Handball Club LADA: historical reference

Date of foundation. April 7, 1998.

Founder. Joint-Stock Company AVTOVAZ.

Main achievements. 2001 and 2007 Silver medalist of Russian Championship. 2002 Winner of European Cupwinners Cup. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 Russian Champion. 2006 Winner of Russian Cup. Participant of European Champions’ League in 2003 (quarterfinal), 2004 (quarterfinal), 2005 (group stage), 2006 (quarterfinal), 2007 (final) and 2008 (semifinal).

Subsidiary organization. Municipal specialized children’s and juniors’ Handball School № 2 of Olympic reserve (date of foundation: December 27, 1999).

Total membership. Team of Russian super league masters «Lada», «Lada-2». Russian major league team «Lada-3». Up to 60 training groups and basic training groups (totally about 1200 boys and girls).

Domestic arena. Universal Sports Complex «Olymp» (capacity for handball matches: minimum – 1500, maximum - 2500 spectators).

Best members (representatives). From the time of foundation up to the year 2005 inclusive:

- three players became bronze medalists of 2000 European Championship in Romania: Natalia Goncharova, Oksana Romenskaya, Nighina Saidova;

- six players became winners of 2001 World Championship in Italy and were awarded a title of Merited Master of Sports of Russia: Natalia Goncharova, Anna Kareeva, Elena Parshkova, Irina Poltoratskaya, Oksana Romenskaya, Inna Suslina;

- nine players were awarded the title of Master of Sports of Russia in International Class: Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Maria Kolchina (Chistyakova), Oksana Korolyova, Valentina Kostyukova, Nighina Saidova, Maria Sidorova, Elena Chaplina, Natalia Shipilova, Zhanna Yakovleva;

- two players became winners of 2003 U20 World Championship in Macedonia: Oksana Korolyova, Elena Chaplina;

- by Decree of President of Russia two coaches were awarded medals of Order For Distinguished Service to the Country of II degree in 2004: two coaches - Yevgeny Trefilov, Vitaly Krokhin, and also – Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Svetlana Vydrina, Natalia Goncharova, Anna Kareeva, Irina Poltoratskaya, Oksana Romenskaya, Maria Sidorova, Inna Suslina;

- four players became winners of 2003 U18 European Championship in Togliatti: Irina Bliznova, Ekaterina Vetkova, Aleksandra Kolokoltseva, Tatyana Parfyonova;

- two players became winners of 2004 U19 European Championship in Czech: Irina Bliznova, Tatyana Parfyonova;

- four players became winners of 2005 U20 World Championship in Czech: Irina Bliznova, Polina Vyakhireva, Aleksandra Kolokoltseva, Tatyana Parfyonova;

- seven players became winners of 2005 World Championship in Russia (St.-Petersburg): Irina Bliznova, Polina Vyakhireva, Ekaterina Marennikova, Liudmila Postnova, Oksana Romenskaya, Maria Sidorova, Natalia Shipilova. Six players (Bliznova, Vyakhireva, Marennikova, Postnova, Sidorova, Shipilova) were awarded a title of Merited Master of Sports of Russia;

- three players became winners of 2006 World Cup in Denmark: Ekaterina Marennikova, Liudmila Postnova, Maria Sidorova;

- four players became silver medalists of 2006 World Championship in Sweden: Irina Bliznova, Liudmila Postnova, Ekaterina Marennikova, Maria Sidorova;

- five players became winners of 2007 9th European Youth Olympic Summer Festival in Serbia: Maria Garbuz, Olga Luzinova, Snezhana Makhneva, Anastasia Kudryashova, Irina Nikitina;

- three players became winners of 2007 World Cup in Denmark: Irina Bliznova, Liudmila Postnova, Maria Sidorova;

- four players became winners of 2007 World Championship in France: Irina Bliznova, Liudmila Postnova, Nadezhda Muravyeva, Maria Sidorova;

- five players became winners of 2008 U18 World Championship in Slovakia: Ekaterina Ilyina, Olga Luzinova, Snezhana Makhneva, Daria Mochalova, Irina Nikitina;

- four players became silver medalists of 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing: Irina Bliznova, Ekaterina Marennikova, Liudmila Postnova, Maria Sidorova;

- three players became bronze medalists of 2008 European Championship in Macedonia: Ekaterina Davydenko, Nadezhda Muravyeva, Victoria Zhilinskayte;

- two players became silver medalists of 2009 U17 European Championship in Serbia: Daria Vakhterova, Veronika Garanina;

- two players became winners of 2007 10th European Youth Olympic Summer Festival in Finland: Daria Vakhterova, Veronika Garanina;

- five players became bronze medalists of 2009 U19 European Championship in Hungary: Maria Garbuz, Olga Gorshenina, Daria Mochalova, Irina Nikitina, Anastasia Ponomarenko.

Club details

Address: 445028, Togliatti, Samara region, Primorskiy blvrd, 49.

Tel.: (8482) 35-78-03, 35-60-26, 35-19-19. Tel./Fax: (8482) 35-60-26, 35-78-03.

E-mail: handball@vaz.ru. http://www.handball.ru.

Photo:

1 - Russian Champions Cup is firmly held in automotive capital of Russia. Handball Club «LADA» keeps it already six times.

2 - Universal sports complex «Olymp» is now a beautiful home for Handball Club «LADA». Its achievements are highly estimated abroad as well as in Russia.