Russian Women's Handball Super League

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Women's Superleague
SportHandball
Founded1993
No. of teams11
CountryRussia Russia
Most recent
champion(s)
Rostov-Don
(5th title)
Most titlesDinamo Volgograd
(12 titles)
TV partner(s)www.rushandball.ru
International cup(s)Champions League
EHF Cup
Challenge Cup
Official websitewww.rushandball.ru (in Russian)
Current sports event 2020–21 season

The Russian Women's Handball Superleague is the premier women's handball competition in Russia. Dinamo Volgograd, formerly known as Rotor and Akva, is the championship's most successful club as of 2019 with 12 titles. It also holds the record for consecutive wins, with six titles in a row.

Currently eleven clubs take part in the competition, with the top eight playing the championship play-offs.[1]

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]

Teams

Teams in the 2020-21 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 Palce 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

Statistics

EHF coefficients

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

References

  1. ^ Table and results in the Handball Union of Russia's website
  2. ^ List of champions of EHF competitions in the-sports.org
  3. ^ "2019/20 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 May 2019.