The first stage of the women’s championship of Russia finished on Sunday.
HC Zvezda in the final match of the game stage defeated HC AGU-Adyif with a diffrence of 22 balls on its home arena. Now the teams will be divided onto 6 top and 6 lower teams in the second part of the preliminary stage of the championship. Two best clubs from the lower teams will get into the playoffs.
HC Kuban Krasnodar didn’t leave a chance to the outsider of the tournament HC Universitet Izhevsk in a home match. The hosts achieved a confident win with an advantage of 24 goals. The goalkeepers of HC Kuban reflected 55% of throws: Regina Yakupova reflected 11 throws out of 20, Yuliana Sknar — 5 out of 9.
In the first match of the game day the leaders of the tournament standings HC Rostov-Don defeated HC Luch Moscow. The hosts won with a 15-ball advantage. The goalkeeper of HC Rostov-Don Anastasiya Kazmenko has 40% of reliability (9 reflected throws out of 22).
21 January
Zvezda — AGU-Adyif — 47:25 (23:14) (Egorova — 7, Babenko, Sinelnikova, Gerasimova — 6 each, Vertushkova — 5; Tomilina — 6)
Kuban — Universitet — 37:13 (18:7) (Gakame — 8, Seradskaya — 7, Shavman — 4; Vakhrusheva, Shklyaeva — 3 each)
Rostov-Don — Luch — 45:30 (20:12) (Kozhokar — 7, Kishko — 6; Makhneva — 8)
Tournament standings (after 22 matches). 1. Rostov-Don — 42 points. 2. CSKA — 37. 3. Lada — 33. 4. Astrakhanochka — 31. 5. Chernomorochka — 30. 6. Kuban — 27. 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 21. 8. Zvezda — 18. 9. Stavropolye — 10. 10. AGU-Adyif — 8. 11. Luch — 6. 12. Universitet — 1.
Photo: vk.com/zvezdahandball
