The first stage of the Ukrainian volleyball championship among men's teams of the Super League-Dmart of the 2023-2024 season has been finished.
According to the regulations of the current season, the first and second places qualify for the semi-finals directly. At the same time, in the playoffs, the third team will meet with the sixth, and the fourth - with the fifth.
The teams that finished 7th, 8th, and 9th at the end of the first stage will play in the play-out round (one circle, two rounds).
Thus, VC "Prometey" (Dnipro) and VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" (Zhytomyr) reached the semifinals of the tournament.
The participants of the play-off round are "Epicenter-Podolyany" (Horodok), VSC "Law Academy" (Kharkiv), "Security Police-ZUNU-Dynamo" (Ternopil), and "The team of Poltava Region-VC Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany" (Reshetylivka ).
They formed the following pairs:
"Epicenter-Podolyany" - "The team of Poltava region-VC Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany"
VSC "Law Academy" - "Security Police-ZUNU-Dynamo"
The quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played up to two victories, and the matches directly for medals - up to three. The teams that lost in the 1/4 finals will compete for 5-6 places to two championships.
In the semi-finals, VC "Prometey" will play against the winner of the duel "Law Academy" - "Security Police-ZUNU-Dynamo", and VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" will play against the strong team of the confrontation "Epicenter-Podolyany" - "The team of Poltava region-VC Reshetylivka- Barkom-Kazhany".
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024. Men Play-offs (second stage):
The first matches in the series
March 8 (Friday)
16:30 "The team of Poltava region-VC Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany" - "Epicenter-Podolyany"
19:30 "Security Police-ZUNU-Dynamo" - VSC "Law Academy"
The second matches in the series
March 9 (Saturday)
12:00 "Epicenter-Podolyany" - "The team of Poltava region-VC Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany"
15:00 VSC "Law Academy" - "Security Police-ZUNU-Dynamo"
Third matches in the series (if necessary)
March 10 (Sunday)
12:00 "Epicenter-Podolyany" - "The team of Poltava region-VC Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany"
15:00 VSC "Law Academy" - "Security Police-ZUNU-Dynamo"
Teams that took 7-9 places became participants in the play-out: VC "MHP-Ladyzhyn-ShVSM-Kolos" (Vinnytsia), VSC "Bukovyna" (Chernivtsi), and "Burevisnyk-ShVSM" (Chernihiv). In the play-out part of the tournament, the teams will play two rounds.
9th place according to the results of the play-out will play with the second team of the Higher League for a place in the Super League (from five matches to 3 victories).
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024. Men Play-out. First round:
March 5 (Tuesday)
19:00 VC "MHP-Ladyzhyn-ShVSM-Kolos" - VSC "Bukovyna"
March 6 (Wednesday)
19:00 "Burevisnyk-ShVSM" - VK "MHP-Ladyzhin-ShVSM-Kolos"
March 7 (Thursday)
19:00 "Burevisnyk-ShVSM" - VSC "Bukovyna"
Watch all these matches live on the DIVISPORT YouTube channel or Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.
