Chekhov bears

History

2016: Help "Technoserv "

Since 2016, the Chekhov Bears team has been sponsored by the Technoserv group. The decision to support the club was made after the appeal of Vladimir Maksimov, head coach and president of Chekhov Bears, to one of the shareholders of Technoserv, with whom Maksimov has long been personally acquainted, the press service of the integrator told TAdviser.

The amount of financial assistance to the club has not been disclosed. The team itself declined to comment.

Vladimir Maksimov said earlier in an interview that "IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE HELP^[1] TECHNOSERV GROUP OF COMPANIES, WE COULD NOT PLAY IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE^[1] TECHNOSERV REFUSED CHEKHOV BEARS, the team simply will not. The players have families, children, they need^[2] on something^[2]

The head of Technoserv Alexei Ananyev and the president of Chekhov Bears Vladimir Maksimov with the Russian Handball Cup

In addition, in June 2016, Maksimov publicly expressed his gratitude to "Alexei Nikolayevich Ananyev and Technoserv for the fact that the fruits of our joint work this offseason did not flow abroad, but remain to please the Russian audience."

The attention of sponsors to handball in Russia increased after the election of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Handball Federation in 2014. He is associated with Alexei Ananyev by the long-standing companionship^[3] Rogozin promised to organize administrative support for handball and make it a mass sport.

Everyone should play handball, - Rogozin is sure

2000-2015: Russian handball leaders

The Chekhov Bears handball club was formed in December 2001. Chekhov Bears are the successors of the CSKA handball club, which in 2000 and 2001 became the Russian handball champion.

Since the fall of 2002, Chekhov Bears have been taking part in official European tournaments for club teams: in the Champions League and in the Cup Winners' Cup.

In April 2006, the Moscow Region club for the first time in its history became the winner of the European Cup Winner's Cup.

In the Champions League, the Chekhov's best achievement was to be among the four strongest clubs on the continent in the 2009/10 season (a participant in the Final Four).

As of 2016, Chekhov Bears is one of the leaders of Russian handball. Permanent champions of Russia from 2002 to 2015, winners of the Cup of Russia 2009-2013, 2015, Super Cup of the Russian Federation 2014, Cup of European Cups 2006.

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