On April 5, 2014, the team of VIAM took part in the XV traditional volleyball tournament of the Moscow city department of the trade union of aviation industry workers (MGO Profavia) devoted to the memory of George A. Kruglov, chairman of the trade-union committee of VIAM.
Representatives of the aviation industry enterprises participated in the competition held at a training and sports base in Moscow area. In particular, teams of VIAM, Russian Aircraft Company “MiG”, FSUE “GOSNIIAS”, Moscow Machine Building Plant “Vperyod”, Gas-Turbine Engineering Research and Production Center "Salyut" and Moscow Machine Building Plant «Avangard» fought for places on pedestal.
By the results of the group stage, the VIAM team went up to the next stage after winning the game with "Salute" and suffering a defeat from the “Vperyod” team. In semifinal VIAM team competed with the "MiG" team. "MiG" representatives won a victory in the honest and uncompromising struggle and reached the final, where deservedly became the winners of the tournament after the game with the “Vperyod” team. In its turn, the VIAM team got the best in the game for the third place with the "GOSNIIAS" team.
In unanimous opinion of all participants, the tournament was held on a high organizational and sports level. Let us note that all teams were awarded by participation certificates, commemorative ensigns and pennons.