The first match of the game day in the men's Super League finished.
HC Dinamo ceded one ball by the break, but managed to beat HC Kaustik in a home match in Astrakhan with a minimal advantage at the start of the tournament for the 9-12th places.
17 April
For the 9th-12th places
Dinamo (Astrakhan) — Kaustik — 37:36 (18:22) (Shelestyukov — 8; Akramov — 11)
Tournament standings. 9. Dinamo — 13 points (23 matches). 10. SGAU-Saratov — 10 (22). 11. Kaustik — 8 (23). 6. Skif — 6 (22).

Photo: HC Dinamo press