Kuzbass (Kemerovo) finished the regular Superliga season with a 3-0 (25:17, 25:20, 27:25) away loss to Belogorie (Belgorod).

The hosts asserted control over the match from the first set, scoring 14 attack points against 9 for their opponent. The second set was also dictated by Belogorie, despite strong performances by Kirill Napolskikh at the net and successful attacks by Asparuh Asparuhov. In the third set, Kuzbass held an advantage at 16:13, but Pavel Tetyukhin and Kirill Suprunov turned the tide at the end.

National player Asparuh Asparuhovfinished second in scoring for Kuzbass with14 points(1 block, 2 aces), achieving50% attack efficiencyand a46% positive reception rate.

Kirill Suprunov was the top scorer for "Kuzbass" with 15 points.

Full match statisticshere

With this victory, Belogorie moved to third place in the standings, displacing Plamen Konstantinov's Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, which finishes the regular season in fourth position.

The four best teams from the regular season – "Zenit-Kazan," "Belogorie," "Dynamo," and "Lokomotiv" – qualified directly for the quarterfinals.

Eight more teams (5–12, 6–11, 7–10, 8–9) will play an additional playoff round of two matches with a potential "golden set": "Zenit" Saint Petersburg – ASK, "Dynamo-LO" – "Gazprom-Yugra," "Dynamo-Ural" – "Fakel," and "Yenisey" – "Kuzbass".