High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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 to begin a run of nine national championships in ten seasons, missing out only in season 2000 01 when Yenisey won. 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.