WBC CSKA Moscow was a Russian

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team from

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. The club was competing in the

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and

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

History

It represented sports society

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) 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 a central piece ...

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

Ronchetti Cup The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchetti'') was an annual women’s basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. It was the second competition in European basketball, after the Euro ...

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 Euroleague champions

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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

Spartak Moscow Region Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women. History It won the 2005–06 EuroCup Women and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 EuroLeague Women ...

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

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS (Moldova ...

(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

Famous players

Becky Hammon Rebecca Lynn Hammon ( rus, links=no, Бекки Хэммон; born March 11, 1977) is an American-Russian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces of the Women’s National Basketball Associati ...

Ann Wauters Ann Hilde Willy Wauters (born 12 October 1980) is a Belgian former professional basketball player and coach, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Chicago Sky in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played for numero ...

* Katie Douglas

References

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