The volleyball tournament at the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan ended on July 16.

Artem Volvich, blocker for the Russian team, said that he did not doubt his team’s victory at the Universiade in Kazan.

The Russian volleyball players managed to find strength for the Universiade final match with the Poland’s team, despite tiredness after the matches, held before, Sergey Shlyapnikov, the Russian team’s head coach said.

The Russian pass-player Dmitry Kovalev stated that final match between volleyball players of Russian and Pole teams at the Universiade turned out to be very difficult despite the score 3-0.

Head coach of the Russian national team Sergey Shlyapnikov stated that diagonal player of Belogorie Maksim Zhigalov deserved the highest mark for his performance at the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan.

Head coach of defeated in the final Pole team Radoslav Panas stated that the volleyball players of the Russian team deserved the victory in the final match of the Universiade tournament.

The outside hitter of the Russian team Dmitry Ilinykh stated that Russian volleyball players showed qualitative game in the Universiade final in the competition with the Polish team.

The victory of the Russian volleyball players at the Universiade cannot be considered to be easy, Sergey Shlyapnikov, head coach of the Russian national team, said.

The Russia men's volleyball players won gold at the Summer Universiade in Kazan. Their medal became the 150th gold won by the Russian nationasl team at the World University Games.

The Japanese men’s team claimed bronze at the 27th Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.