Zenit-Kazan left no chance for Kuzbass and recorded a convincing 3:0 victory as a guest in Kemerovo, closing the series with 2-0 wins and qualifying for the semifinals of the Russian championship.

🔹 Russian Championship. Quarter-finals. Best of 3 series. Second matches
Kuzbass (Kemerovo, 9) – Zenit-Kazan (1) – 0:3 (17:25, 12:25, 19:25)
Top scorers:Pakshin (9), Suprunov (6), Asparuhov (6) – Volkov (15), Mikhailov (10), Deroux (7)
Series result:0–2 (0:3, 0:3)

🔹 In the first set, Kazanians dominated, and Dmitry Volkov impressed with 67% attack efficiency. Asparuh Asparuhov came in as a substitute and performed steadily – 5 out of 7 successful attacks.

🔹 The second set was even more convincing for Zenit, with Deroux and Mikhailov converting all their attacks (100%).

🔹 In the third set, Kuzbass put up resistance and even led 10:8, but a series of three aces by Mikhail Labinskiy ended the dispute.

📊 Statistics:The top scorer for the hosts was Roman Pakshin with 9 points, and Asparuhov finished with 6 points and 55% attack efficiency.