2008–09 Russian Volleyball Super League

The Russian Volleyball Super League 2008/2009 is the 18th official season of Russian Volleyball Super League. In all there are 12 teams.

Teams
Previous
season
2007/2008		 Team Town Arena (capacity) Website Head Coach Foreign players
(max. 2)
1 Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Sports Palace (5 000) www.vcdynamo.ru Daniele Bagnoli Dante Amaral
Alexis Gonzalez
2 Iskra Odintsovo Volleyball Sportiv Complex (3 500) iskravolley.com Zoran Gajić Giba
Jochen Schöps
3 Zenit Kazan Basket-Hall Arena (7 000) www.zenit-kazan.com Vladimir Alekno Lloy Ball
Clay Stanley
4 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk SKK Sever (2 500) www.lokovolley.ru Vladimir Babakin William Priddy
Héctor Soto
5 Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod Sports Palace Cosmos (5 000) www.belogorievolley.ru Genadiy Shipulin Guntars Celitans
Alan Barbosa Domingos
Richard Lambourne
6 Ural Ufa FOC Neftyanik Bashkortostana www.volleyufa.ru Yuriy Marichev Gabriel Gardner
Péter Veres
7 Fakel Novy Urengoy CSC Gazodobytchik (800) www.fakelvolley.ru Boris Kolchin Sean Rooney
Kevin Hansen
8 Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district SC Tennis Center gazprom-ugra.ru Rafael Habibullin Domotor Meszaros
Sasa Gadnik
Christian Pampel
(until September)
9 Yaroslavich Yaroslavl SK Atlant www.yarvolley.ru Roberto Serniotti Dallas Soonias
Frederick Winters
10 Yugra-Samotlor Niznevartovsk SC Neftaynik (2000) www.ugra-samotlor.ru Yuriy Korotkevich Sergey Shulga
Promoted Nova Novokuybyshevsk SC Octan www.novavolley.narod.ru Aleksandr Cherny Cristian Casoli
Kostadin Stoykov
Promoted Metalloinvest Stary Oskol www.belogorievolley.ru Andrey Ivanov

Regular season
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Fakel Novyi Urengoi 49 18 4 0 0 MAX 58 30 1.933
2 Iskra Odintsovo 48 16 6 0 0 MAX 56 31 1.806
3 Dynamo Moscow 47 15 7 0 0 MAX 53 30 1.767
4 Zenit Kazan 41 13 9 0 0 MAX 49 35 1.400
5 Lokomotiv Belogorie 39 14 8 0 0 MAX 46 34 1.353
6 Ural Ufa 36 13 9 0 0 MAX 45 36 1.250
7 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 36 11 11 0 0 MAX 47 39 1.205
8 Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district 24 7 15 0 0 MAX 31 51 0.608
9 Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 21 7 15 0 0 MAX 28 52 0.538
10 Yaroslavich Yaroslavl 19 8 14 0 0 MAX 34 54 0.630
11 NOVA Novokuybyshevsk 19 5 17 0 0 MAX 31 53 0.585
12 Metalloinvest Stary Oskol 17 5 17 0 0 MAX 23 56 0.411

Classification 9–12 places
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
9 Yaroslavich Yaroslavl 46 17 17 0 0 MAX 65 57 1.140
10 Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 41 14 20 0 0 MAX 55 74 0.743
11 Metalloinvest Stary Oskol 34 10 24 0 0 MAX 45 78 0.577
12 NOVA Novokuybyshevsk 27 8 26 0 0 MAX 44 85 0.518

Play-off

Quarterfinals
Fakel vs Gazprom-Yugra 2–1
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
25 Mar Fakel Novyi Urengoi 3–1 Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district 21–25 31–29 25–20 25–19   102–93
29 Mar Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district 3–1 Fakel Novyi Urengoi 27–29 25–19 25–23 25–21   102–92
9 Apr Fakel Novyi Urengoi 3–1 Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district 25–22 25–13 19–25 25–23   94–83
Iskra vs Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 2–0
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
25 Mar Iskra Odintsovo 3–1 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 20–25 25–18 25–20 26–24   96–87
29 Mar Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 0–3 Iskra Odintsovo 23–25 21–25 21–25     65–75
Dynamo vs Ural 2–0
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
25 Mar Dynamo Moscow 3–1 Ural Ufa 25–21 25–23 23–25 26–24   99–93
29 Mar Ural Ufa 2–3 Dynamo Moscow 25–21 21–25 25–21 21–25 9–15 101–107
Zenit vs Lokomotiv Belogorie 2–1
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
25 Mar Zenit Kazan 3–2 Lokomotiv Belogorie 25–22 21–25 14–25 25–22 24–22 109–116
29 Mar Lokomotiv Belogorie 3–0 Zenit Kazan 25–21 25–17 25–22     75–60
9 Apr Zenit Kazan 3–0 Lokomotiv Belogorie 25–22 25–18 25–22     75–62

