RUSSIA
Play By Play
FINLAND
Top Scorer
- 19 - Victor POLETAEV (RUS)
- 15 - Dmitrii VOLKOV (RUS)
- 7 - Artem VOLVICH (RUS)
Overview
Russia are a European volleyball power, the current European Champions and the FIVB Volleyball Nations League winners. Finland’s best result is a 4th place at the 2007 CEV European Championship. The last duel of these two teams was at the 2018 FIVB World Championship, where Russia emerged victorious with a 3-0 win.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeSinisa ISAJLOVICAUTSecond RefereeAleksandar PETROVICSRB
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Venue Information
The Stožice Arena, which opened the 10th of August 2010, is the biggest multipurpose arena in Slovenia with the full capacity of 12,480 visitors. It is a home to basketball team KK Olimpija Ljubljana, volleyball team ACH Volley Ljubljana and handball team RK Krim Ljubljana, and several national teams, among them the volleyball national teams. It has been also holding many music concerts and manifestations. Capacity: 12500
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Team
- KARPUKHOV Anton6 Outside spiker
- SEMYSHEV Anton8 Outside spiker
- BUTKO Alexander12 Setter
- MUSERSKIY Dmitriy13 Middle blocker
- MIKHAILOV Maxim17 Opposite
- KURKAEV Iliyas20 Middle blocker
Previous Games
| 23/09/2019 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 21/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 18/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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15Competitions Played
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6Titles
- Competition
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7Matches Played
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6Matches Won
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86%Win %
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19Sets Won
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593Points Won
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53%Attack %
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48%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Samarskii Region
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1988
- Birth Place: Makeevka
- Height: 218 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Chelyabinsk
- Height: 196 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Tiumen region
- Height: 176 cm
- Birth Date: 1988
- Birth Place: Kuzmolovsky
- Height: 202 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Kobrin
- Height: 207 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Altayskiy kray
- Height: 208 cm
Team
- TERVAPORTTI Eemi2 Setter
- SILTALA Antti3 Outside spiker
- RONKAINEN Antti6 Outside spiker
- SIVULA Urpo10 Opposite
- KAURTO Markus14 Middle blocker
- LANKINEN Akseli18 Setter
FINLAND 
Address
Valimotie 10 HelsinkiContacts
Previous Games
| 21/09/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 18/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 16/09/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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26Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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10Matches Played
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4Matches Won
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40%Win %
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18Sets Won
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870Points Won
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44%Attack %
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47%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Alajärvi
- Height: 203 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Äetsä
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Forssa
- Height: 204 cm
Recent Results
NORTH MACEDONIA
RUSSIA
(15 - 25, 16 - 25, 28 - 30)
BELARUS
RUSSIA
(25 - 23, 17 - 25, 22 - 25, 10 - 25)
TURKEY
RUSSIA
(13 - 25, 25 - 23, 17 - 25, 15 - 25)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Artem VOLVICH
Middle blocker
RUSSIA
Antti SILTALA
Outside spiker
FINLAND
Egor Kliuka (RUS) attacking
Head coach of team Russia Tuomas SAMMELVUO
Finland fan
Artem VOLVICH (RUS)
Team Russia celebrating the point
Antti RONKAINEN (FIN) recives the ball
Egor KLIUKA (RUS) (left) and Artem VOLVICH(RUS) (right)
Antti RONKAINEN (FIN) recives the ball
Markus KAURTO (FIN) spikes the ball
Gallery
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Russia unstoppable in Pool C
Russia, already qualified for the next EuroVolley round, started the match without their main superstars Dmitriy Muserskiy and Maxim Mikhailov. This did not reflect on the court, with “Sbornaya Kamanda” easily claiming the first set with their precise attack and solid blocking performance. Finland put on a better show in the second set, leading from the 12th point until 22th. Russia staged a comeback and despite Iliyas Kurkaev’s sprained ankle secured the second set.
Suomi fans believed in their team, supporting them loudly from the stands of Stožice Arena. Finland caught a flying start at the beginning but Russia managed to close the gap at 12-12. In the tight finish it was Russia who emerged victorious. Victor Poletaev was the best scorer with 19 points, the only other player with double digits was Dmitrii Volkov who scored 15 points.
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
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An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of RUSSIA compared to FINLAND.
RUSSIA number of service aces compared to FINLAND
Errors leading to points of RUSSIA, next to those from FINLAND
Maxim Mikhailov"We are happy with the result. It was nice to play in front of numerous Finland’s fans. They showed us how important volleyball is there, that is why it is such a beautiful sport."
opposite (RUS)
Igor Kobzar"The atmosphere in the arena was great! We are happy to play in such environment. I forgot that we are playing in Slovenia and thought we are in Finland. We saw that our team is not optimally prepared yet, there is still a lot of space for improvement. We will need to lift our level if we want to win against Slovenia."
setter and team captain (RUS)
Joel Banks"I think overall in these three games we've given a good account of ourselves. If we don't pass with Turkey then everyone including us will look back at yesterday's match against Belarus. We did not expect to win against Russia. They're the best team in our pool and probably in the top 2 in the tournament. We can be proud of our fighting spirit and mentality, we've played against very good players. It was a big challenge for us and I think we did great."
head coach (FIN)
Antti Siltala"The match was tough, but our eyes are already on team Turkey. I think that today we played really okay. We've had our chances but the game went in the other direction. We will start focusing on Turkey now."
outside-spiker (FIN)
Daily Recap
PlayTop Scorer
- 19 - Victor POLETAEV (RUS)
- 15 - Dmitrii VOLKOV (RUS)
- 7 - Artem VOLVICH (RUS)
Top Attacker
- 16 - Victor POLETAEV (RUS)
- 14 - Dmitrii VOLKOV (RUS)
- 7 - Elviss KRASTINS (FIN)
Top Blocker
- 2 - Victor POLETAEV (RUS)
- 2 - Alexander BUTKO (RUS)
- 2 - Artem VOLVICH (RUS)
Top Server
- 2 - Iliyas KURKAEV (RUS)
- 1 - Dmitrii VOLKOV (RUS)
- 1 - Artem VOLVICH (RUS)
Top Receiver
- 6 - Dmitrii VOLKOV (RUS)
- 5 - Egor KLIUKA (RUS)
- 4 - Antti SILTALA (FIN)