WBC CSKA Moscow was a Russian

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team from

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. The club was competing in the

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and

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and was one of the most successful clubs of the country. In 2009 CSKA was disbanded due to financial problems.

History

It represented sports society

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...

. CSKA was one of the most successful Soviet teams in the 1980s, winning two

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s and two Soviet Championships, and reaching the

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's final in 1990. Following the

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the team dominated the new

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for much of the 1990s, winning six championships between 1992 and 1997 and a third Ronchetti Cup. However, it declined in the late 1990s and was disbanded in 2001. In 2006 CSKA Moscow reappeared in the women's basketball scene as 2005

champions VBM-SGAU Samara relocated to Moscow and played under its name, crest and colours. However, the club wasn't able to win neither the Euroleague nor the national championship, with

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becoming the country's new leading force. CSKA subsequently fell into financial turmoil and was disbanded in October 2009.Russian women's basketball takes big hits this year.

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Titles

EuroLeague Women (1): 2005 * Simple cup icon

FIBA Women's World League (4): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006–07 * Simple cup icon

(3): 1985, 1989, 1997 * 15px Soviet Championship (2): 1985, 1989 * Simple cup icon

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(1): 1978 * 15px Russian Championship (9): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006 * Simple cup icon

Russian Cup (4): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008

Notable players

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* Katie Douglas

References

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