* At the World Volleyball Men's Championship in Japan (through December 3):
Russia failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to Poland 2:3 in qualifying Group E.
Group E results and standings:
Poland - Russia - 3:2 (19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-20, 15-11)
Puerto Rico - Canada - 3:0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-16)
Argentina - Tunisia - 3:2 (25-20, 25-27, 21-25, 25-21, 15-12)
Japan - Serbia - 0:3 (26-28, 16-25, 21-25)
1 Serbia - 6 games/12 points
2 Poland - 6/12
3 Russia - 6/10
4 Japan - 6/10
5 Puerto Rico - 6/8
6 Argentina - 6/7
7 Canada - 6/7
8 Tunisia - 6/6
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
HK MVD Tver - Severstal Cherepovets - 3:2
Dinamo Moscow - SKA St. Petersburg - 1:2
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 27 games/59 points/goal difference +52
2 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 26/52/+20
3 Avangard Omsk - 27/52/+19
4 Khimik Voskresensk - 27/51/+25
5 Sibir Novosibirsk - 26/50/+11
6 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 27/47/+16
7 CSKA Moscow - 27/46/+16
8 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 27/42/+2
9 Severstal Cherepovets - 26/42/+7
10 HK MVD Tver - 28/41/+1
11 Dinamo Moscow - 27/35/-7
12 Lada Tolyatty - 26/32/-9
13 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 25/32/-5
14 SKA St. Petersburg - 27/31/-14
15 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 26/28/-16
16 Vityaz Podolsk - 27/28/-21
17 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 26/26/-25
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 25/15/-37
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 25/15/-35
