WBC Sparta&K
WBC SpartaK | |||
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Leagues | Russian Premier League | ||
Founded | 1949 | ||
History | ŽBK Spartak Moscow (1949–2009) ŽBK Vidnoe (2009–2010) | ||
Location | Moscow, Russia | ||
Team colors | Red and White | ||
Championships | 4 EuroLeague Women 2 European SuperCup 1 EuroCup Women 2 Russian Premier League | ||
Website | http://www.wbcs.ru | ||
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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 is a highly successful team, winning the 2005–06 EuroCup Women and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 EuroLeague Women championship and two SuperCup Women. It is currently the only team that has won 4 consecutive EuroLeague Women titles since 1991 when European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs was rebranded as the Euroleague Women.
This is due in part to the team's supplementing of its otherwise Russian roster with seasoned WNBA stars Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings, Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, and others.
In 2010, the club was renamed to Sparta&K after the sports society Spartak were against the usage of the brand "Spartak" in December 2009. The last letter is devoted to murdered basketball sponsor Shabtai Kalmanovich.[1]
Winners[]
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women: (2)
- 2009, 2010
EuroLeague Women: (4)
- 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
EuroCup Women: (1)
- 2006
Russian Women's Basketball Premier League: (2)
- 2007, 2008
Current roster[]
WBC Spartak Moscow Region Vidnoje roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated: 2013-10-20 |
Former players[]
- Marina Karpunina
- Ilona Korstin
- Marina Kuzina
- Irina Osipova
- Seimone Augustus
- Sue Bird
- Tamika Catchings
- Candice Dupree
- Sylvia Fowles
- Janel McCarville
- Diana Taurasi
- Tina Thompson
- Becky Hammon
- Epiphanny Prince
- Lauren Jackson
- Isabelle Yacoubou
- Sonja Petrović
- Elisa Aguilar
- Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
- Jelena Milovanović
- Jelena Škerović
- Tijana Ajduković
References[]
External links[]
- Women's basketball teams in Russia
- Sport in Moscow Oblast
- Spartak Moscow
- EuroCup Women-winning clubs
- EuroLeague Women clubs
- Basketball teams established in 1949
- Russian sport stubs
- Europe basketball team stubs