HC Kuban Krasnodar

HC Kuban Krasnodar
HC Kuban Krasnodar
Full name	HC Kuban Krasnodar
Founded	1973
Arena	Olymp Sports Palace, Krasnodar
Capacity	3,000
President	Yevgeni Trefilov
Head coach	Nikita Golub
League	Russian Super League
2020–21	6th
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HC Kuban Krasnodar is a Russian women's handball team from Krasnodar competing in the Russian Super League.

Kuban enjoyed its golden era in the late 1980s, winning two Cup Winners' Cups in 1987 and 1988 by beating TSC Berlin and Vasas Budapest in the final, and reaching the 1990 European Cup's final, lost to Hypo Niederösterreich, after winning the 1989 Soviet Championship. Kuban also played a third unsuccessful Cup Winners' Cup final in 1989.^[1]

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union Kuban won the transitional CIS Championship, but it hasn't been able to win the new Russian Super League to date. Between 1997 and 2000 the team was second to Istochnik Rostov and Aqva Volgograd, its best results. In 2000 it also reached its fourth Cup Winners' Cup's final, losing to Mar Valencia.^[2]

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian athletes, and the European Handball Federation suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions.^[3]

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Titles

Cup Winners' Cup
- 1987, 1988
Soviet Championship
- 1989, 1992

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2016–17	EHF Cup	R1	Nea Ionia	36–24	31–24	67–48
		R2	Spono Eagles	35–23	38–28	73–51
		R3	Hypo Niederösterreich	29–23	32–26	61–49
		Group B	Alba Fehérvár	31–26	31–24	1st place
			Brest Bretagne	25–20	21–27
			Leipzig	32–24	34–21
		1/4	Bietigheim	26–33	31–26	57–59