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 Championship. Three teams from the Soviet Championship, CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow and MGU Moscow, won the European Cup and/or the Cup Winners' Cup.[1]
Champions
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CSKA Moscow (21)
- 1945, 1946, 1949, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
- Dynamo Moscow (11)
- 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1985, 1986, 1987
- Moscow XI (6)
- 1925, 1936, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1967
- MGU Moscow (4)
- 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979
- VMS Leningrad (3)
- 1940, 1947, 1950
- Dynamo Leningrad (2)
- 1938, 1939
- Torpedo Moscow (2)
- 1948, 1953
Dynamo Alma-Ata (2)
- 1981, 1982
- Leningrad XI (1)
- 1928
- Profsoyuzny (1)
- 1934
- Elektrik Leningrad (1)
- 1937
Other teams that made it into the top three
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Azerbaijan XI- KKF Baku
Dynamo Kyiv- Dynamo Lviv
Dinamo Tbilisi- Georgia XI
- Moskovich AZLK
- Stalinets Moscow
- Trud Kyiv
- Ukraine XI
References
[edit]- ^ European champions Archived 2013-02-07 at the Wayback Machine in allcompetitions.com
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