Zenit defeated the opponent from the Russian capital in straight sets even without its captain Nikolay Apalikov, who participated in pre-match warm up, but didn’t play. He suffered knee injury in the first match which Zenit won in four sets.
Final result was 25-19, 25-20, 25-22 with partial for Kazan team who took 2-0 lead in series and now needs only one more victory to qualify for the finals. Next game will be played in Moscow, on April 4.
Belogorie Belgorod also gained 2-0 lead in semifinal series against Gazprom Yugra Surgut by winning with 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-19), which was another straight sets victory.
Next match in the series is scheduled for April 4 on Gazprom Yugra’s court.
PLAY OFF – SEMIFINALS / SEMIFINAL 1 /
Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
1st game | 20. 03. 2015 19:00 | Belogorie Belgorod | vs | Gazprom Yugra Surgut | 3:0 | 25:21; 25:16; 25:18 | ||
2nd game | 21. 03. 2015 17:00 | Belogorie Belgorod | vs | Gazprom Yugra Surgut | 3:0 | 25:19;25:17;25:19 | ||
3rd game | 04. 04. 2015 16:00 | Gazprom Yugra Surgut | vs | Belogorie Belgorod | 0:0 |
PLAY OFF – SEMIFINALS / SEMIFINAL 2 /
Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
1st game | 20. 03. 2015 19:00 | Zenit Kazan | vs | Dinamo Moscow | 3:1 | 26:24; 18:25; 34:32; 25:18 | ||
2nd game | 21. 03. 2015 17:00 | Zenit Kazan | vs | Dinamo Moscow | 3:0 | 25:19:; 25:20; 25:22 | ||
3rd game | 04. 04. 2015 14:00 | Dinamo Moscow | vs | Zenit Kazan | 0:0 |
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