The first meeting of the series for the 3rd place in the men’s Super League finished.
Chekhovskie Medvedi beat the guests from Stavropol at home. In the hosts Kirill Kotov and Aleksandr Ermakov scored 7 goals.
SKIF and Permskie Medvedi ended the first match of the series for the 7th place with a draw. It should be noted that the hosts were leading with a five-goal difference after the first half (15:10).
HC Kaustik confidently beat HC SGAU-Saratov on its home court in Volgograd in the consolation mini-tournament for the 9-11th places of the men’s championship of Russia. It’s the second victory of Dmitriy Bocharnikov’s club in the Super League-2024/25. 10 goals are on the account of Ivan Gudkov from SGAU-Saratov.
15 May
For the 3rd place
Chekhovskie Medvedi — Victor — 29:24 (19:11) (K.Kotov, Ermakov — 7 each; Pasenov — 7)
The score in the series — 1:0
For the 7th place
SKIF — Permskie Medvedi — 27:27 (15:10) (Dashko — 7; Ukhvarkin — 6)
For the 9-11th places
Kaustik — SGAU-Saratov — 38:33 (20:11) (Kudinov — 9, Svetlov, Koltsov — 7 each, Palashchenko — 6; Gudkov — 10, Salikhov, Molev — 6 each, Dvoryankin — 5)
Tournament standings. 9. SGAU-Saratov — 18 points (24 matches). 10. Akbuzat — 10 (23). 11. Kaustik — 5 (23).

Photo: HC Chekhovskie Medvedi press