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According to the championship regulations, all matches of the penultimate and final round (29th and 30th) must start at the same time. The Russian Football Premier League has ordered games to be played at 2 p.m. Moscow time. Due to the time difference, the meeting in Vladivostok between the local club “Luch-Energia” and the capital’s “Spartak” starts at 21.00.
TENNIS. November 10-16. Final tournament of the year ATP "Masters Cup". Shanghai (China).
The men's final tournament of the 2008 season involves the players who took the first eight positions in the championship race. The “red” group consisted of the Swiss Roger Federer, the British Andy Murray, the American Andy Roddick and the Frenchman Gilles Simon. In the “golden” quartet, our main attention will be focused on the performance of Nikolai Davydenko, who will play against Serbian Novak Djokovic, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Argentinean Juan Martin del Potro.
A doubles tournament is also being held at the same time. “Red” group: Bob Bryan - Mike Bryan (USA), Mahesh Bhupathi (India) - Mark Knowles (Bahamas), Jeff Coetzee - Wesley Moody (South Africa), Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) - Luis Horna ( Peru). “Golden” group: Daniel Nestor (Canada) - Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia), Jonas Björkman (Sweden) - Kevin Ulyett (Zimbabwe), Lukasz Dluchy (Czech Republic) - Leander Paes (India), Mariusz Firstenberg - Marcin Matkowski (Poland).
After the matches in the groups, semi-finals and finals are held. The total prize fund of the tournament is $4.45 million. In singles, each player has already guaranteed himself $100 thousand in participation fees. Winning a match at the preliminary stage is valued at the same amount. Winning in the semi-finals brings another 315 thousand dollars, success in the decisive match is estimated at an additional 625 thousand dollars. The maximum possible earnings (winning the tournament without a single defeat) is 1.34 million dollars.
HOCKEY. November 11--16. Continental Hockey League - Russian Open Championship. November 12. Champions League. 4th round .
KHL match schedule for the week. November 11. "Metallurgist" Mg - "Chemist". November 12. "Metallurg" NK - CSKA, "Ak Bars" - "Torpedo", "Neftekhimik" - "Severstal", "Dynamo" M - "Vityaz". November 13. HC MVD - SKA, Atlant - Dynamo Mn, Sibir - Avangard, Metallurg Mg - Dynamo R, Traktor - Khimik, Lada - "Locomotive". November 14. "Amur" - "Vityaz", "Metallurg" NK - "Spartak", "Sibir" - CSKA, "Neftekhimik" - "Torpedo", "Lada" - "Severstal", "Dynamo" M - "Salavat Yulaev." November 15. "Metallurg" Mg - "Dynamo" Mn, "Traktor" - "Dynamo" R, "Ak Bars" - "Lokomotiv", "Neftekhimik" - SKA, "Barys" - "Avangard". November 16. "Atlant" - "Torpedo", "Metallurg" NK - "Vityaz", "Sibir" - "Spartak", "Ak Bars" - "Severstal", "Khimik" - CSKA.
The second round of the Champions League begins. Ufa's "Salavat Yulaev" leaves for Ceske Budeevice.
BASKETBALL. November 11. European Cup. Second qualifying round. Return matches. November 12-13. Euroleague ULEB. 4th round.
After three matches, the current Euroleague champion CSKA has a 100% result - a victory over the Italian Armani Jeans, the Greek Panionios and Real Madrid. On Wednesday, the opponent of the “red-blues” on the USC CSKA floor will be the Turkish “Efes Pilsen”, which has one defeat on its record.
In the second most important continental tournament for the European Cup, Perm's Ural-Great and Kazan's UNICS will try to use their chance to get into the group stage, where the capital's Dynamo and the Moscow region's Khimki are admitted without qualifying. Last week, Ural Great lost away to the Serbian Zeleznik (61:69), but at home it is able to eliminate the created deficit. UNICS in the capital of Tatarstan defeated the Israeli "Hapoel" (Jerusalem) - 88:66. Maintaining this advantage in the promised land is now only a matter of technology.
VOLLEYBALL. November 11--13. Champions League. 2nd round. CEV Cup. 1/16 finals. Return matches. Challenge Cup. 2nd round. Return matches . November 15-16. Super League. Men. 8th round. Women. 5th round .
In the first round of the Champions League, all five Russian clubs beat their foreign opponents. This week we will have the following matches. Men. November 12. "Noliko" (Maaseik, Belgium) - "Dynamo" (Moscow), "Zenit" (Kazan) - "Paris Volley" (France). November 13. "Friedrichshafen" (Germany) - "Iskra" (Odintsovo). Women. November 11. "Farmutil" (Pila, Poland) - "Zarechye-Odintsovo". November 13. "Dynamo" M - "Murcia" (Spain).
Novosibirsk Lokomotiv and Belgorod Lokomotiv-Belogorye have excellent chances of reaching the 1/8 finals of the CEV Cup. In the first match, the Siberians defeated the visiting Spanish club Arona Tenerife (3:0), while the Belgorod team in their Cosmos Sports Palace were stronger than the Polish Olsztyn (3:0). Both teams representing the railway sports society will play their return matches on November 12.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL. November 10-16. World Tour stage. Sanya (China).
The Chinese stage is the last one this season, which turned out very well for Russian pairs. The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has already announced the format of the 2009 World Tour. A total of 19 women's and 18 men's competitions will be held. The main start of the season will be the World Championship with a total prize fund of $1 million in Stavanger (Norway). Moscow will host one of the stages of the Grand Slam for the second year in a row.
MOUNTAIN SKIING. November 15-16. World Cup stage. Levi (Finland). Slalom.
After performing in Finland, the White Circus participants will pack their luggage for a trip overseas, where competitions will be held in Aspen and Beaver Creek, America, and Lake Louise, Canada.
Last week the Russians took part in the European Indoor Cup - slalom on indoor tracks. In Landgraaf (Holland), the first number of our team, Alexander Khoroshilov, flashed. Out of hundreds of skiers who started, he not only made it into the top 30 points zone, but was also able to show a high seventh result in the decisive third attempt.
FIGURE SKATING. November 13--16. Stage of the Grand Prix series. Paris (France).