Honored Master of Sports became a newcomer of Gazprom-Ugra, Olympic champion Alexey Obmochaev. Alexey is already training with the team and will take part in the first round of the Russian Cup, which kicks off 7 September in Kemerovo.
Gazprom-Ugra returned to Surgut from St. Petersburg and we talked with the head coach of the team Denis Garkushenko about the results and lessons of the Platonov Memorial. What is your impression of the tournament in St. Petersburg? Double impression. One side, the tournament was needed in terms of acquiring the first match practice, viewing newcomers, on the other hand, a very difficult format, four games in four Read more »
Gazprom-Ugra traditionally has a hard time entering the playing season. It is difficult to judge the internal state of rivals at the Platonov Memorial, but quite characteristic, that two major league "A" teams made it to the semi-finals, and Yaroslavl won at all. Who is a little better prepared - that and slippers. In such tournaments, everyone solves their own internal tasks., but no one canceled the desire to win: Read more »
XVIII Memorial of Vyacheslav Platonov starts today in St. Petersburg, in which Gazprom-Ugra takes part. The debut match of the season will start for Surgut in 15.30 by Moscow time, the opponent is the newcomer of the Superleague Shakhtar from Salihorsk, Belarus. 24 August "Gazprom-Ugra" will play with CSKA, playing in the major league "A", the group stage of the tournament for our guys will end with a match with the Ufa "Ural" 25 Read more »
Maxim Kirillov, setter of the Gazprom-Yugra VC, and the captain of the Russian youth team U-21 became the winner of the Second Open Games of the CIS countries in Minsk. Our youth walked like a skating rink over their peers from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, UAE and Armenia, and on the final day of the competition won a convincing victory over the national team of Belarus 3:0 (25:19, 25:21, 25:19). Also the winner of the tournament was the central blocker from Read more »
At the end of July in "Volei Grad" (Vityazevo village, Krasnodar region) the traditional review of the nearest reserves of the national team took place - Chesnokov Memorial. Teams of Russia U21 took part in the tournament, U19, U17 and Belarus U21 team. The “senior” Russian team naturally became the winner, where the players under the age of 21 of the year. The main setter and captain of this team is the player Read more »
Gazprom-Yugra has returned from vacation and is already conducting the second microcycle of physical training. At the beginning of pre-season training camps, the emphasis is traditionally on physical fitness., with balls the team will begin "communication" closer to mid-August. At the end of the last summer month, the people of Surgut will take part in the Memorial to them. Platonov in St. Petersburg, where their group rivals will be the Ufa "Ural", Super League debutant Read more »
Introducing the newcomer of Gazprom-Ugra, 21-summer winger Ivan Korotaev! Graduate of the Moscow Youth Sports School "Nika", Ivan spent one year in the youth team of Novy Urengoy "Fakel", after which he returned to the capital, where in the Dynamo system he played with 2019 by 2022 year. As part of the main team of the White-Blues, our recruit managed to become the champion of Russia and win the CEV Cup, but his main successes on the court Read more »
Gazprom-Yugra Ozhiganov-Kirillov; Alekseev-Shahbanmirzaev/Rudnev; Katich, Krasikov, Urmantsev, ?; Krsmanovich, Shevlyakov, Kurbatov, Tebenikhin/Bessogonov; Nagaec, Turdunmamatov. Equipment: 80% the main thing: despite the abundance of surnames, the final line-up of the team has not yet been formed. So far, an overabundance of diagonals and the need to create competition in the replay are striking. Main question: how newcomers from Yekaterinburg will show themselves in the Super League? Surgut has always been a place, where are people Read more »
"Torch" Grankin-Vyshnikov; Babkiewicz-Enns; Dinekin, Gray iron, Yutsevich, Morozov; Dikarev, Kovalchuk, Melnikov, ?; Danani, Andreev/Petrushov (?). Equipment: 90% the main thing: the story of "Grankin and the guys" continues. The guys are good, mostly youth on the rise. Beyond Grankin, there was a reference veteran point in the form of Sivozhelez, Sergey's qualified comrade from "Berlin" Danani will drive up. The team is capable of surprises. It is not very clear that the resignation Read more »
