Russian Women's Handball Super League

The Russian Women's Handball Superleague is the premier women's handball competition in Russia. Currently eleven clubs take part in the competition, with the top eight playing the championship play-offs.[1]

Russian Women's Handball Super League
Founded1993
No. of teams12
CountryRussia
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
CSKA Moscow
(3rd title)
Most titlesDinamo Volgograd
(12 titles)
International cup(s)Champions League
EHF Cup
Challenge Cup
Official websiterushandball.ru

The Russian Championship's leading teams have been successful in EHF's competitions. Zvezda Zvenigorod won the Champions League and the EHF Cup, while Dynamo Volgograd, Istochnik Rostov and Lada Togliatti have won either the EHF Cup or the Cup Winners' Cup. Kuban Krasnodar, Luch Moscow (f. Trud) and Rostselmash also won international competitions back in the Soviet era.[2]

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, and the European Handball Federation suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus as well as Russian and Belarusian clubs competing in European handball competitions.[3] Referees, officials, and commission members from Russia and Belarus will not be called upon for future activities.[4] And new organisers will be sought for the YAC 16 EHF Beach Handball EURO and the Qualifier Tournaments for the Beach Handball EURO 2023, which were to be held in Moscow.[5]

Teams

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Teams in the 2021-22 season.

Team City Arena Capacity
Rostov-Don Rostov on Don Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports 3,000
CSKA Moscow Moscow Universal Sports Hall CSKA 5,500
Lada Togliatti Tolyatti Olymp Sportlomplex 2,700
Dinamo Volgograd Volgograd Dynamo Sports Hall 1,500
HC Kuban Krasnodar Krasnodar Olympus Arena 3,000
HC Astrakhanochka Astrakhan Sportcomplex Zvezdny 5,000
Zvezda Zvenigorod Zvenigorod Sport Hall Zvezda 1,000
Stavropol-SKFU Stavropol Arena Mezzanine Stavropol 1,000
AGU-Adyif Maykop Maykop Sports Palace of ASU 1,500
KSK Luch Moscow Moscow Dynamo Arena 4,400
Universitet-Izhevsk Izhevsk University Izhevsk Gymnasium 600
HC Ufa-Alisa Ufa MBU Sports Center °32 200

List of champions

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Season[6]   Gold   Silver   Bronze
1992–93 Rotor Volgograd (1) Rostselmash (1) Rossiyanka Volgograd (1)
1993–94 Rostselmash (1) Rossiyanka Volgograd (1) Istochnik Rostov-on-Don (1)
1994–95 Rotor Volgograd (2) Rostselmash (2) Istochnik Rostov-on-Don (2)
1995–96 Rotor Volgograd (3) Istochnik Rostov-on-Don (1) Rostselmash (1)
1996–97 Istochnik Rostov-on-Don (1) Kuban Krasnodar (1) Rostselmash (2)
1997–98 Istochnik Rostov-on-Don (2) Kuban Krasnodar (2) Akva Volgograd (3)
1998–99 Akva Volgograd (4) Kuban Krasnodar (3) AGU-Adyif Maykop (1)
1999–00 Akva Volgograd (5) Kuban Krasnodar (3) AGU-Adyif Maykop (2)
2000–01 Akva Volgograd (6) Lada Togliatti (1) Rostselmash (3)
2001–02 Lada Togliatti (1) Akva Volgograd (1) Rostselmash (4)
2002–03 Lada Togliatti (2) Akva Volgograd (2) Rostov-Don (5)
2003–04 Lada Togliatti (3) Dinamo-Akva Volgograd (3) Rostov-Don (6)
2004–05 Lada Togliatti (4) Dinamo Volgograd (4) Rostov-Don (7)
2005–06 Lada Togliatti (5) Dinamo Volgograd (5) Zvezda Zvenigorod (1)
2006–07 Zvezda Zvenigorod (1) Lada Togliatti (2) Dinamo Volgograd (1)
2007–08 Lada Togliatti (6) Zvezda Zvenigorod (1) Dinamo Volgograd (2)
2008–09 Dinamo Volgograd (7) Zvezda Zvenigorod (2) Lada Togliatti (1)
2009–10 Dinamo Volgograd (8) Zvezda Zvenigorod (3) Rostov-Don (8)
2010–11 Dinamo Volgograd (9) Rostov-Don (3) Lada Togliatti (2)
2011–12 Dinamo Volgograd (10) Rostov-Don (4) Lada Togliatti (3)
2012–13 Dinamo Volgograd (11) Rostov-Don (5) Zvezda Zvenigorod (2)
2013–14 Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd (12) Lada Togliatti (3) Rostov-Don (9)
2014–15 Rostov-Don (2) Lada Togliatti (4) Astrakhanochka (1)
2015–16 Astrakhanochka (1) Rostov-Don (6) Lada Togliatti (4)
2016–17[7] Rostov-Don (3) Lada Togliatti (5) Kuban Krasnodar (1)
2017–18[8] Rostov-Don (4) Lada Togliatti (6) Astrakhanochka (2)
2018–19[9] Rostov-Don (5) Lada Togliatti (7) Kuban Krasnodar (2)
2019–20[10] Rostov-Don (6) Lada Togliatti (8) CSKA Moscow (1)
2020–21 CSKA Moscow (1) Rostov-Don (7) Lada Togliatti (5)
2021–22 Rostov-Don (7) CSKA Moscow (1) Lada Togliatti (6)
2022–23 CSKA Moscow (2) Rostov-Don (8) Zvezda Zvenigorod (3)
2023–24 CSKA Moscow (3) Rostov-Don (9) Astrakhanochka (3)

Statistics

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EHF coefficients

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The following data indicates Russian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

References

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  1. ^ Table and results in the Handball Union of Russia's website
  2. ^ List of champions of EHF competitions in the-sports.org
  3. ^ "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Победители и призеры чемпионатов России" (in Russian). Handball Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Чемпионат России – Суперлига – Женщины – 2016-2017" (in Russian). Handball Federation of Russia. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Чемпионат России – Суперлига – Женщины – 2017-2018" (in Russian). Handball Federation of Russia. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Чемпионат России – Суперлига – Женщины – 2018-2019" (in Russian). Handball Federation of Russia. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Суперлига Париматч – Чемпионат России – Женщины – 2019-2020" (in Russian). Handball Federation of Russia. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  11. ^ "2021/22 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2022.