1931-32 Soviet bandy season

This was the 1931-32 season in Soviet bandy:

Leningrad Championship

The Leningrad Championship was played for the 10th consecutive season. The season began with all teams taking part in district tournaments. The top 16 clubs, divided into two groups, qualified to play in the championship. A women's championship was also held, which was won by Dynamo Leningrad.

Group 1

The competition was played from February 6 to March 18.

	Club
1.	Red Putilovets
2.	Dynamo Leningrad
3.	Baltvod
4.	Electrosila
5.	Bolshevik
6.	Red Triangle
7.	Krasnaya Zarya
8.	VOC

Red Putilovets also finished first in the club standings.

• Red Putilovets roster: Vasiliev, M. Evdokimov; V. Bolotnikov, V. Vonog, V. Ivanov, V. Kovsh, D. Kopchenov, K. Kopchenov, L. Korolev, I. Kuzmin, P. Lobyr, D. Ovchinnikov, K. Sinitsyn, Sudkevich, 3. Funikov, A. Shirko, G. Yanin.

Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship was contested for the 10th time in 1932. 56 teams were divided into seven groups of play. The first group was played from January 6 to March 1. Central House of Physical Culture became Union of Cooperation and State Trade (SKIG), and they shared the championship with Dynamo Moscow this year.

Group 1

• SKIG - Dynamo 0:0
• SKIG - Hammer and Sickle 3:0
• SKIG - Promkooperatsiya 3:2
• SKIG - Goznak 8:1
• SKIG - Electrozavod 9:0
• SKIG - ZIF 16:1
• SKIG - Trekhgorka 13:2
• Dynamo - Hammer and Sickle 4:3
• Dynamo - Promkooperatsiya 6:0
• Dynamo - Goznak 11:1
• Dynamo - Electrozavod 3:2
• Dynamo - ZIF 18:0
• Dynamo - Trekhgorka 13:1
• Hammer and Sickle - Promkooperatsiya 3:2
• Hammer and Sickle - Goznak 4:1
• Hammer and Sickle - Electrozavod 12:1
• Hammer and Sickle - ZIF 10:2
• Hammer and Sickle - Trekhgorka 2:0
• Promkooperatsiya - Goznak 5:2
• Promkooperatsiya - Electrozavod 5:1
• Promkooperatsiya - ZIF 5:1
• Promkooperatsiya - Trekhgorka 3:1
• Goznak - Electrozavod 3:2
• Goznak - ZIF 8:4
• Goznak - Trekhgorka 1:1
• Electrozavod - ZIF 6:2
• Electrozavod - Trekhgorka 1:1
• ZIF - Trekhgorka 5:2

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SKIG	7	6	1	0	52	6	160
1.	Dynamo Moscow	7	6	1	0	55	7	160
3.	Hammer and Sickle	7	5	0	2	34	13	136
4.	Promkooperatsiya	7	4	0	3	22	17	120
5.	Goznak	7	2	1	4	17	35	88
6.	Electrozavod	7	1	1	5	13	36	80
7.	ZIF (Frunze)	7	1	0	6	16	65	72
8.	Trekhgorka	7	0	2	5	8	43	72

A rather unusual points system was used - 24 points for a victory, 16 points for a draw, and 8 points for a loss.

• SKIG roster: Yu. Struve; V. Baulin, N. Kanunnikov, V. Kachalin, M. Kryuchkov, V. Strepikheev, D. Uspensky, V. Filippov, N. Shchepatov, P. Yakovlev, M. Yakushin.
• Dynamo roster: S. Alimbekov; M. Bolshakov, P. Vinogradov, K. Kvashnin (captain and game coach), A. Korotkov, P. Korotkov, L. Korcheobokov, S. Krivonosoy, P. Saveliev, P. Savostyanov, A. Stolyarov.

SKIG finished first in the club standings with 531 points.

Group 2

Dukat won the championship.

RSFSR Championship

Group 1

The first game between Moscow and Arkhangelsk was played in Arkhangelsk on February 18. The rest of the games took place in Moscow between March 1 and 6.

• Moscow - Leningrad 4:2
• Moscow - Arkhangelsk 6:1
• Moscow - Kalinin 7:0
• Leningrad - Arkhangelsk 7:1
• Leningrad - Kalinin 13:0
• Arkhangelsk - Kalinin 7:2

• Moscow roster: V. Granatkin (MOGES); P. Korotkov (Dynamo), A. Pozdnyakov (Dukat), V. Strepikheev (SKIG), K. Kvashnin, S. Krivonosoye (both - Dynamo), P. Yakovlev, D. Uspensky, M. Yakushin (all - SKIG), A. Igumnov, I. Skakeikin. Coach - M. S. Kozlov.
• Leningrad roster: M. Simonov; K. Egorov (both - Dynamo), P. Petrov (Red Triangle), Val. Fedorov, V. Vonog, K. Kopchenoe, A. Shirko (all - Red Putilovets), V. Markov, M. Butusov (both - Dynamo), G. Khudyakov (Sestroretsk), J. Yelets (Baltvod).
• Arkhangelsk roster: N. Belobrzek; I. Ivanov, V. Veshchagin, K. Volykhin, Khlopin, S. Shubin, V. Mapkov, N. Petrov, N. Kozlovsky, N. Kropotov, V. Elizarov, D. Yakovlev, V. Samoilovich.

Group 2

First round

• Smolensk - Voronezh 6:2
• Ivanovo-Voznesensk - Moscow region (Moscow did not appear)
• Nizhny Novgorod - Cheboksary (Cheboksary did not appear)
• Sverdlovsk - Samara 5:2
• Saratov - Engels 1:0
• Novosibirsk - Semipalatinsk (Semipalatinsk did not appear)

Quarterfinals

• Smolensk - Leningrad region 6:0
• Nizhny Novogorod - Ivanovo-Voznesensk (Ivanovo won 7:4 but was forced to forfeit as the team comprised players from multiple different cities in the region)
• Sverdlovsk - Saratov 4:1
• Novosibirsk - Irkutsk 2:1

Semifinals

• Nizhny Novgorod - Smolensk 8:2
• Sverdlovsk - Novosibirsk 4:0

Final

The final was played in Moscow on March 4.

• Sverdlovsk - Nizhny Novgorod 3:2 (2:1, 1:1)

• Sverdlovsk roster: Andronnikov, Sozinov, V. Ulyanov, Kokovin, E. Ulyanov, Vyuhin, L. Stepanov, G. Firsov, Kozmin, Chinushtanov, Mordovkin.
• Nizhny Novgorod roster: Doronin, Sukhomlin, Smetanin, Makhorin, Stolyarov, Dementiev, Ikonnikov, Ukhov, Barkin, Smirnov, Lebedev.

Other games

• 1/30: Leningrad - Moscow 3:2 (1:1, 2:1) @ Leningrad - 2,000 spectators attended
• 2/6: Moscow - Leningrad 4:1 (2:1, 2:0) @ Moscow
• 3/5: Moscow Provincial Council of Trade Unions (MGSPS) - Leningrad Provincial Council of Trade Unions (LGSPS) 6:2 (3:1, 3:1) @ Moscow

References

• Хоккей с мячом. Энциклопедия (Hockey with a ball. Encyclopedia) 2009
• HSM Dynamo - 1931-32

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