WBC Dynamo Moscow (russian: ЖБК Динамо Москва) is a Russian women's

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. Founded in 1923, it was one of the most successful teams in the early stages of the Soviet Championship, winning its first 6 seasons and 5 more titles up to 1958. Dynamo culminated this golden era reaching in 1959 the final of the inaugural edition of the European Cup, which they lost to

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Four decades later Dynamo emerged briefly as the leading Russian team, winning four Russian Championships in a row and reaching the Euroleague's Final Four in 2000. While the team gradually declined in subsequent years, in 2007 it won the EuroCup, its first international

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Personnel and Staff

* Tatiana Nikolaevna Ovechkina serves as the president of WBC Dynamo Moscow. * Potapov Andrey Valerievich serves as head coach of the club. * Zhigil Vladimir Vladimirovich serves as an assistant coach of the club.

Honours

EuroCup: 2007, 2013, 2014 * USSR Championship: 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958 * Russian Super League A: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Former players

References

External links

Official website

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