Handball Club Lada

Handball Club Lada
Full nameHandball Club Lada
Short nameLada
Founded1998
ArenaOlymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti
Capacity2,700
PresidentIrina Bliznova
Head coachAlexey Alekseev
LeagueRussian Super League
2021–223rd
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Home
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Website
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Location of HC Lada
HC Lada
HC Lada
Location of HC Lada

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]

  1. ^ Profile and record in the European Handball Federation's website
  2. ^ Lada wins Women's EHF Cup. European Handball Federation
  3. ^ Results and tables in Scoresway
  4. ^ "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.