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In the penultimate round of the European Cup, which is going down in history, the capital's Spartak will host the Dutch Nijmegen on its home field in Luzhniki on Wednesday. Last week, the “red-whites” played in the Croatian capital Zagreb and, thanks to the only goal scored by Ivan Saenko 15 minutes before the siren, beat the local Dynamo. The current position in Group D is as follows: Udinese (Italy) - 6 points (2 games), Tottenham (England) - 6 (3), Spartak - 3 (2), Dynamo -- 3 (3), Nijmegen -- 0 (2). Second match of the 4th round: Udinese - Dynamo. If the Muscovites win and provided that the Zagreb team cannot take over in Italy, Mikael Laudrup's charges will secure a place in the playoffs, where the three best participants from each of the eight octets advance.
CSKA is waiting for an away match against the French Nancy on Thursday. Group H standings: CSKA - 9 (3), Nancy - 4 (2), Deportivo (Spain) - 3 (2), Lech (Poland) - 1 (2) , Feyenoord (Holland) - 0 (3). The Red-Blues are finishing the season and can go on vacation with a clear conscience - thanks to three victories in a row, they have already decided to reach the 1/16 finals of the European tournament.
VOLLEYBALL. December 2--3, 6--7. Super League. Men. 10--11th rounds . Women. 7th-8th rounds .
Two rounds will take place in six days, after which the first half of the regular championship of the men's super league will end. So far, three teams have seven wins and two defeats at once, but due to the peculiarities of the Italian scoring system, the capital's Dynamo and the Moscow region Iskra scored 22 points each, and the Novy Urengoy Fakel, which won the tiebreaker four times, -- only 18. Both the “blue and white” and the volleyball players from Odintsovo are led by foreign mentors - the Italian Daniele Bagnoli and the Serbian Zoran Gajic. Whichever of them and his team will be higher in the table at the end of the first round will lead the foreign team at the All-Star Game on January 30 in Surgut. The head coach of the Russian national team will decide in the rivalry between Fakel and Zenit Kazan, which is one point behind - Boris Kolchin or Vladimir Alekno.
Games calendar: December 2. "Metalloinvest" - NOVA. December 3. "Dynamo" M -- "Yugra-Samotlor", "Iskra" - "Yaroslavich", "Zenit" - "Gazprom-Yugra", "Lokomotiv" Ns - "Fakel", "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" - " Ural". December 6. "Fakel" - "Lokomotiv-Belogorye", "Gazprom-Yugra" - "Lokomotiv" NS, "Yaroslavich" - "Zenith", "Iskra" - "Ugra-Samotlor", NOVA - "Dynamo" M December 7th. "Ural" - "Metalloinvest".
In the women's championship, we'll highlight Tuesday's match between University-Belogorye and Dynamo Moscow. This is a repeat of the Russian Cup final that took place on November 23. Then, on the banks of the Neva, the volleyball players from Belgorod sensationally won.
BASKETBALL. December 2. European Cup. 1st group stage, 2nd round. December 3-4. Euroleague ULEB. 1st group stage, 6th round . December 5-6. Super League. Men.
CSKA will begin the second round of the tournament of the strongest men's teams on the continent on Wednesday with a match in Milan against Armani Jeans. In October, the army team had no problems with this opponent - 90:64 in a home game. Upcoming matches of Russian clubs in the European Cup: UNICS - Barons (Latvia), Dynamo M - Academician (Bulgaria), Benetton (Italy) - Khimki. The central game of the week in the Russian men's championship is Saturday's battle between Khimki and CSKA.
HANDBALL. December 2-7. European Championship. Women. Skopje, Ohrid (Macedonia). First week .
HOCKEY. December 1-7. KHL. Regular season . December 3. Champions League . Group stage. 6th round .
