| Handball Club Lada | |||
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| Full name | Handball Club Lada | ||
| Short name | Lada | ||
| Founded | 1998 | ||
| Arena | Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti | ||
| Capacity | 2,700 | ||
| President | Irina Bliznova | ||
| Head coach | Alexey Alekseev | ||
| League | Russian Super League | ||
| 2021–22 | 3rd | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
Handball Club Lada is a Russian women's handball club from Tolyatti playing in the Russian Super League.
Founded in 1998, Lada became the leading team in the Super League winning five championships in a row between 2002 and 2006 and a sixth one in 2008. It also built itself a name in Europe winning the 2002 Cup Winners' Cup in its international debut and reaching the final of the 2007 Champions League and the next edition's semifinals.[1]
The following three seasons were less successful, with Dynamo Volgograd retrieving the leading position. On the other hand, Lada won the 2012 EHF Cup,[2] its second international title, while attaining the national championship's bronze in 2009, 2011 and 2012.[3]
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian athletes, and the European Handball Federation suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions.[4]
- ^ Profile and record in the European Handball Federation's website
- ^ Lada wins Women's EHF Cup. European Handball Federation
- ^ Results and tables in Scoresway
- ^ "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.