After a break caused by the finals of the Cup of Russia, all Superleague’s teams came back to the competition. The Christmas break influenced badly Dinamo Moscow, which lost a match against Gazprom Surgut in three sets. Dinamo was not helped by Bartosz Kurek returning after injury. Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod won its sixth game in a row and took the leadership in the red pool.
All results of the 12th round
Ural Ufa – Iskra Odintsovo 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-21)
Top Scorers: Spiridonov 23, Vissotto 20, Alekseev 12, Ashchev 7, Samoylenko 4; Schmitt 18, Burtsev 15, Koulechov 10, Bogomolov 8, Kalinin 8
Kuzbass Kemerovo – Shakhtar Soligorsk 3-1 (25-18, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22)
Top Scorers: 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 Scorers: Nilsson 27, Volvich 15, Biryukov 12, 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 Scorers: 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)
Top Scorers: Rykov 18, Bestuzhev 16, Shipotko 15, Andrianov 10; Pavlov 24, Nikic 14, Lyamin 8, Ostapenko 7
Yaroslavich Yaroslavl – Dinamo Krasnodar 1-3 (25-21, 18-25, 19-25, 22-25)
Top Scorers: Filippov 13, Pluzhnikov 10, Kulikovsky 8, Igor Yudin 6; Yakovlev 20, Mochalov 17, Eremin 13, Xaus 11
Zenit Kazan – Prikam Perm 3-1 (25-8, 19-25, 25-23, 25-20)
Top Scorers: Mikhaylov 25, Sivozhelez 17, Apalikov 10, Berezhko 5; 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 Scorers: Grozer 26, Muserskiy 23, Ilinykh 9, Fomenko 7, Khtey 4; Bakun 27, Melnik 18, Mosov 13, Titich 8, Kritskiy 8.
Standings
Group of Blue:
- Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 31
- Zenit Kazan 28
- Gazprom Yugra Surgut 26
- Ural Ufa 24
- Belogorie Belgorod 21
- Kuzbass Kemerovo 14
- Grozny 12
- Yaroslavich Yaroslavl 7
Group of Red:
- Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 23
- Fakel Novy Urengoy 23
- Dinamo Krasnodar 22
- Dinamo Moscow 16
- Iskra Odintsovo 16
- Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 14
- Prikam Perm 6
- Shakhtar Soligorsk 5
