Zenit-Kazan defeated Lokomotiv and won the Russian Super Cup.

      The volleyball players of Kazan’s Zenit defeated Novosibirsk’s Lokomotiv 3–1 in the Russian Super Cup final in Saint Petersburg.

      Kazan led 7–1 at the start of the match but lost that advantage after a long serving run by Lokomotiv’s setter Simeon Nikolov (11–11). At the end of the set a classy serving run was delivered by Zenit’s opposite Mikhail Labinsky, who knocked Omar Kurbanov and Alexander Markin out of reception and earned a set point with an ace (19:18 — 24:18). Novosibirsk made twice as many errors in the first set (10–5).

      In the second set Loko’s players scored just 8 points in total due to poor attack conversion (7/20, 35%). The Kazan side, by contrast, converted 70% of their attacks. Labinsky was particularly effective (5/6), but the top scorer of the set thanks to an ace and a block was Maksim Mikhaylov — 6 points.

      Kazan led 23:20 in the third set but could not finish off their opponents. Dmitry Volkov erred in attack, and Mikhaylov failed to score three times in a row. Nikolov equalized the score with a block on Labinsky, Ilya Kazachenkov put Loko ahead, and Egor Feoktistov, who replaced Timofey Benkovich in the closing stages, brought the win to the Novosibirsk side.

      In the fourth set the Zenit players regained their attacking advantage and were better at the net. They closed down Kazachenkov with a block and finished the match — 25:21.

      Zenit-Kazan won its 11th Russian Super Cup (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025). Lokomotiv contested the trophy for the fourth time in its history. In the three previous occasions the Novosibirsk team also lost to Kazan’s Zenit (2011, 2012, 2020).

      On December 28 Lokomotiv will end the calendar year with an away match in the Russian Championship regular season against Yaroslavich. Aleksey Verbov’s team will play its next match already in 2025 — on January 5 it will host Moscow’s Dinamo.

      Russian Super Cup. Final

      Lokomotiv (Novosibirsk) — Zenit-Kazan — 1:3 (19:25, 17:25, 25:23, 21:25)

      Kazachenkov (22), Kurbanov (16), Lyzik (10) — Mikhaylov (21), Volkov (18), Labinsky (14)

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