WBC Spartak Moscow
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Women’s Basketball Club Spartak Moscow Region is a women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia
that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women
. It is a highly successful team in recent years, winning the 2005-2006 EuroCup Women
and the 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 EuroLeague Women
championship and the inaugural SuperCup Women
. It is currently the only team that has managed to win 4 consecutive Euroleague Women
titles since 1991 when European Cup For Women’s Champions Clubs was rebranded as the Euroleague Women. This is due in part to the team's supplementing of its otherwise Russian roster with seasoned WNBA stars Lauren Jackson
, Sue Bird
, Diana Taurasi
, Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, and others.
Vidnoye
Vidnoye is a town and the administrative center of Leninsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated south of Moscow city limits. Population:...
that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women
EuroLeague Women
The EuroLeague Women is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs.Unlike Euroleague for men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.-Between 2004-2011:...
. It is a highly successful team in recent years, winning the 2005-2006 EuroCup Women
EuroCup Women
The EuroCup Women is the second-caliber professional basketball league with teams from European clubs from national leagues joined in FIBA Europe.It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup.- System of competition :...
and the 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 EuroLeague Women
EuroLeague Women
The EuroLeague Women is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs.Unlike Euroleague for men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.-Between 2004-2011:...
championship and the inaugural SuperCup Women
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women
The SuperCup Women is a Super Cup competition organized by FIBA Europe and contested between the winners of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women. The first edition of the Cup took place on October 20, 2009 and was contested between Spartak Moscow Region and Galatasaray in Vidnoye.-Performance by...
. It is currently the only team that has managed to win 4 consecutive Euroleague Women
EuroLeague Women
The EuroLeague Women is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs.Unlike Euroleague for men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.-Between 2004-2011:...
titles since 1991 when European Cup For Women’s Champions Clubs was rebranded as the Euroleague Women. This is due in part to the team's supplementing of its otherwise Russian roster with seasoned WNBA stars Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...
, Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....
, Diana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi
Diana Lorena Taurasi is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey...
, Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, and others.