SKIF-CSP Izmailovo (russian: СКИФ ШВСМ «Измайлово») is a Russian women's

water polo Water polo is a 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 ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

team from Izmailovo,

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 ...

founded in 1991. Originally established as SKIF Moscow, it became a section of

CSP Izmailovo CSP Izmailovo (russian: ЦСП Измайлово), formerly ShVSM Izmailovo, was a women's association football club based in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 2006, they began play in 2007 but folded in June 2014 during the Russian Women's Football Cham ...

in 2003. The team enjoyed its golden era through the second half of the 1990s, winning two European Cups in 1997 and 1999 in addition to four consecutive

national championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

between 1995 and 1998. SKIF also reached the 1998 and 2000 European Cup's finals, but it lost them to

Orizzonte Catania Associazione Sportiva Orizzonte Catania Waterpolo, also known as Ekipe Orizzonte for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional women's water polo club from Catania. Founded in 1985, Orizzonte has dominated the Italian championship in the ...

and

ANO Glyfada The Athletic Nautical Club of Glyfada , or "ANOG" (Greek: Αθλητικός Ναυτικός Όμιλος Γλυφάδας, "ΑΝΟΓ") was founded by 20 local sportsmen in 1946 and is located in Glyfada, Athens. The first name of the club was ' ...

, and in 2001 it won the

LEN Trophy The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competitio ...

. Between 1999 and 2002 the team was the championship's runner-up, second to

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 ...

, but its best results in subsequent years have been 3rd positions in 2004, 2006 and 2011.List of Russian Championship tables since 1992
in dianapolo.spb.ru

Titles

* LEN Champions' Cup (2) ** 1997, 1999 *

(1) ** 2001 * Russian Championship (5) ** 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

References

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