2020–21 Russian Women's Handball Super League
| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 August 2020 – 23 May 2021 |
| Champions | CSKA Moscow |
| Matches played | 158 |
| Goals scored | 8,701 (55.07 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Diana Golub(186 goals) |
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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.
The Russian Handball Federation streams every match of the league on their website.[1]
Format[]
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[]
Rostov-Don
KSK Luch
CSKA
Stavropol-SKFU
Ufa-Alisa
Lada
Zvezda
HC Astrakhanochka
Dinamo Volgograd
AGU-Adyif Maykop
Universitet-Izhevsk
Kuban Krasnodar
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 |
| Stavropol | Arena Mezzanine Stavropol | 1,000 | |
| Maykop | Sports Place of ASU | 1,500 | |
| KSK Luch Moscow | Moscow | Dynamo Arena | 4,400 |
| Izhevsk | University Izhevsk Gymnasium | 600 | |
| Ufa | MBU Sports Center °32 | 200 |
Foreign players[]
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
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| Rostov-Don |  Viktoriya Borshchenko
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 Mayssa Pessoa
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 Grâce Zaadi
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 Katarina Krpež Šlezak
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 Anna Lagerquist
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| CSKA Moscow | Chana Masson
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 Sara Ristovska
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Sabina Jacobsen
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 Kathrine Heindahl
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| HC Astrakhanochka |  Karyna Yezhykava
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 Ana Debelić
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| Zvezda Zvenigorod |  Irina Baranovskaya
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| Lada Togliatti |
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Regular season[]
| 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 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 651 | 695 | −44 | 16 | 7–10th place semifinals | |
| 8 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 534 | 674 | −140 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 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 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 449 | 700 | −251 | 5 |
Source: rushandball.ru
Playoffs[]
Championship bracket[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
6 Kuban Krasnodar | 29 | 21 | 50 | |||||||||||||
3 Lada Togliatti | 30 | 31 | 61 | |||||||||||||
3 Lada Togliatti | 26 | 28 | 54 | |||||||||||||
2 CSKA Moscow | 26 | 29 | 55 | |||||||||||||
2 CSKA Moscow | 30 | 26 | 56 | |||||||||||||
1 Rostov-Don | 23 | 29 | 52 | |||||||||||||
5 Zvezda Zvenigorod | 24 | 25 | 49 | |||||||||||||
4 Astrakhanochka | 31 | 25 | 56 | |||||||||||||
4 Astrakhanochka | 25 | 24 | 49 | |||||||||||||
1 Rostov-Don | 35 | 25 | 60 | Third place | ||||||||||||
4 Astrakhanochka | 34 | 17 | 51 | |||||||||||||
3 Lada Togliatti | 29 | 32 | 61 | |||||||||||||
| Fifth place | ||||
6 Kuban Krasnodar | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
5 Zvezda Zvenigorod | 33 | 26 | 59 | |
Seventh place bracket[]
| 7–12th place quarterfinals | 7–10th place semifinals | Seventh place | ||||||||||||||
12 | 36 | 26 | 62 | |||||||||||||
9 | 29 | 32 | 61 | |||||||||||||
12 | 27 | 26 | 53 | |||||||||||||
8 | 28 | 26 | 54 | |||||||||||||
8 | 23 | 29 | 52 | |||||||||||||
7 | 38 | 31 | 69 | |||||||||||||
11 Luch Moscow | 20 | 15 | 35 | |||||||||||||
10 Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd | 29 | 35 | 64 | |||||||||||||
10 Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd | 25 | 29 | 54 | |||||||||||||
7 | 23 | 37 | 60 | Ninth place | ||||||||||||
12 | 26 | 24 | 50 | |||||||||||||
10 Dinamo-Sinara Volgograd | 36 | 36 | 72 | |||||||||||||
| Eleventh place | ||||
11 Luch Moscow | 25 | 16 | 41 | |
9 | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
References[]
External links[]
- Russian Handball Federaration (in Russian)
Categories:
- 2020–21 in Russian handball
- 2020–21 domestic handball leagues