| Founded: | 1956 (Field Handball) 1962 (Indoor Handball) |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Confed: | EHF (Europe) |
| Champions: | SKIF Krasnodar (2nd title) |
| Most Champs: | CSKA Moscow (9 titles) |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Confed Cup: | Champions League EHF Cup |
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).[1] [2]
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 |
| Season | bgcolor=gold scope="col" width="165" | Champions[3] | bgcolor=silver scope="col" width="165" | Runners-up | bgcolor=9966cc scope="col" width="165" | Third Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Burevestnik Tbilissi | Komanda Tiraspol | Atletas Kaunas | |||
| 1963 | Atletas Kaunas (1) | Burevestnik Tbilissi | ||||
| 1964 | Burevestnik Tbilissi (2) | SK Kountsevo Moscow | ||||
| 1965 | MAI Moscow | ZAS Zaporizhzhia | ||||
| 1966 | SK Kountsevo Moscow | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||||
| 1967 | SK Kountsevo Moscow | Daugava Riga | ||||
| 1968 | MAI Moscow | ZAS Zaporizhzhia | ||||
| 1969 | SK Kountsevo Moscow (3) | Krasnodar University | ||||
| 1970 | MAI Moscow | Krasnodar University | ||||
| 1971 | MAI Moscow | Krasnodar University | ||||
| 1972 | MAI Moscow | ZMetI Zaporizhzhia | ||||
| 1973 | CSKA Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow | ||||
| 1974 | MAI Moscow | ZMetI Zaporizhzhia | ||||
| 1975 | MAI Moscow (7) | ZMetI Zaporizhzhia | ||||
| 1976 | CSKA Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow | ||||
| 1977 | CSKA Moscow | Burevestnik Tbilissi | ||||
| 1978 | CSKA Moscow | SK Kountsevo Moscow | ||||
| 1979 | CSKA Moscow | Granitas Kaunas | ||||
| 1980 | CSKA Moscow | Burevestnik Tbilissi | ||||
| 1981 | SKA Minsk | Burevestnik Tbilissi | ||||
| 1982 | CSKA Moscow | ZII Zaporizhzhia | ||||
| 1983 | CSKA Moscow | ZII Zaporizhzhia | ||||
| 1984 | SKA Minsk | ZII Zaporizhzhia | ||||
| 1985 | SKA Minsk | CSKA Moscow | ||||
| 1986 | SKA Minsk | Granitas Kaunas | ||||
| 1987 | CSKA Moscow (9) | MAI Moscow | ||||
| 1988 | SKA Minsk | SKIF Krasnodar | ||||
| 1989 | SKA Minsk (6) | SKIF Krasnodar | ||||
| 1990 | Dinamo Astrakhan (1) | SKIF Krasnodar | ||||
| 1991 | SKIF Krasnodar | SKA Minsk | ||||
| 1992 | SKIF Krasnodar (2) | Dinamo Astrakhan | ||||
The 1991/92 Championship is Officially of the Commonwealth of Independent States.