# 2007–08 Russian Volleyball Super League

The Russian Volleyball Super League 2007/2008 was the 17th official season of Russian Volleyball Super League. In all there are 12 teams. Dynamo won second title

## Teams

| Previous season | Team | Town | Arena (capacity) | Website | Head Coach | Foreign Players (max. 2) |
| 1 | Dynamo-Tattransgaz Kazan | Kazan | Basket-Hall Arena (7 000) | www.dinamottg.ru | Viktor Sidelnikov | Lloy Ball Clayton Stanley |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | Moscow | Dynamo Sports Palace (5 000) | www.vcdynamo.ru | Daniele Bagnoli | Matej Černič Alan Barbosa Domingos |
| 3 | Iskra | Odintsovo | Volleyball Sportiv Complex (3 500) | www.vc-iskra.ru | Zoran Gajić | Giba Jochen Schöps |
| 4 | Fakel | Novy Urengoy | CSC Gazodobytchik (800) | www.fakelvolley.ru | Boris Kolchin | Dömötör Mészáros Thomas Hoff |
| 5 | Lokomotiv-Izumrud | Ekaterinburg | DIVS Uralochka (5 000) | loko-izumrud.ur.ru | Valeriy Alferov | Terence Martin Jason Haldane |
| 6 | Dynamo-Yantar | Kaliningrad | SC Yunost | www.dinamoyantar.ru Archived 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine | Yuriy Panchenko | Sean Rooney Tuomas Sammelvuo |
| 7 | Gazprom-Yugra | Surgutsky district | SC Tennis Center | www.zsk-gazprom.ru | Rafael Habibullin | Sasa Gadnik Mahdi Hachemi |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Belogorie | Belgorod | Sports Palace Cosmos (5 000) | www.belogorievolley.ru | Genadiy Shipulin | Frank Depestel Samuel Fuchs |
| 9 | Ural | Ufa | FOC Neftyanik Bashkortostana | www.volleyufa.ru Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine | Yuriy Marichev | Loïc Thiebaut de Kegret Renaud Herpe |
| 10 | Lokomotiv | Novosibirsk | SKK Sever (2 500) | www.lokovolley.ru | Pavel Borsch | William Priddy Héctor Soto |
| Promoted | Yaroslavich | Yaroslavl | SK Atlant | www.yarvolley.ru/ | Vladimir Babakin | Lukas Chaves Frederick Winters |
| Promoted | Yugra-Samotlor | Niznevartovsk | SC Neftaynik | www.ugra-samotlor.ru | Yuriy Korotkevich | Sergey Shulga Denis Chaus |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pts | GP | W | L | SW | SL | Ratio |
| 1 | Iskra | 55 | 22 | 19(3) | 3(1) | 60 | 19 | 3.158 |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 55 | 22 | 19(2) | 3(0) | 59 | 19 | 3.105 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 44 | 22 | 15(4) | 7(3) | 53 | 31 | 1.710 |
| 4 | Dynamo Tattransgaz | 44 | 22 | 15(2) | 7(1) | 50 | 32 | 1.563 |
| 5 | Ural | 33 | 22 | 11(5) | 11(5) | 47 | 48 | 0.979 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Belogorie | 29 | 22 | 11(5) | 11(1) | 39 | 47 | 0.830 |
| 7 | Fakel | 27 | 22 | 9(2) | 13(2) | 36 | 46 | 0.783 |
| 8 | Gazprom-Yugra | 27 | 23 | 8(1) | 14(4) | 36 | 47 | 0.766 |
| 9 | Yaroslavich | 25 | 22 | 7(2) | 15(6) | 36 | 52 | 0.692 |
| 10 | Yugra-Samotlor | 25 | 22 | 9(4) | 13(2) | 33 | 51 | 0.647 |
| 11 | Dynamo-Yantar | 21 | 22 | 6(0) | 16(3) | 32 | 50 | 0.640 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv-Izumrud | 11 | 22 | 3(2) | 19(4) | 22 | 61 | 0.361 |

### Results

| | Dynamo- TTG | Dynamo | Iskra | Fakel | Lokomotiv- Izumrud | Dynamo- Yantar | Gazprom- Yugra | Lokomotiv Belogorie | Ural | Lokomotiv | Yaroslavich | Yugra- Samotlor |
| Dynamo-Tattransgaz | | 1-3 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| Dynamo | 3-1 | | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-0 |
| Iskra | 3-0 | 0-3 | | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| Fakel | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | | 3-0 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 |
| Lokomotiv-Izumrud | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-3 | | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 3-2 |
| Dynamo-Yantar | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 3-0 | | 0-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| Gazprom-Yugra | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-2 | | 2-3 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 |
| Lokomotiv Belogorie | 1-3 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | | 3-0 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 3-2 |
| Ural | 1-3 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Lokomotiv | 3-0 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | | 3-2 | 2-3 |
| Yaroslavich | 0-3 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | | 1-3 |
| Yugra-Samotlor | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 3-2 | |

## Playoffs

23, 24, 28, 29 April and 3 May

### Places 1/2

Dynamo Moscow 3 : 1 Iskra
| April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | Odintsovo |
| | Iskra | 1 - 3 | Dynamo Moscow | (22-25, 25-22, 23-25, 22-25) |
| April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | Odintsovo |
| | Iskra | 3 - 1 | Dynamo Moscow | (25-19, 20-25, 25-17, 28-26) |
| April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | Moscow |
| | Dynamo Moscow | 3 - 1 | Iskra | (25-12, 25-21, 20-25, 25-17) |
| April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | Moscow |
| | Dynamo Moscow | 3 - 1 | Iskra | (25-27, 25-21, 25-15, 25-21) |

### Places 3/4

Dynamo Tattransgaz 3 : 1 Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
| April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | Novosibirsk |
| | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 1 - 3 | Dynamo Tattransgaz | (18-25, 25-20, 18-25, 22-25) |
| April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | Novosibirsk |
| | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 3 - 2 | Dynamo Tattransgaz | (25-19, 20-25, 28-26, 17-25, 17-15) |
| April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | Kazan |
| | Dynamo Tattransgaz | 3 - 2 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | (21-25, 26-24, 26-28, 25-20, 15-10) |
| April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | Kazan |
| | Dynamo Tattransgaz | 3 - 0 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | (25-21, 25-19, 26-24) |

### Places 5/6

Lokomotiv Belogorie 3 : 1 Ural
| April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 | Ufa |
| | Ural | 2 - 3 | Lokomotiv Belogorie | (22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 10-15) |
| April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | Ufa |
| | Ural | 3 - 1 | Lokomotiv Belogorie | (25-27, 25-20, 25-13, 25-16) |
| April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 | Belgorod |
| | Lokomotiv Belogorie | 3 - 1 | Ural | (25-19, 25-20, 19-25, 25-15) |
| April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | Belgorod |
| | Lokomotiv Belogorie | 3 - 2 | Ural | (20-25, 28-26, 22-25, 25-20, 15-12) |