Gubernya NIZHNY NOVOGROD
The only tie-break of the day comes from Belgorod with the home team pulled by Grozer and Muserskiy (71% att., Walls 5 and 3 ace) exceeds the 3-2 against Fakel.
The first three positions in the blue group have not change: the Novosibirsk with the 2nd coach Rifelli exceeds the 3-1 Kharkiv with Nilsson (67% att., 2 walls and three aces) and Volvich (100% att., 4 walls , 4 aces) and holds the 1st place; Zenit Kazan with Mikhailov and Vermiglio beats the Perm 3-1 and remains three points behind, and the Gazprom won in 3 sets against Dinamo Moscow. For the team Dinamo Moscow there is still the good news with return of that Kurek, recorded seven points with 50% att.
Ural Ufa passed 3-1 Iskra in a game characterized by numerous absences: Abramov, Panteleymonenko, Botin and Maksimov (out until end of season) on one side and Contreras on the other.
Home win for the Kuzbass Kemerovo against Shakhter Soligorsk and away win for Dinamo Krasnodar against the Yaroslavich Yaroslavl.
Results 12th day (January 9)
Teams of Blue Group vs. Teams of the Red Group
Ural Ufa – Iskra Odintsovo 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-21)
Top Scorer: Spiridonov 23, Vissotto 20, Alekseev 12, Ashchev 7, Samoylenko 4; Schmitt 18, Burtsev 15, Koulechov 10, Bogomolov 8, Kalinin 8.
Kuzbass Kemerovo – Shakhter Soligorsk 3-1 (25-18, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22)
Top Scorer: Tarasov 24, Andrae 16, Tuia 13, Poroshin 9, Shcherbakov 7; Audochanka 25, Kadziewicz 13, A.Simeonov 11, Levchenko 10, Aplevich 4.
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 3-1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-14, 25-15)
Top Scorer: Nilsson 27, Volvich 15, Biryukov 12, L.Divis 6, Gutsalyuk 6; Tyutlin 18, Iereshchenko 12, V.Ivanov 10, Teryomenko 8, Rudnytskyi 6.
Gazprom Yugra Surgut – Dinamo Moscow 3-0 (32-30, 25-23, 25-23)
Top Scorer: Aleksiev 12, Rodichev 11, Smolyar 8, Mysin 8, Todorov 7; Krivets 12, Kruglov 11, Shcherbinin 10, Markin 9, Kurek 7.
Grozny – Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 1-3 (27-25, 20-25, 21-25, 21-25)
Yaroslavich Yaroslavl – Dinamo Krasnodar 1-3 (25-21, 18-25, 19-25, 22-25)
Zenit Kazan – Prikam Perm 3-1 (25-8, 19-25, 25-23, 25-20)
Top Scorer: Mikhaylov 25, Sivozhelez 17, Apalikov 10, Berezhko 5, Vermiglio 0; D.Kovalev 13, Karpenko 12, Konnov 12, Kozitsin 10, Likhosherstov 9.
Belogorie Belgorod – Fakel Novy Urengoy 3-2 (25-19, 28-26, 16-25, 20-25, 15-12)
Top Scorer: Grozer 26, Muserskiy 23, Ilinykh 9, Fomenko 7, Khtey 4; Bakun 27, Melnik 18, Mosov 13, Titich 8, Kritskiy 8.
Classification
Blue Group: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 31, Zenit Kazan 28, Gazprom Yugra Surgut 26, Ural Ufa 24, Belogorie Belgorod 21, Kuzbass Kemerovo 14, Grozny 12, Yaroslavich Yaroslavl 7.
Red Group: Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 23, Fakel Novy Urengoy 23, Dinamo Krasnodar 22, Dinamo Mosca 16, Iskra Odintsovo 16, Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 14, Prikam Perm 6, Shakhtar Soligorsk 5.
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