The Russian Handball Super League (RHSL) is the top men's professional team handball league in Russia. The league was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet Men's Handball Championship after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, and the European Handball Federation suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus as well as Russian and Belarusian clubs competing in European handball competitions. Referees, officials, and commission members from Russia and Belarus will not be called upon for future activities. And new organisers will be sought for the YAC 16 EHF Beach Handball EURO and the Qualifier Tournaments for the Beach Handball EURO 2023, which were to be held in Moscow.
Champions by year Season Gold Silver Bronze 1992–93Neva Polyot Chelyabinsk CSKA Moscow 1993–94CSKA Moscow Kaustik Volgograd Polyot Chelyabinsk 1994–95CSKA Moscow Kaustik Volgograd Dynamo Astrakhan 1995–96Kaustik Volgograd Polyot Chelyabinsk CSKA Moscow 1996–97Kaustik Volgograd Polyot Chelyabinsk CSKA Moscow 1997–98Kaustik Volgograd Istochnik Rostov-on-Don SKIF Krasnodar 1998–99Kaustik Volgograd Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan Polyot Chelyabinsk 1999–00CSKA-SportAkadem Moscow Kaustik Volgograd Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan 2000–01CSKA-SportAkadem Moscow Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan Energia Voronezh 2001–02Chekhovskiye Medvedi Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan Energia Voronezh 2002–03Chekhovskiye Medvedi Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan Chekhovskiye Medvedi II 2003–04Chekhovskiye Medvedi Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan Chekhovskiye Medvedi II 2004–05Chekhovskiye Medvedi Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan Stepan Razin – Neva 2005–06Chekhovskiye Medvedi Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan SKIF Krasnodar 2006–07Chekhovskiye Medvedi Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan Kaustik Volgograd 2007–08Chekhovskiye Medvedi Zarya Kaspiya Kaustik Volgograd 2008–09Chekhovskiye Medvedi Kaustik Volgograd SKIF Krasnodar 2009–10Chekhovskiye Medvedi Universitet Lesgafta – Neva Kaustik Volgograd 2010–11Chekhovskiye Medvedi Universitet Lesgafta – Neva Kaustik Volgograd 2011–12Chekhovskiye Medvedi Universitet Lesgafta – Neva Sungul Snezhinsk 2012–13Chekhovskiye Medvedi Universitet Lesgafta – Neva SKIF Krasnodar 2013–14Chekhovskiye Medvedi Universitet Lesgafta – Neva Permskie Medvedi 2014–15Chekhovskiye Medvedi Permskie Medvedi Universitet Lesgafta – Neva 2015–16Chekhovskiye Medvedi Permskie Medvedi Universitet Lesgafta – Neva 2016–17Chekhovskiye Medvedi Universitet Lesgafta – Neva SKIF Krasnodar 2017–18Chekhovskiye Medvedi Spartak Moscow Universitet Lesgafta – Neva 2018–19Chekhovskiye Medvedi Spartak Moscow Universitet Lesgafta – Neva 2019–20Chekhovskiye Medvedi Dinamo Viktor Stavropol Universitet Lesgafta – Neva 2020–21Chekhovskiye Medvedi HBC CSKA Moscow Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 2021–22Chekhovskiye Medvedi HBC CSKA Moscow Universitet Lesgafta – Neva 2022–23HBC CSKA Moscow Permskie Medvedi Chekhovskiye Medvedi 2023–24HBC CSKA Moscow Chekhovskiye Medvedi HC Zenit Saint Petersburg 2024–25HC Zenit Saint Petersburg HBC CSKA Moscow Chekhovskiye Medvedi 2025–26HBC CSKA Moscow HC Zenit Saint Petersburg Permskie Medvedi
2026-27 Season participants
The following 12 clubs compete in the championship during the 2026–27 season. Team City Arena AddressChekhovskiye MedvediChekhovOlimpiysky Sport PalaceChekhov, Poligrafistov str., 30HBC CSKA MoscowMoscowDynamo Sports PalaceMoscow, Lavochkina str., 32Saint Petersburg HCSaint PetersburgYubileyny Sports PalaceSaint-Petersburg, Dobrolyubova av., 18GK Permskie MedvediPermV.P. Sukharev Sport ComplexPerm, Kosmonavtov Hwy., 158A/1Dinamo Viktor StavropolStavropolVostok-ArenaStavropol, Dostoyevskogo str., 54Dynamo AstrakhanAstrakhanSportcomplex "Zvezdniy"Astrakhan, Pushkina str., 28SKIF KrasnodarKrasnodarPalace of Sports OlimpKrasnodar, Beregovaya str., 44Sungul SnezhinskSnezhinskSnezhinskSnezhinsk, 40 Let Okryabrya str., 15SGAU-SaratovSaratovProton-ArenaSaratov, S.F. Tarkhov Street, 64GK Ak BarsKazanBustanKazan, Professor Nuzhin Drive, 1HC Kaustik VolgogradVolgogradMolodezhnyyVolgograd, Molodozhnaya str., 35MUOR-AKADEMIYAMoscowMGAMoscow, Skhodnenskaya str., 15
References
External links https://rushandball.ru/competitions