Ukrainian SSR Championship

The Ukrainian SSR Championship was a competition staged in Ukraine when the country was part of the Soviet Union, and known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The first edition was contested in 1941, and won by Spartak Lviv.

History

After the annexation of the Western Ukrainian lands and the Baltic states by the USSR in 1939, hockey competitions were organized in the territories during the winter of 1940. A USSR Championship was set to take place, with the participation of Baltic and Ukrainian teams (teams of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Lviv, Drohobych, and Ternopil). Several matches were played involving the Baltic teams, with the Estonians defeating the Lithuanians 2-1 and 2-0, and the Latvians beating the Estonians 4-0 and 2-1. The Ukrainians also nominated their representative for the final of the championship - Lviv. However, warm weather in March prevented the final between Lviv and Latvia from taking place.

In 1941, the idea of staging a USSR Championship was abandoned, and the Ukrainian SSR Championship was set up. No competitions were staged from 1942-1947, but they resumed in 1948. The early years were dominated by Lokomotiv Kharkiv, who won four consecutive titles from 1948-1952.

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
1941	Spartak Lviv	?	?
1942-1947	Not played
1948	CSKA Kiev	Dynamo Kiev	?
1949	Lokomotiv Kharkiv	Dynamo Kiev	Spartak Lviv Spartak Drohobych
1950	Lokomotiv Kharkiv	Dynamo Kiev	Spartak Drohobych
1951	Lokomotiv Kharkiv	Dynamo Kiev	Spartak Drohobych
1952	Lokomotiv Kharkiv	Arsenal Kiev	CSKA Kiev
1953	Dynamo Kiev	Dynamo Lviv	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
1954	Arsenal Kiev	?	?
1955	OBO (CSKA) Kiev	?	?
1956	OBO (CSKA) Kiev	?	?
1957	Championship did not take place due to adverse weather conditions
1958	Avangard Kharkiv	?	Dynamo Kiev
1959	Dynamo Kiev	Avangard Kharkiv	?
1960	Red Excavator Kiev	?	?
1961	Arsenal Kiev	Lokomotiv Kharkiv	?
1962	Arsenal Kiev	Spartak Lviv	?
1963	?	?	?
1964	Arsenal Kiev	?	?
1965	Kiev (Dynamo Kiev)	Kiev (Red Excavator)
1966	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?	?
1967	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?	?
1968	Dynamo Kiev	Arsenal Kiev	Burevisnyk Lviv
1969	Dnipropetrovsk Region (Khimik Kamiansk)	Kiev	Kharkiv Region
1970	Kiev (Red Excavator)	Vinnytsia Region	Chernivtsi Region
1971	Dynamo Kiev	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?
1972	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?	?
1973	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?	?
1974	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?	?
1975	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?	?
1976	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?	?
1977	?	?	?
1978	Kiev (Red Excavator)	?	?
1979	?	?	?
1980	?	?	?
1981	Kiev City Team	Dnipropetrovsk Regional Team	?
1982	?	?	?
1983	?	?	?
1984	?	?	?
1985	?	?	?
1986	?	?	?
1987	?	?	?
1988	?	?	?
1989	Torpedo-HTZ Kharkiv	?	?
1990	Torpedo-HTZ Kharkiv	?	?
1991	Torpedo-HTZ Kharkiv	?	?

Sources

• Ice-Hockey-Stat
• Ukrainian Wikipedia