WBC Dynamo Moscow (russian: ЖБК Динамо Москва) is a Russian women's basketball club playing in the Russian Premier League. 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

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, which they lost to Slavia Sofia. Dynamo Moscow 06

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 FIBA trophy.

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

* FIBA 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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