Volleyball club “Uralochka-NTMK” did not show up for the Russian championship match against Dynamo-Ak Bars in Kazan, according to the regulations, a technical defeat is awarded in case of no-show, Alexander Yaremenko, general secretary of the All-Russian Football Federation, told Match volleyball (VFV). TV.
On Friday, Dynamo-Ak Bars announced that the match of the 17th round of the PARI Super League against Uralochka will not take place due to the non-arrival of the Ural team in Kazan. The match was scheduled to take place on January 20. Uralochka general director Valentina Ogienko told that her team’s flight was canceled due to bad weather in Kazan.
— Will the match between Dynamo-Ak Bars and Uralochka be postponed or is it a technical defeat due to the absence of the Ural team?
– It is a failure to appear in the game, everything is in accordance with the regulations.
— So there was no request to postpone the match?
— It was not in the notification that the federation received, but such negotiations took place. In this case, the Kazan club will be the injured party. And in this case, it is not a case of force majeure; it (weather conditions) could have been known in advance; an alternative route to Kazan could have been chosen in advance. So unfortunately this is the case,” Yaremenko told .
According to the regulations of the Russian Championship, in case of no-show for a match, a team is considered a loser and one point is deducted from it.
“Dynamo-Ak Bars” with 13 victories in 16 matches takes third place in the Russian championship, and “Uralochka” (5 victories) takes tenth place.
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Source : MatchTV
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