Semifinals
Fakel vs Zenit 1–3
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
13 Apr Fakel Novyi Urengoi 2–3 Zenit Kazan 24–26 25–18 17–25 25–20 11–25 102–104
14 Apr Fakel Novyi Urengoi 3–0 Zenit Kazan 25–18 25–23 38–36     88–77
18 Apr Zenit Kazan 3–0 Fakel Novyi Urengoi 25–18 25–18 25–20     75–56
19 Apr Zenit Kazan 3–1 Fakel Novyi Urengoi 25–23 25–18 19–25 25–23   94–89
Iskra vs Dynamo 3–2
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
13 Apr Iskra Odintsovo 3–2 Dynamo Moscow 18–25 25–23 24–26 25–20 15–12 107–106
14 Apr Iskra Odintsovo 1–3 Dynamo Moscow 25–17 26–28 21–25 15–25   87–95
18 Apr Dynamo Moscow 3–1 Iskra Odintsovo 27–25 25–17 16–25 23–25   93–90
19 Apr Dynamo Moscow 2–3 Iskra Odintsovo 24–26 25–20 24–26 25–14 15–17 113–103
23 Apr Iskra Odintsovo 3–1 Dynamo Moscow 22–25 25–20 25–18 25–20   97–83

Classification 5–8 places
Lokomotiv Belogorie vs Gazprom-Yugra 3–0
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
13 Apr Lokomotiv Belogorie 3–1 Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district 25–17 25–18 23–25 25–16   98–76
14 Apr Lokomotiv Belogorie 3–2 Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district 21–25 24–26 25–18 25–17 21–19 116–105
18 Apr Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district 1–3 Lokomotiv Belogorie 25–19 19–25 21–25 23–25   88–95
Ural vs Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 1–3
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
13 Apr Ural Ufa 2–3 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 25–22 25–23 23–25 17–25 13–25 103–110
14 Apr Ural Ufa 3–2 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 23–25 25–19 21–25 25–23 15–11 109–103
18 Apr Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 3–1 Ural Ufa 20–25 25–21 25–14 25–14   95–74
19 Apr Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 3–0 Ural Ufa 25–22 29–27 25–22 25–14   79–71

Final 5–6 places
Lokomotiv Belogorie vs Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 3–1
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Apr Lokomotiv Belogorie 3–1 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 19–25 25–19 25–23 25–22   94–89
28 Apr Lokomotiv Belogorie 3–1 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 25–21 25–18 20–25 25–21   95–85
02 May Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 3–1 Lokomotiv Belogorie 25–17 22–25 25–23 25–21   97–86
03 May Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 0–3 Lokomotiv Belogorie 18–25 23–25 29–31     70–81

Bronze medal matches
Fakel vs Dynamo 3–0
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Apr Fakel Novyi Urengoi 3–2 Dynamo Moscow 25–20 25–23 20–25 28–30 16–14 114–112
28 Apr Fakel Novyi Urengoi 3–2 Dynamo Moscow 22–25 25–15 23–25 25–17 15–8 110–90
02 May Dynamo Moscow 2–3 Fakel Novyi Urengoi 19–25 25–21 21–25 25–20 13–15 103–106

Gold medal matches
Iskra vs Zenit 0–3
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Apr Iskra Odintsovo 0–3 Zenit Kazan 21–25 19–25 23–25     63–75
28 Apr Iskra Odintsovo 2–3 Zenit Kazan 25–20 27–29 25–19 23–25 13–15 113–108
02 May Zenit Kazan 3–1 Iskra Odintsovo 25–21 18–25 25–22 25–21   93–89

Final standings
Rank Team
Zenit Kazan
Iskra Odintsovo
Fakel Novyi Urengoi
4 Dynamo Moscow
5 Lokomotiv Belogorie
6 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
7 Ural Ufa
8 Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district
9 Yaroslavich Yaroslavl
10 Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk
11 Metalloinvest Stary Oskol
12 NOVA Novokuybyshevsk
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