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Zenit Kazan

Overview

Team profile

Zenit Kazan

With a record four European Champions League titles under their belt (including the last two editions) Zenit Kazan are the powerhouse of European club volleyball.
The FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship title still eludes the Russian side, however, after finishing third in 2009 and 2011, losing the bronze medal match in 2012 and going down to Brazil’s Sada Cruzeiro of Contagem in last year’s final.
The club was founded in 2000 under the Dinamo banner in the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan.
They have won the Russian league title a total of eight times, including the last three running.
Their 2015-16 season was a huge success, as they picked up all three domestic titles (League, Cup and Supercup) and then went on to beat Italy’s Trentino Diatec in five sets in the European Champions League final.

Coach

Vladimir Alekno

Vladimir Alekno

Vladimir Alekno has led Russian club Zenit Kazan to domestic, cup and European league titles, including the 2016 edition of the European Champions League. In July 2015, he took over Russia’s men’s team for the third time, following stints in charge from 2007 to 2009 and 2010 to 2012. Alekno coached Russia to gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games, but his team failed to progress beyond fourth place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He also claimed gold at the 2011 World Cup and 2011 World League. He led Russia to bronze at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, 2008 and 2009 World League, and silver in the 2010 World League. Prior to coaching Zenit Kazan, he also had domestic and cup wins with Russia’s Dynamo Moscow and France’s Tours Volleyball.

Staff

  • Team Manager Lenar Shamsutdinov
  • Assistant coach Alexander Serebrennikov
  • Second Assistant Coach Tomaso Totolo
  • Doctor Ilshat Sagitov
  • Physiotherapist Ramis Shiriyaizdanov

Schedule

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Ranking

Rank Teams Matches Result Details Sets Points
Total Won Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio
1
Sada Cruzeiro
 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 9 1 9.000 246 181 1.359
2
Zenit Kazan
 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 3 2.333 239 199 1.201
3
Taichung Bank
 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 7 0.428 192 232 0.827
4
Tala'ea El-Geish
 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 9 0.111 183 248 0.737

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