The battle for the elite position: “Akron” vs. “Rotor”, “Dinamo” Mkhch vs. “Ural”. The dates for these matches are known. The pairings for the matches have been determined: “Akron” will play against “Rotor”, and “Dinamo” Mkhch will play against “Ural”. The preliminary matches will take place on May 20th and 23rd. The actual matches will be held at the stadiums of the FNL teams in Volgograd and Yekaterinburg, which also served as venues for the 2018 World Cup. Previously, “Fakel” and “Rodina” were directly promoted to the FNL. Meanwhile, “Sochi” and “Nizhny” were relegated from the FNL.