Skra
Skra were lost in first two sets succumbing to powerful attacking potential of Wifredo León (31 points) and Matthew Anderson and blocking performance of Aleksandr Gutsalyuk.
Set 3 also went into favor of Russian giants, who had 10-6 and open way to straight-set victory. But, then Facundo Conte (21 points) and Mariusz Wlazły re-installed sighting devices for full turnaround despite dropping 15-12 in Set 4.
Tie-break was point for point play in which neither team gained more than a one-point lead. How intense the game was shows the fact that even Vladimir Alekno, the coach of Zenit, known by his coolness, showed highly visible signs of nervousness.
Second leg is scheduled for March 24 in Lodz.
PLAYOFFS PHASE – 213 / PLAYOFFS 6 – 325 / –
| article game | date/time | Teams | set | result per set | article stats | article videos | ||
| Home Matches | 16. 03. 2016 19:30 | Zenit KAZAN | vs | PGE Skra BELCHATOW | 2:3 | 25:23; 25:21; 23:25; 25:27; 16:18 | ||
| Home Matches | 17. 03. 2016 20:30 | Diatec TRENTINO | vs | Belogorie BELGOROD Lokomotiv BELOGOROD | 0:0 | |||
| Home Matches | 17. 03. 2016 20:30 | Cucine Lube Banca Marche CIVITANOVA | vs | Halkbank ANKARA | 0:0 | |||
| Away Matches | 22. 03. 2016 19:00 | Belogorie BELGOROD Lokomotiv BELOGOROD | vs | Diatec TRENTINO | 0:0 | |||
| Away Matches | 23. 03. 2016 17:30 | Halkbank ANKARA | vs | Cucine Lube Banca Marche CIVITANOVA | 0:0 | |||
| Away Matches | 24. 03. 2016 18:00 | PGE Skra BELCHATOW | vs | Zenit KAZAN | 0:0 | |||
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