According to the regulations of the current season, based on the results of the first stage the first and second places qualified directly to the semifinals. These teams are VC "Prometey" (Dnipro) and VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" (Zhytomyr).
Teams that took 3-6 places based on the results of the first stage of the competition played in a playoff series (from three matches to two wins), where the third team met the sixth, and the fourth - the fifth.
The participants of the playoff round "Epicenter-Podolyany" (3rd place) - "The team of Poltava region -VC Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany" (6th place) and VSC "Law Academy" (4th place) - "Security Police-ZUNU-Dynamo" (5th place).
"Epicenter-Podolyany" and VSC "Juridical Academy" qualified for the semi-finals by defeating their rivals twice in a row.
Thus, two pairs of semi-finalists were formed: VC "Prometey" (Dnipro) - VSC "Law Academy" (Kharkiv) and VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" (Zhytomyr) - "Epicenter-Podolyany" (Horodok).
VC "Prometey" (Dnipro) - VSC "Law Academy" (Kharkiv)
the winner but recently suffered an unfortunate defeat against "Epicenter-Podolyany" in the fight for the Ukrainian Cup (2:3).
As for "Law Academy", their "mixture" of experience and youth knows how to show character and play through pain and injuries, which have been quite a lot lately.
Let's see if the current champion of the country managed to recover from the failure and if the "lawyers" are ready to impose a fight and try to create a sensation in the PVLU arena on Thursday and Friday at 16:30.
VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" (Zhytomyr) - "Epicenter-Podolyany" (Horodok)
Fans of domestic volleyball will be able to see one of the most interesting confrontations of the 2023-2024 season in the semifinals of the Super League-Dmart. In the fight for a ticket to the dream final, the winner of the Super Cup and the Cup of Ukraine "Epicenter-Podolyany" and the Zhytomyr club "Zhytychi-Polissia" will meet.
During the first stage of the championship of Ukraine, these teams met twice. Then both times the fate of the match was decided on a tie-break and both times Serhii Tereikovsky's wards were stronger (3:2 and 3:2). We'll see what happens this time on Thursday and Friday at 19:30. And maybe the teams will need a third match to decide who deserves to be in the finals of this year's Super League-Dmart.
We would like to remind you that the semi-final series of matches will last until two victories by one of the teams.
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024. Men Semifinals:
The first matches in the series:
March 28 (Thursday)
16:30 VC "Prometey" - VSC "Law Academy"
19:30 VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" - "Epicenter-Podolyany"
Second matches in the series:
March 29 (Friday)
16:30 VSC "Law Academy" - VC "Prometey"
19:30 "Epicenter-Podolyany" - VC "Zhytychi-Polissia"
Third matches in the series:
(if necessary)
March 31 (Sunday)
13:00 VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" - "Epicenter-Podolyany"
16:00 VC "Prometey" - VSC "Law Academy"
Watch online broadcasts of Super League-Dmart matches on the DIVISPORT channel on YouTube or Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.