Russian Cup 2026

Final Six

Summary of the Final Six

• The decision on the venue of the Final is made by the competition committee and approved by the Executive Committee.
• If there are no applications, the Final will be held on a neutral field as designated by the VFV.
• In the Final Six, the teams that qualified from the 2026 CR semi-finals will be divided into subgroups according to the "snake" principle, and two teams that won the playoffs of the Akhvlediani Cup.
• The Final Six games will be played in two subgroups between April 28 and April 30, 2026.

Preliminary stage (pool B)

Pool B
№	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Sets Ratio	Ranking Points
1	«Zarechie-Odintsovo» (Moscow region)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0:0	0
2	«Dinamo» (Moscow)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0:0	0
3	«Tulitsa» (Tula Region)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0:0	0

Shedule and results (Moscow, DS «Dinamo»)
Date	Time (MSK)	Stadium	Result
28.04	19:00	«Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Tulitsa»	-
29.04	19:00	«Zarechie-Odintsovo» - «Tulitsa»	-
30.04	19:00	«Dinamo» (Moscow) - «Zarechie-Odintsovo»	-
Full competition shedule and results on VFV website.

Short rules of the Final Six

• The winners of the subgroups will meet on May 2, 2026, in the semi-finals with the teams that finished second in the other subgroups.
• The winners of the semi-finals will meet on May 3, 2026, in the first-place match, while the losers will meet in the third-place match.

Play-off

2026, May 3 (Final day)
Stage	Time (MSK)	Stadium	Result
3rd place game	???	«???» - «???»	-
Final	???	«???» - «???»	-

2026, May 2 (Semifinal day)
Stage	Time (MSK)	Stadium	Result
Semifinal №1	???	«???» - «???»	-
Semifinal №2	???	«???» - «???»	-

Short rules of the tournament

• The Akhvlediani Cup is held in two stages – preliminary and Final..
• The preliminary stage for the Super League teams that took 1st to 8th places in the Russian Championship in 2025 (CR 2025) is participation in the 80th Anniversary of Victory Cup (Victory Cup, VC).
• The Final Six of the Russian Cup includes 4 teams that qualified for the semifinals of the CR 2026 and two teams that qualified based on the results of the preliminary stage of the Akhvlediani Cup.

The preliminary stage

Round 2 of the preliminary stage

• The second round consists of three stages: 1/8 finals, 1/4 finals and 1/2 finals.
• Two winners of Round 2 advances to the Final Six.
• The full rules of the tournament can be found on VFV website.

Semifinals Round 2 (two gold set matches if necessary)

1/4 finals of Round 2 (two gold set matches if necessary)

«Tulitsa» - «Proton» (Points - 6:0)
№	Date	Time (MSK)	Stadium	Result
1	06.04	18:00	«Proton-Arena»	3:1 (15:25, 25:12, 25:14, 25:22)
2	10.04	19:00	MSC «Tula-Arena»	3:1 (25:14, 22:25, 26:24, 25:20)

1/8 finals of Round 2 (two gold set matches if necessary)

Round 1 of the preliminary stage

Summary of Round 1

• In the first round of the preliminary stage, 4 groups are formed based on the "snake" principle from the Super League teams that took 9th-14th places at the end of the 2025 Russian Championship and all the teams of the A-League.
• The teams of the groups play in one round according to the system each with each in the first stage of the first round.
• The 4 group winners advance to the second stage and play a two-match series with a golden set.
• The 2 winners of the series of the second stage of the first round advance to the third stage and play a series of two matches with a golden set.
• The winning team in the first round of the preliminary stage qualifies for the semi-finals of the 2nd round.
• The full rules of the tournament can be found on VFV website.

Third stage of Round 1 (two gold set matches if necessary)

«Korabelka» - «Severyanka» (Points - 4:2)
№	Date	Time(MSK)	Stadium	Result
1	29.12	16:00	SC SPBGMTU	3:0 (25:17, 25:21, 25:17)
2	30.12	15:00	SC SPBGMTU	3:2 (20:25, 25:23, 20:25, 25:20, 10:15)

Second stage of Round 1 (two gold set matches if necessary)

The first stage of Round 1

• The full rules of the tournament can be found on VFV website.