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This is the penultimate round of the group stage. In total, 12 quartets were formed at this stage; Russian clubs do not participate here. However, you should already take a closer look at the events in the tournament, since there is a possibility that CSKA or Rubin will not be able to get into the playoffs of the Champions League and then they will move to the Europa League (from the 1/16 finals, clubs that took third place in the Champions League groups).
Early, two rounds before the end of the group stage, Galatasaray (Turkey), Werder (Germany) and Shakhtar Donetsk have already won tickets to the Europa League playoffs. In any case, they will not fall below second place in their quartets.
VOLLEYBALL. December 1--3. Champions League. Group stage. 1st round. CEV Cup. 1/16 finals. First matches. Challenge Cup. Second round. First matches . December 3, 5. Super League. Men. 8th round .
Five Russian clubs are participating in the tournament of the continent's strongest teams. The men's Champions League features the 2008/09 national championship gold medal winner, Zenit Kazan, and the current national cup winner, Dynamo Moscow. For women, our country is represented in these competitions by “Dynamo” (Moscow), a debutant in such high-level competitions as “University-Tekhnolog” (Belgorod) and “Zarechye-Odintsovo”. Moreover, volleyball players from the Moscow region will play as wild card holders. Here is the schedule of the first round matches. December 1st. Women. Group "A". 19.00 (hereinafter the start time of matches is Moscow). "University-Technologist" - "Cannes" (France). Group "C". 22.30. "Aluprof" (Poland) - "Dynamo" M. Men. Group "A". 20.00. “Zhikhostroy” (Czech Republic) - “Dynamo” M. December 2. Men. Group "B". 19.00. Zenit - CSKA (Bulgaria). December 3. Women. Group "D". 19.00. "Zarechye-Odintsovo" - "Azistel" (Italy). In the ranks of the club from the Apennine Peninsula is 44-year-old setter Irina Kirillova (ex-Dynamo M), Olympic champion of Seoul 1988, who continues to amaze the whole world with her sporting longevity. This season, in matches of the Italian championship, Irina invariably appears in the starting lineup of her team and plays almost without substitutions.
In the draw of the second most important CEV Cup, our men's teams are in neighboring pairs in the bracket and will hold their meetings on December 2 : 16.30. "Fakel" (Novy Urengoy) - "Salonit" (Slovenia). 19.00. "Iskra" (Odintsovo) - "Anorthosis" (Cyprus). There is no doubt that Russian clubs will advance further, so a “fiery” derby awaits fans in the 1/8 finals. For women, Uralochka will also meet Greek Panathinaikos on the road on Wednesday.
The following matches will take place in the men's super league this week. December 3. "Tyumen" - "Lokomotiv-Belogorye". December 5th. "Gazprom-Yugra" - "Ural", "Fakel" - "Lokomotiv" Ns, "Dynamo-Yantar" - "Yaroslavich", "Dynamo" M - "Iskra", "Lokomotiv-Izumrud" - " Zenith".
HOCKEY. November 30 -- December 6. KHL -- Russian Open Championship. Regular season .
Full schedule of Kontinental Hockey League games this week. November 30. "Amur" - "Avangard", "Barys" - "Sibir", "Salavat Yulaev" - "Metallurg" NK, "Lokomotiv" - "Dynamo" M, "Neftekhimik" - "Lada", "Severstal" " - "Atlant", HC MVD - "Dynamo" Mn, "Spartak" - "Dynamo" R. December 1. “Torpedo” - “Avtomobilist”, “Vityaz” - “Traktor”, CSKA - “Metallurg”. December 2. HC MVD - Dynamo R, Lokomotiv - Dynamo Mn, Spartak - Dynamo M, Ak Bars - Lada, Atlant - SKA. December 3. "Siberia" - "Amur", "Torpedo" - "Traktor", "Avangard" - "Barys", CSKA - "Avtomobilist", "Vityaz" - "Metallurg" Mg. December 4th. "Spartak" - "Dynamo" Mn, "Dynamo" M - HC MVD, "Severstal" - SKA. December 5th. "Barys" - "Salavat Yulaev", "Metallurg" Mg - "Traktor", "Metallurg" Nk - "Amur", "Lada" - "Neftekhimik", "Torpedo" - CSKA. December 6. Atlant - Lokomotiv, HC MVD - Severstal.
TENNIS. December 4--6. Davis Cup. Final. Spain - Czech Republic. Barcelona.
The final confrontation will take place at the Palau Sant Jordi arena, which seats 16 thousand spectators. The Spaniards chose their favorite surface - soil. The second racket of the world Rafael Nadal, participant of the final ATP championship Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez (team captain Alberto Costa) will play for the hosts. Czech national team: Radek Stepanek, Tomas Berdych, Jan Hajek, Lukas Dluhi (captain - Jaroslav Navratil).
On the way to the final, Spain defeated Serbia (4:1), Germany (3:2), Israel (4:1). The Czech Republic beat France (3:2), Argentina (3:2) and Croatia (4:1). Spain is the current holder of the trophy, the Czech Republic is playing in the final for the first time (although the Czechoslovakian national team has achieved this twice - 1975, 1980).
BASKETBALL. December 1st. European Cup. 2nd round. December 2--3. Euroleague ULEB. 6th round . December 5-6. VTB United League. 4th round .
In the ULEB Euroleague, the capital's army team hosts the Greek Maroussi on Wednesday (20.15), and Khimki will meet Real Madrid on the road (22.45). Matches of our clubs in the European Cup: Triumph - Gemofarm (Serbia), Juventud (Spain) - UNICS, Bilbao (Spain) - Spartak St. Petersburg, Dynamo M - Cholet "(France).
BIATHLON. December 2-6. World Cup stage. Östersund (Sweden).
Program for the opening stage of the World Cup. December 2. 15 km individual race (women). December 3. 20 km individual race (men). December 5th. Sprint 7.5 km (women), 10 km (men). December 6. Relay races 4x7.5 km (men), 4x6 km (women).
SKI RACING. December 5-6. World Cup stage. Dusseldorf (Germany).
The stage program includes personal and team freestyle sprints. Moreover, the distance is extremely short - exactly one kilometer.
SPRINGBOARD JUMPING. December 4--6. World Cup stage. Lillehammer (Norway).
This stage was moved to the capital of the 1994 Winter Games from Trondheim. Qualifying will take place on Friday, and two sets of awards in ski jumping NS-140 will be played on Saturday and Sunday.
SKIING combined. December 5-6. World Cup stage. Lillehammer (Norway). Ski jumping plus 10 km race (two events).
MOUNTAIN SKIING. December 4--6. World Cup stage. Women. Lake Louise (Canada). Downhill (two events), super-G. World Cup stage. Men. Beaver Creek (USA). Super combined, downhill, giant slalom.
SNOWBOARD. December 6. World Cup stage. Limon-Piedmont (Italy). Parallel giant slalom (men, women).
FIGURE SKATING. December 3-6. The final stage of the Grand Prix series. Tokyo (Japan).
Participants from Russia: Alena Leonova, sports couples Maria Mukhortova - Maxim Trankov, Yuko Kawaguchi - Alexander Smirnov. At the same time, junior competitions will be held in the Japanese capital.
SKATES. December 4--6. World Cup stage. Calgary (Canada). 500 m (men, women), 1000 m (men, women), 1500 m (men, women), 3000 m (women), 5000 m (men), team pursuit (men, women) .).
BOBSLEIGH, SKELETON. December 4--6. World Cup stage. Cesena (Italy).
SLED. December 5-6. World Cup stage. Altenberg (Germany).