The 32-year-old middle blocker decided to part ways with the team from […]
Russia: Zenit-Kazan welcome Bednorz!
The Russian volleyball powerhouse Zenit-Kazan has welcomed his new player, the member of the Poland National Team, Bartosz Bednorz, as we already announced almost a month ago. The 25-year-old outside […]
Transfers Russia: Bogachev to Yuga Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk
23-year-old Russian born but german outside-hitter Egor Bogachev will be a player of Russian side Yuga Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk. In the previous season, he played for SVD Duren. The team from […]
Transfers: Brizard leaves Warszawa, Zenit St. Petersburg his next destination
The club was occupying in the second place in the regular season at the moment that the premature ending of the Polish Volleyball Championship due to coronavirus pandemic, VERVA Warszawa […]
Transfers Russia: Alksandr Volkov returns to Zenit-Kazan after 5 years
The Russian volleyball giants of Zenit-Kazan will sign a one-year contract with Aleksandr Volkov. Last season, the 35-year-old middle blocker played in Dinamo-LO, and he will return to Zenit after […]
Transfers Russia: Poletaev continuing his career in Zenit St. Petersburg!
This is the transfer that will definitely rock the Russian volleyball market: the opposite hitter Viktor Poletaev will leave Kuzbass and play for Zenit Saint-Petersburg next season. The 24-year-old player […]