2010–11 Russian Women's Handball Super League

The 2010-11 Russian Women's Handball Super League was the 19th edition of the premier championship for women's handball in Russia. Ten teams took part in the competition, which took place from 4 September 2010 to 28 May 2011. The competition system was reformed, with the play-offs being expanded from four to eight teams.

Dynamo Volgograd won its third championship in a row, beating Rostov-Don in the final. Dynamo qualified for the Champions league, while Rostov-Don qualified for the competition's qualifying stage, Lada Togliatti and HC Astrakhanochka for the EHF Cup, and Zvezda Zvenigorod for the Cup Winners' Cup. Universitet Izhevsk lost the relegation play-off, but was spared from relegation as Kirovchanka Saint Petersburg retired following the end of the season. ^[1]

First stage

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pt	Notes
1	Dynamo Volgograd	18	15	2	1	581	410	32	2nd Stage's Championship Round
2	Rostov-Don	18	15	0	3	514	377	30	2nd Stage's Championship Round
3	Zvezda Zvenigorod	18	14	0	4	599	446	28	2nd Stage's Championship Round
4	Lada Togliatti	18	12	1	5	539	416	25	2nd Stage's Championship Round
5	Astrakhanochka	18	9	2	7	480	487	20	2nd Stage's Championship Round
6	Luch Moscow	18	9	1	8	532	517	19	2nd Stage's Championship Round
7	Kuban Krasnodar	18	5	2	11	461	503	12	2nd Stage's Relegation Round
8	Universitet Izhevsk	18	2	1	15	389	608	5	2nd Stage's Relegation Round
9	Kirovchanka	18	2	1	15	414	576	5	2nd Stage's Relegation Round
10	AGU-Adyif Maykop	18	2	0	16	405	584	4	2nd Stage's Relegation Round

Second stage

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pt	Notes
1	Dynamo Volgograd	10	7	1	2	289	279	47	Championship Play-offs
2	Rostov-Don	10	7	0	3	266	230	44	Championship Play-offs
3	Lada Togliatti	10	7	2	1	273	236	41	Championship Play-offs
4	Zvezda Zvenigorod	10	3	1	6	264	268	35	Championship Play-offs
5	Astrakhanochka	10	2	0	8	275	301	24	Championship Play-offs
6	KSK Luch Moscow	10	2	0	8	268	321	23	Championship Play-offs
7	Kuban Krasnodar	12	10	1	1	390	312	33	Championship Play-offs
8	AGU-Adyif Maykop	12	6	0	6	292	322	16	Championship Play-offs
9	Kirovchanka	12	5	1	6	301	306	16	Relegation Play-off
10	Universitet Izhevsk	12	2	0	10	321	364	9	Relegation Play-off

Championship play-offs

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2	L #3
AGU-Adyif Maykop	0 - 2	Dynamo Volgograd	19 - 37	15 - 35
Kuban Krasnodar	1 - 2	Rostov-Don	19 - 18	16 - 22	21 - 25
Luch Moscow	0 - 2	Lada Togliatti	26 - 29	25 - 35
Astrakhanochka	0 - 2	Zvezda Zvenigorod	26 - 27	23 - 47

5th to 8th positions

1st Stage

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2	L #3
AGU-Adyif Maykop	0 - 2	Astrakhanochka	27 - 29	19 - 35
Kuban Krasnodar	2 - 0	Luch Moscow	27 - 26	43 - 30

2nd Stage

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2	L #3
HC Kuban Krasnodar	0 - 2	Astrakhanochka	23 - 24	23 - 27
AGU-Adyif Maykop	0 - 2	Luch Moscow	28 - 29	29 - 42

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2	L #3
Lada Togliatti	1 - 2	Rostov-Don	19 - 17	15 - 19	13 - 18
Zvezda Zvenigorod	0 - 2	Dynamo Volgograd	30 - 31	26 - 31

Third Place

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2	L #3
Zvezda Zvenigorod	0 - 2	Lada Togliatti	24 - 30	26 - 34

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2	L #3
Rostov-Don	0 - 2	Dynamo Volgograd	31 - 32	22 - 23

Final Table

#	Team	2010	Notes
1	Dynamo Volgograd		2012 Champions League
2	Rostov-Don	1	2012 Champions League's Qualifying Stage
3	Lada Togliatti	1	2012 EHF Cup
4	Zvezda Zvenigorod	2	2012 Cup Winners' Cup
5	Astrakhanochka	4	2012 EHF Cup
6	Kuban Krasnodar	1
7	Luch Moscow	1
8	AGU-Adyif Maykop	1
9	Kirovchanka	(N)	Voluntarily relegated
10	Universitet Izhevsk	2

References

1. Results in the Russian Handball Federation's website