Results and schedule:
Group A
November 10
Zenit Kazan – Fakel Novy Urengoy 0:3 (25:27, 19:25, 24:26)
Neftyanik Orenburg – Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 0:3 (23:25, 17:25, 23:25)
November 11
Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod – Zenit Kazan
Fakel Novy Urengoy – Neftyanik Orenburg
Standings:
Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 6 (2-0) (6-0) (150-113)
Zenit Kazan 3 (1-1) (3-3) (146-140)
Fakel Novy Urengoy 3 (1-1) (3-3) (128-143)
Neftyanik Orenburg 0 (0-2) (0-6)
Group B
November 10
Yenisei Krasnoyarsk – Prikam Perm 0:3 (22:25, 19:25, 18:25)
Dinamo Moscow – Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 3:1 (23:25, 25:20, 25:20, 25:19)
November 11
Prikam Perm – Dinamo Moscow
Gazprom-Yugra Surgut – Yenisei Krasnoyarsk
Standings:
Prikam Perm 6
Dinamo Moscow 6
Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 0
Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 0
Group C
November 10
Grozny – Iskra Odintsovo 0:3 (15:25, 18:25, 14:25)
Dynamo Krasnodar – Dinamo LO 3:0 (25:20, 25:17, 25:20)
Standings:
Dynamo Krasnodar 6 (2-1) (7-3)
Iskra Odintsovo 6 (2-1) (6-3)
Grozny 6 (2-1) (6-5)
Dinamo LO 0 (0-3) (1-9)
Group D
November 10
Lokomotiv-Izumrud Ekaterinburg – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 2:3 (20:25, 25:23, 21:25, 27:25, 11:15)
Ural Ufa – Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 3:0 (26:24, 25:23, 25:22)
Standings:
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 8
Ural Ufa 6
Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 3
Lokomotiv-Izumrud Ekaterinburg 1