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 | 4EuroLeague Women 2European SuperCup 1EuroCup Women 2Russian Premier League | ||
Website | http://www.wbcs.ru | ||
Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a professional women's basketball team based inVidnoye, Russia that plays inFIBA’sEuroLeague Women.
It won the 2005–06EuroCup Women and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10EuroLeague Women championship and twoSuperCup Women. It is currently the only team that has won 4 consecutiveEuroLeague Women titles since 1991 when European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs was rebranded as the Euroleague Women.[citation needed]
This is due in part to the team's supplementing of its otherwise Russian roster with seasonedWNBA American and other starsLauren Jackson,Sue Bird,Diana Taurasi,Tamika Catchings,Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, and others.
In 2010, the club was renamed toSparta&K after the sports societySpartak were against the usage of the brand "Spartak" in December 2009. The last letter is devoted to murdered basketball sponsorShabtai Kalmanovich.[1]
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women: (2)
EuroLeague Women: (4)
EuroCup Women: (1)
Russian Women's Basketball Premier League: (2)
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