WATCH LIVE: Yangzhou Men’s Podium Matches Beginning at 11:30 p.m. ET

FIVB Yangzhou Four Star

• Oct. 9-14, 2018
• Yanzhou, China
• Schedule/Results

It will be an all-Russian final at the Yangzhou Four Star as No. 4 Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Oleg Stoyanovskiy and No. 5 Konstantin Semenov/Ilya Leshukov will battle for the top podium spot Saturday night.

No. 10 Gustavo “Guto” Carvalhaes/Saymon Barbosa Santos of Brazil will take on No. 11 Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter from Canada for third place.

The bronze medal match is at 11:30 p.m. ET Saturday, while the championship match is set for 3 a.m. ET Sunday.

Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy are looking for their second podium finish of 2018, following a runnerup effort at the Xiamen Four Star in April. A win would give the pair its first FIVB title since winning the Hague Three Star in June 2017.

Semenov/Leshukov are aiming for their second title of the year, following a win at the Mersin Three Star in May. The pair also finished on the podium at the Ostrava Four Star in June with a third-place effort.

Guto/Saymon are playing in their first tournament together since finishing second at the 2016 Klagenfurt Major.

Pedlow/Schachter’s lone podium finish of 2018 came in a runnerup effort at the Commonwealth Games in April. The pair’s best FIVB finish was a fifth-place effort at the Itapema Four Star (May 20).

Bronze Medal – 11:30 p.m. ET Saturday – Guto/Saymon vs. Pedlow/Schachter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIrZGg586fA

Gold Medal – 3 a.m. ET Sunday – Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy vs. Semenov/Leshukov