Preliminary stage regulations
- The preliminary stage of the competition is held from September 16, 2024 to March 6, 2025. according to the traveling calendar – 26 rounds – in two rounds according to the "each with each" system at home and away.
- In the preliminary stage, the results of all games (wins, points, games, balls) are counted
- According to the results of the preliminary stage, the teams ranked 1-8 advance to the quarterfinal stage of the playoffs.
The full version of the regulations will be available later on VFV website
Preliminary Stage
| Standings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| № | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Sets Ratio | Ranking Points | |
| 1 | «Dinamo-Ak Bars» (Kazan) | 10 | 10 (0) | 0 (0) | 30:1 | 30 | |
| 2 | «Lokomotiv» (Kaliningrad Region) | 10 | 9 (1) | 1 (0) | 27:11 | 26 | |
| 3 | «Leningradka» (Saint Petersburg) | 10 | 9 (3) | 1 (0) | 27:13 | 24 | |
| 4 | «Dinamo-Metar» (Chelyabinsk) | 11 | 7 (4) | 4 (1) | 24:22 | 18 | |
| 5 | «Zarechie-Odintsovo» (Moscow Region) | 10 | 6 (1) | 4 (3) | 25:18 | 20 | |
| 6 | «Dinamo» (Moscow) | 10 | 6 (1) | 4 (1) | 20:17 | 18 | |
| 7 | «Uralochka-NTMK» (Sverdlovsk Region) | 10 | 5 (0) | 5 (2) | 21:17 | 17 | |
| 8 | «Dinamo» (Krasnodar) | 10 | 5 (1) | 5 (3) | 22:20 | 17 | |
| 9 | «Proton» (Saratov) | 10 | 5 (3) | 5 (1) | 18:22 | 13 | |
| 10 | «Omichka» (Omsk Region) | 10 | 3 (3) | 7 (1) | 15:27 | 7 | |
| 11 | «Tulica» (Tula Region) | 10 | 2 (0) | 8 (1) | 14:24 | 7 | |
| 12 | «Sparta» (Nizhny Novgorod) | 10 | 1 (1) | 9 (3) | 11:29 | 5 | |
| 13 | «Yenisei» (Krasnoyarsk) | 9 | 1 (1) | 8 (2) | 10:26 | 4 | |
| 14 | «Minсhanka» (Minsk) | 10 | 1 (0) | 9 (1) | 10:27 | 4 | |
| Competition schedule (preliminary stage) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour | Date | Time (MSK) | Stadium | Game | Result |
| Round 1 | |||||
| 1 | 16.09 | 19:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Dinamo-Ak Bars» | 0:3 (26:28, 19:25, 18:25) |
| 2 | 22.09 | 17:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Leningradka» | 0:3 (23:25, 22:25, 22:25) |
| 3 | 26.09 | 19:00 | SP «Olympic» | «Dinamo» (Krasnodar) - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | 2:3 (25:21, 21:25, 25:22, 18:25, 9:15) |
| 4 | 01.10 | 19:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Michanka» | 3:1 (25:17, 23:25, 25:21, 25:12) |
| 5 | 05.10 | 17:00 | «Tula-Arena» | «Tulica» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | 1:3 (25:22, 18:25, 22:25, 16:25) |
| 6 | 19.10 | 17:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Zarechie-Odintsovo» | 0:3 (14:25, 25:27, 23:25) |
| 7 | 26.10 | 14:00 | Omsk velocentr | «Omichka» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | 1:3 (25:23, 15:25, 19:25, 18:25) |
| 8 | 02.11 | 18:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Sparta» | 3:0 (25:13, 25:21, 26:24) |
| 9 | 11.11 | 15:00 | Yarygin's Sports Palace | «Yenisei» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | 0:3 (21:25, 19:25, 17:25) |
| 10 | 16.11 | 17:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Dinamo-Metar» | 2:3 (17:25, 27:25, 25:17, 31:33, 12:15) |
| 11 | 27.11 | 20:00 | Amber Arena | «Lokomotiv» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| 12 | 04.12 | 19:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Proton» | - |
| 13 | 09.12 | 16:30 | DIVS | «Uralochka-NTMK» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| Круг 2 | |||||
| 14 | 14.12 | ??? | VC «Saint-Petersburg» | «Dinamo-Ak Bars» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| 15 | 18.12 | 19:00 | SP SPBGMTU | «Leningradka» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| 16 | 23.12 | 19:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Dinamo» (Krasnodar) | - |
| 17 | 05.01 | ??? | SC «Uruchie» | «Minchanka» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| 18 | 11.01 | 17:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Tulica» | - |
| 19 | 18.01 | ??? | MAUS «OSZK» | «Zarechie-Odintsovo» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| 20 | 24.01 | 18:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Omichka» | - |
| 21 | 01.02 | ??? | DS «Zarechie» | «Sparta» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| 22 | 09.02 | 17:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Yenisei» | - |
| 23 | 15.02 | ??? | SC «Metar-Sport» | «Dinamo-Metar» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| 24 | 22.02 | 17:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Lokomotiv» | - |
| 25 | 28.02 | ??? | FOK «Zvezdny» | «Proton» - «Dinamo» (Moscow) | - |
| 26 | 06.03 | 19:00 | USZ «Druzhba» | «Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Uralochka-NTMK» | - |
| Full competition shedule on VFV website | |||||
Playoff regulations
Quaterfinal stage
- Quarterfinal pairs are formed according to the places of the teams following the results of the preliminary stage
- The 1st place team meets the 8th place team,
- The 2nd place team meets the 7th place team,
- The 3rd place team meets the 6th place team,
- The 4th place team meets the 5th place team.
- The quarterfinal series is held up to 2 wins.
- The games of the quarterfinal series are held:
- On March 10 and, if necessary, on March 18 – on the fields of the teams that took 1-4 places in the preliminary stage;
- March 14 – on the fields of the teams that took 5-8 places in the preliminary stage.
Swmifinal stage
- At the semi-final stage of the playoffs for 1-4 places, the winners of the quarterfinals for 1-8 places meet.
- The first pair – the team with the highest rating meets with the team with the lowest rating after the preliminary stage among the semifinalists.
- The second pair, the team with the second rating after the preliminary stage, meets the team with the third rating after the preliminary stage among the semi–finalists.
- The semi-final series is held up to 3 wins.
- The games of the semifinal series are held:
- March 22-25, and, if necessary, April 3 – on the field of teams with a higher rating;
- On March 28, and if necessary on March 31, on the field of teams with a lower rating in this pair.
Final stage
- In the finals for 1-2 places, the winners of the semifinals for 1-4 places meet, for 3-4 places - the losers in the semifinals for 1-4 places.
- The finals for 1-2 and 3-4 places consist of 5 games and up to 3 wins.
- The games of the final series will be held:
- April 7-10 – on the field of the team that took a higher place in this pair at the preliminary stage;
- April 13-14 and, if necessary, April 15-16 - on the field of the team that took the place in this pair, below in the preliminary stage;
- April 19 - in case of a 2-2 tie based on the results of four games, the team that took the higher place at the preliminary stage will be on the field.
