Russia
Dinamo Krasnodar eliminated Iskra Odintsovo.
Ural Ufa of the coach Frigoni and the setter Ball, despite the absence of Roca, defeated Yaroslavich Yaroslavl in the match in which the hosts have taken the lead of 12-9 in the tie-break and then,14-13 before finishing the match with 20-22.
The biggest surprise of the day was, however, the victory of Surgut Gazprom over Belogorie Belgorod. The great player of the match was Bulgarian center Todorov who has scored 11 points from the block. Also a good performance showed Aleksiev who finished with 61% in attack. Belgorod in the first 2 sets has not defended well against Zhigalov (1/6 on offense) but then improved with the assistance of Khtey and Ilinykh the opposite. However, in tie-break the hosts took the lead (10 – 18) and finished the match with 25-23 because of the error of Muserskiy.
Fakel and Kharkhiv played a tense match in which the team of Busato has dominated the court and defeated the Ukrainians with 3-1 in the first game.
Eight-finals: Round2 (Feb. 18)
Dinamo Krasnodar – Kuzbass Kemerovo 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 25-23) Series: 2-0
Yaroslavich Yaroslavl – Ural Ufa 2-3 (25-21, 22-25, 27-25, 23-25, 20-22) Series: 0-2
Gazprom Yugra Surgut – Belogorie Belgorod 3-1 (25-21, 25-20, 30-32, 25-23) Series: 1-1
Surgut: Kobzar 3, Rodichev 7, Todorov 15, Mysin 11, Aleksiev 14, Proskurnya 4, Martinyuk (L);
Ershov 2, Bestuzhev 5, Leontiev 5, A.Khabibullin 0, Snegirev (L). All: Konstantinov
Belgorod: Kolodinsky 6, Ilinykh 21, Muserskiy 13, Zhigalov 1, Tetyukhin 18, Raymaekers 7, Ermakov (L); Sychev 1, Kosarev 0, Khtey 7, Khamouttskikh 0, Fomenko 0, Egortchev 0. Not entered: Andreev. All: Chipulin
Fakel Novy Urengoy – Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 3-1 (25-18, 28-26, 22-25, 25-19) Series: 1-1
Clasificion
1. Zenit Kazan
2. Iskra Odintsovo
3. Dinamo
4. Lokomotiv Moscú Novosibirsk
5. Belgorod Belogorie
6. Kuzbass Kemerovo
7. Ufa Ural
8. Lokomotiv Kharkhiv
9. Fakel Novy Urengoy
10. Yaroslavl Yaroslavich
11. Dinamo Krasnodar
12. Gazprom Yugra Surgut