The full schedule of matches of the Continental Hockey League - Russian Open for this week: December 1. "Torpedo" - "Ak Bars", "Avangard" - "Barys", "Dynamo" M - "Metallurg" Mg, "Spartak" - "Salavat Yulaev". December 2. "Atlant" - HC MVD, CSKA - "Khimik", "Vityaz" - "Lada". December 3. "Lokomotiv" - "Dynamo" R. December 4. "Metallurg" NK - "Severstal", "Traktor" - SKA, "Spartak" - "Atlant". December 5th. "Neftekhimik" - "Ak Bars", "Dynamo" Mn - "Dynamo" R, "Vityaz" - "Metallurg" Mg. December 6. "Siberia" - "Lokomotiv", "Traktor" - CSKA, "Salavat Yulaev" - "Spartak", "Avangard" - "Severstal", "Barys" - SKA. December 7th. "Metallurg" Nk - "Torpedo", "Ak Bars" - "Dynamo" R, "Neftekhimik" - "Dynamo" Mn, "Lada" - "Dynamo" M.
The group stage of the European Champions League is coming to an end. Ufa's "Salavat Yulaev" in group "C" will host the Slovak "Slovan" (Bratislava), Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" from the three "A" will meet with the German "Eisbären" (Berlin) on the road. Both of our teams secured early entry into the playoffs and will be forced to play against each other in the semi-finals (December 10 and January 7).
SPRINGBOARD JUMPING. December 5-7. World Cup stage. Trondheim (Norway) .
The qualification session will take place on Friday, and in the following days two sets of awards will be played out in the individual ski jumping competition HS131.
SKIING combined. December 6-7. World Cup stage. Trondheim (Norway).
For the second stage in a row, biathletes are side by side with flying skiers. As part of the competition weekend, there are two tournaments with the same regulations: one ski jump flight plus a 10 km race according to the Gundersen system.
SKI RACING. December 6-7. World Cup stage. La Clusaz (France).
The program of the third stage of the 2008/09 World Cup includes Saturday freestyle races of 15 km for women and a distance twice as long for the stronger sex, Sunday relay races of 4x5 km and 4x10 km, respectively. Competitions of this level in the Alpine town, located near the French-Swiss border, are being held for the fourth time (previously in 1987, 2004 and 2006). The season before last, Vasily Rochev, Nikolai Pankratov, Alexander Legkov and Evgeniy Dementyev brought Russia victory in the relay race here, ahead of the Norwegian team by almost a minute and a half.
BIATHLON. December 3-7. World Cup stage. Östersund (Sweden).
As part of the international season-opening stage, there will be six starts - individual races, sprint and pursit for men and women.
The Russian national team of representatives of the fair sex included Olga Anisimova, Ekaterina Yuryeva, Svetlana Sleptsova, Albina Akhatova, Olga Zaitseva, Olga Medvedtseva (Pyleva), Anna Bulygina, Oksana Neupokoeva, Natalya Sokolova and Anna Kunaeva. Two or three of them will have to participate in a less significant stage of the European Cup there in Sweden; the main team for the performance in Ostersund will include seven or eight biathletes. The men's national team includes Dmitry Yaroshenko, Maxim Chudov, Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolai Kruglov, Andrey Makoveev and Maxim Maximov, Artem Gusev and Andrey Prokunin.
MOUNTAIN SKIING. December 4-7. World Cup stage. Beaver Creek (USA). Men. Super combined, downhill, super-G, giant slalom. December 5-7. World Cup stage. Lake Louis (Canada). Women. Downhill (2 starts), super-G .
SNOWBOARD. December 6. World Cup stage. Grenoble (France). Men. Big air discipline (acrobatic jumps) .
SKATES. December 6-7. World Cup stage. Changchun (China).
Ten sets of awards are up for grabs in sprint events - distances of 100 m, 500 m (two races), 1000 m (two races each) for men and women.
BOBSLED. December 6-7. World Cup stage. Altenberg (Germany).
SKELETON. December 4--5. World Cup stage. Altenberg (Germany).
SLED. December 6-7. World Cup stage. Sigulda (Latvia).