The Russian Women's Water Polo Championship is the premier championship for women's

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

clubs in

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. Founded in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union, it is currently contested by ten teams. Kinef Kirishi is the competition's most successful team, having won its last 19 editions. Double European champion SKIF Izmaylovo and

Uralochka Zlatoust Uralochka-ZMZ Zlatoust (russian: Динамо-Уралочка) is a Russian professional women's water polo club from Zlatoust. Uralochka won the first edition of the Russian Championship in 1992, and it subsequently won four more titles betwee ...

also dominated the competition in previous years.List of champions
in Gazeta.ru

List of champions

Titles by club

2018-19 teams

* Diana Saint Petersburg * Kazakhstan Junior * Kinef Kirishi * Kinef Kirishi – 2 * Olimp Nizhny-Novgorod * SKIF Moscow * Shturm Ruza * Spartak Volgograd *

* Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk

References

External links

Official website
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