2020–21 Russian Women's Handball Super League

The 2020–21 Russian Women's Handball Super League was the 28th season of Russian Women's Handball Super League, Russia's premier handball league. Rostov-Don are the defending club.

Russian Women's Handball Super League
Season2020–21
Dates22 August 2020 – 23 May 2021
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
Matches played158
Goals scored8,701 (55.07 per match)
Top goalscorerRussia Diana Golub
(186 goals)
2021-22

The Russian Handball Federation streams every match of the league on their website.[1]

Format

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The competition format for the 2019–20 season consists of a home-and-away double round-robin system. The first six teams qualifies for play-offs, while the last six plays placement round. The two highest-ranked teams of the play-offs, will qualify for the semifinals. The team's who ended up placing 7th and 8th place, will also qualified directly to the semifinals for the placement round.

Teams

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Rostov-Don
 
KSK Luch
 
CSKA
 
Stavropol-SKFU
 
Ufa-Alisa
 
Lada
 
Zvezda
 
HC Astrakhanochka
 
Dinamo Volgograd
 
AGU-Adyif Maykop
 
Universitet-Izhevsk
 
Kuban Krasnodar
2020–21 Superleague teams

The following 12 clubs compete in the Super League during the 2020–21 season.

Team City Arena Capacity
Rostov-Don Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports 3,000
CSKA Moscow Moscow Universal Sports Hall CSKA 5,500
Lada Togliatti Tolyatti Olymp Sportlomplex 2,700
Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd Volgograd Dynamo Sports Hall 1,500
HC Kuban Krasnodar Krasnodar Olympus Arena 3,000
HC Astrakhanochka Astrakhan Sportcomplex Zvezdny 5,000
Zvezda Zvenigorod Zvenigorod Sport Hall Zvezda 1,000
HC Stavropolye Stavropol Arena Mezzanine Stavropol 1,000
AGU-Adyif Maykop Maykop Sports Place of ASU 1,500
KSK Luch Moscow Moscow Dynamo Arena 4,400
Universitet Izhevsk Izhevsk University Izhevsk Gymnasium 600
HC Ufa-Alisa Ufa MBU Sports Center °32 200

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Rostov-Don   Viktoriya Borshchenko   Mayssa Pessoa   Grâce Zaadi   Katarina Krpež Šlezak   Anna Lagerquist
CSKA Moscow   Chana Masson   Sara Ristovska   Sabina Jacobsen   Kathrine Heindahl
HC Astrakhanochka   Karyna Yezhykava   Ana Debelić   Yevgenia Levchenko
Zvezda Zvenigorod   Irina Baranovskaya   Aksana Pantus
Lada Togliatti   Viktoryia Shamanouskaya

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rostov-Don 22 22 0 0 731 515 +216 44 Semifinals
2 CSKA Moscow 22 18 0 4 708 475 +233 36
3 Lada Togliatti 22 18 0 4 674 492 +182 36 Quarterfinals
4 HC Astrakhanochka 22 15 0 7 622 486 +136 30
5 Zvezda Zvenigorod 22 15 0 7 677 581 +96 30
6 HC Kuban Krasnodar 22 14 0 8 672 592 +80 28
7 HC Stavropolye 22 8 0 14 651 695 −44 16 7–10th place semifinals
8 Universitet Izhevsk 22 7 0 15 534 674 −140 14
9 AGU-Adyif Maykop 22 4 2 16 482 658 −176 10 7–12th place quarterfinals
10 Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd 22 4 1 17 507 606 −99 9
11 KSK Luch Moscow 22 3 0 19 465 698 −233 6
12 HC Ufa-Alisa 22 2 1 19 449 700 −251 5

Playoffs

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Championship bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
6
Kuban Krasnodar
292150
 
 
 
3
Lada Togliatti
3031 61
 
3
Lada Togliatti
262854
 
 
2
CSKA Moscow
2629 55
 
 
 
 
 
2
CSKA Moscow
302656
 
 
 
1
Rostov-Don
2329 52
 
5
Zvezda Zvenigorod
242549
 
 
 
4
Astrakhanochka
3125 56
 
4
Astrakhanochka
252449
 
 
1
Rostov-Don
3525 60Third place
 
 
 
 
 
4
Astrakhanochka
341751
 
 
3
Lada Togliatti
2932 61
 
 
Fifth place
 
    
 
 
 
 
6
Kuban Krasnodar
282856
 
 
5
Zvezda Zvenigorod
3326 59
 

Seventh place bracket

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7–12th place quarterfinals7–10th place semifinalsSeventh place
 
                
 
 
 
 
12
Ufa-Alisa
362662
 
 
 
9
AGU-Adyif Maykop
2932 61
 
12
Ufa-Alisa
272653
 
 
8
Universitet Izhevsk
2826 54
 
 
 
 
 
8
Universitet Izhevsk
232952
 
 
 
7
Stavropolye
3831 69
 
11
Luch Moscow
201535
 
 
 
10
Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd
2935 64
 
10
Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd
252954
 
 
7
Stavropolye
2337 60Ninth place
 
 
 
 
 
12
Ufa-Alisa
262450
 
 
10
Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd
3636 72
 
 
Eleventh place
 
    
 
 
 
 
11
Luch Moscow
251641
 
 
9
AGU-Adyif Maykop
2528 53
 

References

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