Vodnik

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Vodnik is a bandy club from Arkhangelsk in Russia. Vodnik was founded in 1925 and in the mid-1990s it became a major team in both Russian and international bandy. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the VSS Vodnik.

Vodnik became Russian champions in 1996 and then won another ten national championships, consecutive except for the season 2000/01, when Yenisey took the Russian championship. In the Bandy World Cup, Vodnik was the runner-up in 2002 after Swedish Sandvikens AIK, but won the tournament in 2003 and 2004. The team also won the European Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

[edit] Honours

  • Russian Champions 9 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
  • Bandy World Cup 2 (2003, 2004)