Dinamo Krasnodar missed opportunity and he was beaten by 3-1 by the top rated Lokomotiv Novosibirsk after being a step away from 2-0. Dinamo Krasnodar won the 1st set and in fact leads to large tracts in the 2nd enough to get to the first set-ball (23-24) with a block of Nilsson. Zhilin however, turns the tables with 2 attacks (25-24) and then won the set with 27-25. After losing the 3rd set clearly the Krasnodar tried again at the start of 4th (2-5), but Lokomotiv take a break of 13-0 (15-5) which effectively closes in advance the game despite the Krasnodar lathes also to -3 on 21-18. Lokomotiv Novosibirsk finished set and match 25-19.
Today’s results, standings and schedule
December 25
Group B:
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Dinamo Krasnodar 3:1 (20:25, 27:25, 25:19, 25:19)
Lokomotiv: Butko 2, L.Divis 6, Gutsalyuk 5, Nilsson 20, Biryukov 16, Volvich 9, Golubev (L); Zubkov 3, F.Voronkov 0, Zhilin 10, Choulepov 0.
Dinamo: Marlon 4, Mochalov 19, Chaus 5, Nosenko 22, Eremin 7, Khoroshev 9, Yanutov (L); Khilchenko 0, Andrievskiy 0, Zelenko (L), A.Botin 1.
Classification Group B
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 3
Belogorie Belgorod 2
Dinamo Krasnodar 1
December 26
16.00: Group B: Belogorie Belgorod – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
December 28
13.30: 1st semi-final
16.00: 2nd semi-final
December 29
13.30: Final 3rd-4th place
16.00: Final 1st and 2nd place
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