Soviet Men's Handball Championship

Soviet Men's Handball Championship
Founded1956 (Field Handball)
1962 (Indoor Handball)
CountrySoviet Union
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		SKIF Krasnodar (2nd title)
Most titlesCSKA Moscow (9 titles)
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)Champions League
EHF Cup

The Soviet Union Handball Championship was the highest level for men's club handball in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The competition was successively dominated by three clubs: CSKA Moscow and its nine titles, including eight between 1973 and 1983 succeeded by MAI Moscow and its seven titles between 1965 and 1975 and then comes the dominance of SKA Minsk and its six titles, including five between 1984 and 1989. These three clubs are also the only three to have won the European Cup of Champion Clubs (respectively two, one and three times).[1][2]

Field Handball

In this list is the first Soviet Union Field Handball Championship played with 11 players :

Season Champions
1955/56 MVO Moscow
1956/57 Burevestnik Kiev
1957/58 OSZK Odessa
1958/59 SKIF Lviv
1959/60 MAI Moscow
1960/61 Trud Moscow

Winners List Since 1962 Indoor Handball

Season Champions[3] Runners-up Third Place
1962 Burevestnik Tbilissi Komanda Tiraspol Atletas Kaunas
1963 Atletas Kaunas (1) ZAS Zaporizhzhia Burevestnik Tbilissi
1964 Burevestnik Tbilissi (2) ZAS Zaporizhzhia SK Kountsevo Moscow
1965 MAI Moscow Burevestnik Tbilissi ZAS Zaporizhzhia
1966 SK Kountsevo Moscow Burevestnik Tbilissi Žalgiris Kaunas
1967 SK Kountsevo Moscow Burevestnik Tbilissi Daugava Riga
1968 MAI Moscow SK Kountsevo Moscow ZAS Zaporizhzhia
1969 SK Kountsevo Moscow (3) MAI Moscow Krasnodar University
1970 MAI Moscow SK Kountsevo Moscow Krasnodar University
1971 MAI Moscow ZMetI Zaporizhzhia Krasnodar University
1972 MAI Moscow SK Kountsevo Moscow ZMetI Zaporizhzhia
1973 CSKA Moscow MAI Moscow SK Kountsevo Moscow
1974 MAI Moscow CSKA Moscow ZMetI Zaporizhzhia
1975 MAI Moscow (7) CSKA Moscow ZMetI Zaporizhzhia
1976 CSKA Moscow MAI Moscow SK Kountsevo Moscow
1977 CSKA Moscow MAI Moscow Burevestnik Tbilissi
1978 CSKA Moscow MAI Moscow SK Kountsevo Moscow
1979 CSKA Moscow MAI Moscow Granitas Kaunas
1980 CSKA Moscow MAI Moscow Burevestnik Tbilissi
1981 SKA Minsk Granitas Kaunas Burevestnik Tbilissi
1982 CSKA Moscow SKA Minsk ZII Zaporizhzhia
1983 CSKA Moscow SKA Minsk ZII Zaporizhzhia
1984 SKA Minsk CSKA Moscow ZII Zaporizhzhia
1985 SKA Minsk Granitas Kaunas CSKA Moscow
1986 SKA Minsk CSKA Moscow Granitas Kaunas
1987 CSKA Moscow (9) SKA Minsk MAI Moscow
1988 SKA Minsk CSKA Moscow SKIF Krasnodar
1989 SKA Minsk (6) Dinamo Astrakhan SKIF Krasnodar
1990 Dinamo Astrakhan (1) SKA Minsk SKIF Krasnodar
1991 SKIF Krasnodar Dinamo Astrakhan SKA Minsk
1992 • SKIF Krasnodar (2) SKA Minsk Dinamo Astrakhan

 • The 1991/92 Championship is Officially of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

References

  1. ^ todor66.com Men Retrieved 14 April 2022
  2. ^ LesSports.info Handball - Soviet Union - Division 1 Men - Winners] Retrieved 14 April 2022
  3. ^ Места команд по годам + преемственность клубов Retrieved 14 April 2022