1925-26 Soviet bandy season

This was the 1925-26 season in Soviet bandy:

Leningrad Championship

The Leningrad Championship was played for the fourth consecutive season. 16 teams were divided into A and B groups. In addition, a championship was held among trade unions, in which companies participated.

Group A

The competition was played from December 26 to February 28. Central District A became Petrograd District B.

• Petrograd District B - Petrograd District A 3:2
• Petrograd District B - Petrograd District A 1:0
• Red Putilovets - Petrograd District B 2:1
• Petrograd District B - Red Putilovets 3:2
• Petrograd District B - Vyborg District A 8:1
• Petrograd District B - Vyborg District A 4:2
• Petrograd District B - Moscow-Narva District 4:1
• Petrograd District B - Moscow-Narva District 3:3
• Petrograd District B - Vasileostrovsky District 6:1
• Petrograd District B - Vasileostrovsky District 5:1
• Petrograd District A - Red Putilovets 2:0
• Petrograd District A - Red Putilovets 1:0
• Petrograd District A - Vyborg District A 8:1
• Petrograd District A - Vyborg District A not played
• Petrograd District A - Moscow-Narva District 2:2
• Petrograd District A - Moscow-Narva District 7:1
• Petrograd District A - Vasileostrovsky District 3:0
• Petrograd District A - Vasileostrovsky District 3:0
• Red Putilovets - Vyborg District A 3:0
• Vyborg District A - Red Putilovets 1:0
• Red Putilovets - Moscow-Narva District 2:0
• Red Putilovets - Moscow-Narva District 1:0
• Red Putilovets - Vasileostrovsky District 2:0
• Red Putilovets - Vasileostrovsky District 4:0
• Vyborg District A - Moscow-Narva District 2:2
• Vyborg District A - Moscow-Narva District 2:0
• Vyborg District A - Vasileostrovsky District 1:1
• Vyborg District A - Vasileostrovsky District 2:1
• Moscow-Narva District - Vasileostrovsky District 3:2
• Moscow-Narva District - Vasileostrovsky District 0:0

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Petrograd District B	10	8	1	1	38	15	17
2.	Petrograd District A	9	6	1	2	28	8	13
3.	Red Putilovets	10	6	0	4	16	8	12
4.	Vyborg District A	9	3	2	4	12	27	8
5.	Moscow-Narva District	10	1	4	5	12	25	6
6.	Vasileostrovsky District	10	0	2	8	6	29	2

Group B

10 teams participated in the competition, which was won by Uritskoye.

Promotion/Relegation

• Uritskoye - Vasileostrovsky District 1:0, 1:4, 3:1

Trade Unions Championship

Won by Petrogradsky B, who finished with 44 points.

Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship was contested for the fourth time in 1926. It was divided into MGSFC (Moscow City Council of Physical Culture) and MGSPS (Moscow City Council of Trade Unions) groups, with the top teams meeting in the final. The competition was staged from December 6 to March 12.

MGSFC Group

• Central House of Physical Culture - OPV 1:0
• OPV - Central House of Physical Culture 3:1
• Central House of Physical Culture - Krasnaya Presnya 4:1
• Central House of Physical Culture - Krasnaya Presnya 5:1
• Central House of Physical Culture - Dynamo Moscow 2:1
• Central House of Physical Culture - Dynamo Moscow 9:1
• OPV - Krasnaya Presnya 4:2
• OPV - Krasnaya Presnya 2:2
• OPV - Dynamo Moscow 6:1
• OPV - Dynamo Moscow 3:0
• Krasnaya Presnya - Dynamo Moscow 3:0
• Dynamo Moscow - Krasnaya Presnya 3:2

KOR withdrew from the championship after losing 4:0 to Krasnaya Presnya in their first match.

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Central House of Physical Culture	6	5	0	1	22	7	16
2.	OPV	6	4	1	1	18	7	15
3.	Krasnaya Presnya	6	1	1	4	11	18	9
4.	Dynamo Moscow	6	1	0	5	6	25	8

A rather unusual points system was used.

MGSPS Group

• Saharniki - SAS 5:1
• Saharniki - SAS 5:2
• Saharniki - Red Ray 1:0
• Saharniki - Red Ray 4:1
• Saharniki - Goznak 7:4
• Saharniki - Goznak 6:1
• Saharniki - Builders 5:0
• Red Ray - SAS 3:2
• SAS - Goznak 3:2
• SAS - Goznak 5:2
• SAS - Builders 5:1
• SAS - Builders 8:1
• Goznak - Red Ray 1:0
• Red Ray - Builders 2:1
• Red Ray - Builders 5:1
• Goznak - Builders 6:1

Not all results are known.

SAS was known as Profintern until January.

	Club
1.	Saharniki
2.	SAS
3.	Red Ray
4.	Goznak
5.	Builders

Final

• Central House of Physical Culture - Saharniki 1:1 - it was decided that the two clubs would share the title - two further games were also played, with CHPC winning both (4:1 and 1:0), so they are sometimes referred to as champions

• CHPC roster: V. Adler, V. Ovsyannikov; M. Bolshakov, P. Vinogradov, V. Gentz, M. Goldin, V. Lazerson, K. Malakhov, V. Mikhailov, A. Sokolov, Tamantsev, N. Khmelev, B. Chentsov.
• Sakharniki roster: V. Kutakov; P. Gaevsky, V. Dobrynin, N. Zlunitsyn, S. Ivanov, M. Kozlov, P. Kutakov, V. Lash, A. Markushevich, Medvedev, A. Pravdin, V. Siluanov.

RSFSR Championship

The RSFSR Championship was played in Moscow from March 2-7. Leningrad received a bye to the final.

First round

• Tver - Arkhangelsk 3:2

Semifinal

• Moscow - Tver 3:0

Final

• Leningrad - Moscow 1:0 (1:0, 0:0) - 1,500 spectators attended

• Leningrad roster: G. Filippov; Bush, A. Polezhaev, P. Batyrev, V. Vonog, P. Filippov, I. Gorelkin, M. Butusov, V. Markov, B. Shpigel, V. Ivanov.
• Moscow roster: V. Granatkin; N. Khmelev, Tamantsev, V. Gentz, B. Chentsov, V. Lazerson, M. Bolshakov, V. Mikhailov, A. Sokolov, M. Goldin, N. Starostin.

Other games

• 1/17: Moscow Provincial Council of Trade Unions (MGSPS) - Leningrad Provincial Council of Trade Unions (LGSPS) 2:1 (1:0, 1:1) @ Moscow - 1,000 spectators attended
• 1/31: Leningrad - Moscow 4:3 (3:1, 1:2) @ Moscow - 3,000 spectators attended
• 2/14: Leningrad - Moscow 2:2 (1:1, 1:1) @ Leningrad - 6,000 spectators attended

References

• Хоккей с мячом. Энциклопедия (Hockey with a ball. Encyclopedia) 2009

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