Soviet Men's Handball Championship


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.

Field Handball

In this list is the first Soviet Union Field Handball Championship played with 11 players :
SeasonChampions
1955/56MVO Moscow
1956/57Burevestnik Kiev
1957/58OSZK Odessa
1958/59SKIF Lviv
1959/60MAI Moscow
1960/61Trud Moscow

Winners List Since 1962 Indoor Handball

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird Place
1962Burevestnik TbilissiKomanda TiraspolAtletas Kaunas
1963Atletas Kaunas ZAS ZaporizhzhiaBurevestnik Tbilissi
1964Burevestnik Tbilissi ZAS ZaporizhzhiaSK Kountsevo Moscow
1965MAI MoscowBurevestnik TbilissiZAS Zaporizhzhia
1966SK Kountsevo MoscowBurevestnik TbilissiŽalgiris Kaunas
1967SK Kountsevo MoscowBurevestnik TbilissiDaugava Riga
1968MAI MoscowSK Kountsevo MoscowZAS Zaporizhzhia
1969SK Kountsevo Moscow MAI MoscowKrasnodar University
1970MAI MoscowSK Kountsevo MoscowKrasnodar University
1971MAI MoscowZMetI ZaporizhzhiaKrasnodar University
1972MAI MoscowSK Kountsevo MoscowZMetI Zaporizhzhia
1973CSKA MoscowMAI MoscowSK Kountsevo Moscow
1974MAI MoscowCSKA MoscowZMetI Zaporizhzhia
1975MAI Moscow CSKA MoscowZMetI Zaporizhzhia
1976CSKA MoscowMAI MoscowSK Kountsevo Moscow
1977CSKA MoscowMAI MoscowBurevestnik Tbilissi
1978CSKA MoscowMAI MoscowSK Kountsevo Moscow
1979CSKA MoscowMAI MoscowGranitas Kaunas
1980CSKA MoscowMAI MoscowBurevestnik Tbilissi
1981SKA MinskGranitas KaunasBurevestnik Tbilissi
1982CSKA MoscowSKA MinskZII Zaporizhzhia
1983CSKA MoscowSKA MinskZII Zaporizhzhia
1984SKA MinskCSKA MoscowZII Zaporizhzhia
1985SKA MinskGranitas KaunasCSKA Moscow
1986SKA MinskCSKA MoscowGranitas Kaunas
1987CSKA Moscow SKA MinskMAI Moscow
1988SKA MinskCSKA MoscowSKIF Krasnodar
1989SKA Minsk Dinamo AstrakhanSKIF Krasnodar
1990Dinamo Astrakhan SKA MinskSKIF Krasnodar
1991SKIF KrasnodarDinamo AstrakhanSKA Minsk
1992SKIF Krasnodar SKA MinskDinamo Astrakhan

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