Lokomotiv (Novosibirsk) and Plamen Konstantinov are advancing to the Russian Cup finals after a 3:2 victory against Fakel in the second leg. With this result and a 3:0 win from the first match, they qualified for the tournament's "Final Six", which will take place in Kazan from May 6 to 11. In the decisive fifth set, Lokomotiv managed to defeat Fakel with a score of 15:13, with former Montana playerMolotkov (15 points), Kurbanov (14) and Shakhbanmirzaev (12) leading the team to victory.

Moscow's "Dynamo" also quickly advanced past Kuzbass with a 3:0 win in the second leg (after a 3:0 win in the first match), withSokolov (14 points), Semyshev (10) and Vlasov (9) being key players in this match.

National player Asparuh Asparuhov entered in the second set and remained until the end of the match, scoring 4 points.
The teams "Zenit-Kazan", "Belogorie", "Zenit" (Saint Petersburg) and "Dynamo-LO" have also already qualified for the "Final Six".