Soviet Water Polo Championship
The Soviet Water Polo Championship was the premier water polo in the Soviet Union. First held in 1925, it was disestablished in 1992 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and succeeded by the Russian Water [Polo Championship|Russian Championship]. Three teams from the Soviet Championship, CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow and MGU Moscow, won the European Cup and/or the Cup Winners' Cup.
Champions
CSKA Moscow- * 1945, 1946, 1949, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992Dynamo Moscow
- * 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1985, 1986, 1987Moscow XI
- * 1925, 1936, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1967MGU Moscow
- * 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979VMS Leningrad
- * 1940, 1947, 1950Dynamo Leningrad
- * 1938, 1939Torpedo Moscow
- * 1948, 1953Dynamo Alma-Ata
- * 1981, 1982Leningrad XI
- * 1928Profsoyuzny
- * 1934Elektrik Leningrad
- * 1937
Other teams that made it into the top three
- Azerbaijan XI
- KKF Baku
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Dynamo Lviv
- Dinamo [Tbilisi (water polo)|Dinamo Tbilisi]
- Georgia XI
- Moskovich AZLK
- Stalinets Moscow
- Trud Kyiv
- Ukraine XI