title: Soviet Men's Handball Championship
text: # Soviet Men's Handball Championship
  
  The Soviet Union Handball Championship was the highest level for men's club handball in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
  
  The competition was successively dominated by three clubs: CSKA Moscow and its nine titles, including eight between 1973 and 1983 succeeded by MAI Moscow and its seven titles between 1965 and 1975 and then comes the dominance of SKA Minsk and its six titles, including five between 1984 and 1989. These three clubs are also the only three to have won the European Cup of Champion Clubs (respectively two, one and three times).
  
  ## Field Handball
  
  In this list is the first Soviet Union Field Handball Championship played with 11 players :
  
  | Season | Champions |
  | - | - |
  | 1955/56 | MVO Moscow |
  | 1956/57 | Burevestnik Kiev |
  | 1957/58 | OSZK Odessa |
  | 1958/59 | SKIF Lviv |
  | 1959/60 | MAI Moscow |
  | 1960/61 | Trud Moscow |
  
  ### Winners List Since 1962 Indoor Handball
  
  | Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third Place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1962 | Burevestnik Tbilissi | Komanda Tiraspol | Atletas Kaunas |
  | 1963 | Atletas Kaunas (1) | ZAS Zaporizhzhia | Burevestnik Tbilissi |
  | 1964 | Burevestnik Tbilissi (2) | ZAS Zaporizhzhia | SK Kountsevo Moscow |
  | 1965 | MAI Moscow | Burevestnik Tbilissi | ZAS Zaporizhzhia |
  | 1966 | SK Kountsevo Moscow | Burevestnik Tbilissi | Žalgiris Kaunas |
  | 1967 | SK Kountsevo Moscow | Burevestnik Tbilissi | Daugava Riga |
  | 1968 | MAI Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow | ZAS Zaporizhzhia |
  | 1969 | SK Kountsevo Moscow (3) | MAI Moscow | Krasnodar University |
  | 1970 | MAI Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow | Krasnodar University |
  | 1971 | MAI Moscow | ZMetI Zaporizhzhia | Krasnodar University |
  | 1972 | MAI Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow | ZMetI Zaporizhzhia |
  | 1973 | CSKA Moscow | MAI Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow |
  | 1974 | MAI Moscow | CSKA Moscow | ZMetI Zaporizhzhia |
  | 1975 | MAI Moscow (7) | CSKA Moscow | ZMetI Zaporizhzhia |
  | 1976 | CSKA Moscow | MAI Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow |
  | 1977 | CSKA Moscow | MAI Moscow | Burevestnik Tbilissi |
  | 1978 | CSKA Moscow | MAI Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow |
  | 1979 | CSKA Moscow | MAI Moscow | Granitas Kaunas |
  | 1980 | CSKA Moscow | MAI Moscow | Burevestnik Tbilissi |
  | 1981 | SKA Minsk | Granitas Kaunas | Burevestnik Tbilissi |
  | 1982 | CSKA Moscow | SKA Minsk | ZII Zaporizhzhia |
  | 1983 | CSKA Moscow | SKA Minsk | ZII Zaporizhzhia |
  | 1984 | SKA Minsk | CSKA Moscow | ZII Zaporizhzhia |
  | 1985 | SKA Minsk | Granitas Kaunas | CSKA Moscow |
  | 1986 | SKA Minsk | CSKA Moscow | Granitas Kaunas |
  | 1987 | CSKA Moscow (9) | SKA Minsk | MAI Moscow |
  | 1988 | SKA Minsk | CSKA Moscow | SKIF Krasnodar |
  | 1989 | SKA Minsk (6) | Dinamo Astrakhan | SKIF Krasnodar |
  | 1990 | Dinamo Astrakhan (1) | SKA Minsk | SKIF Krasnodar |
  | 1991 | SKIF Krasnodar | Dinamo Astrakhan | SKA Minsk |
  | 1992 • | SKIF Krasnodar (2) | SKA Minsk | Dinamo Astrakhan |
  
  * The 1991/92 Championship is Officially of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
  