Soviet Women's Basketball Championship

The Soviet Women's Basketball Championship was the top women's basketball competition in the Soviet Union.

The championship was founded in 1937, and dominated by Dynamo Moscow in its early stages. Four years later it was interrupted due to World War Two. The competition was resumed in 1944, with MAI becoming a second powerhouse. In 1949 Dynamo Kyiv became the first non-Russian team to win the championship.

In 1959 Dynamo Moscow represented the Soviet Union in the inaugural edition of the European Cup. That same year the championship was won by Latvian team Daugava Riga, which soon established itself as the championship's major powerhouse, winning every edition of the tournament in the 1960s. Daugava's hegemony loosened somewhat in the 1970s, losing the 1974 and 1978 championships to Spartak Leningrad and Spartak Moscow, but still the Latvians, led by Uljana Semjonova, won every other edition until 1984.

In the second half of the 1980s Russian teams took again the lead, with CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Novosibirsk entering the competition's palmares. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union the championship was closed after the 1991 edition, which was won by Dynamo Kyiv. A CIS Championship was played in 1992 before each republic founded its own national league.^[1]

In addition to its hegemony in the championship Daugava Riga won a record 18 European Cups between 1960 and 1982, including 12 titles in a row. It was only in 1972 when other Soviet teams had the chance to triumph in Europe with the foundation of the Ronchetti Cup. Spartak Leningrad, Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Novosibirsk, Daugava Riga and Dynamo Kyiv won 12 editions of the tournament.^[2]

History

Title holders

1922–23 Petrograd Selective Team
1923–24 Moscow Selective Team
1924–27 Not held
1927–28 Leningrad Selective Team
1928–33 Not held
1933–34 Moscow Selective Team
1934–35 Leningrad Selective Team
1935–36 Moscow Selective Team
1936–37 Dynamo Moscow
1937–38 Dynamo Moscow
1938–39 Dynamo Moscow
1939–40 Dynamo Moscow
1940–43 Not held due to World War II
1943–44 Dynamo Moscow
1944–45 Dynamo Moscow
1945–46 MAI

1946–47 MAI
1947–48 Dynamo Moscow
1948–49 Dynamo Kyiv
1949–50 Dynamo Moscow
1950–51 MAI
1951–52 Stroitel Moscow
1952–53 Dynamo Moscow
1953–54 MAI
1954–55 MAI
1955–56 Moscow Selective Team
1956–57 Dynamo Moscow
1957–58 Dynamo Moscow
1958–59 Moscow Selective Team
1959–60 Daugava Riga
1960–61 Daugava Riga
1961–62 Daugava Riga

1962–63 Latvian SSR Team
1963–64 Daugava Riga
1964–65 Daugava Riga
1965–66 Daugava Riga
1966–67 Latvian SSR Team
1967–68 Daugava Riga
1968–69 Daugava Riga
1969–70 Daugava Riga
1970–71 Daugava Riga
1971–72 Daugava Riga
1972–73 Daugava Riga
1973–74 Spartak Leningrad
1974–75 Daugava Riga
1975–76 Daugava Riga
1976–77 Daugava Riga
1977–78 Spartak Moscow

1978–79 Daugava Riga
1979–80 Daugava Riga
1980–81 Daugava Riga
1981–82 Daugava Riga
1982–83 Daugava Riga
1983–84 Daugava Riga
1984–85 CSKA Moscow
1985–86 Dynamo Novosibirsk
1986–87 Dynamo Novosibirsk
1987–88 Dynamo Novosibirsk
1988–89 CSKA Moscow
1989–90 Elektrosila Leningrad
1990–91 Dynamo Kyiv
1991–92 Dynamo Kyiv

References

↑ List of champions in Womenbasket.ru
↑ List of champions in FIBA Europe's website

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[1] List of champions in Womenbasket.ru

[2] List of champions in FIBA Europe's website

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