1940-41 Soviet bandy season

This was the 1940-41 season in Soviet bandy:

Leningrad Championship

The Leningrad Championship was played for the 19th consecutive season. 40 teams were divided into four groups of 10 teams apiece.

Group 1

The competition was played from January 1 to March 11.

After Kirovsky was defeated 2-1 by Spartak in the last game of the championship, they finished tied atop the table with Dynamo. A tiebreaker match was then arranged, which was won 2-1 by Dynamo, who became champions of Leningrad.

	Club
1.	Dynamo Leningrad
2.	Kirovsky Leningrad
3.	Spartak Moscow
4.	Krasnaya Zarya
5.	GOLIFK
6.	Baltic C-D im. Ordzhonikidze
7.	LOMZ
8.	Voroshilov
9.	OGPU
10.	Stalina

• Dynamo Leningrad roster: M. Simonov; V. Aleksandrov, S. Aleksandrov, V. Bobrov, A. Viktorov, V. Kudryavtsev, A. Kuni, K. Matveev, O. Oshenkov, A. Smirnov, P. Sychev, Val. Fedorov (captain), Vic. Fedorov, A. Shapkovsky.

Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship was contested for the 19th time in 1941. The teams were divided into five groups of play. Group 1 was played from January 5 to February 23. Burevestnik Moscow won the women's championship

Group 1

• Torpedo - Mosharinison 2:3 (annulled), 1:0
• Dynamo - Torpedo 3:1
• Torpedo - Burevestnik 3:2
• Torpedo - Spartak 4:2
• Torpedo - Lokomotiv 1:0
• Torpedo - Stalinets 2:1
• Torpedo - Krasnaya Roza (Krasnaya Roza failed to appear)
• Mosharinison - Dynamo 2:1
• Mosharinison - Burevestnik 0:0
• Mosharinison - Spartak 4:1
• Mosharinison - Lokomotiv 3:1
• Mosharinison - Stalinets 6:0
• Mosharinison - Krasnaya Roza 4:2
• Burevestnik - Dynamo 3:1
• Dynamo - Spartak 0:0
• Dyanmo - Lokomotiv 2:1
• Dynamo - Stalinets 18:0
• Dynamo - Krasnaya Roza (Krasnaya Roza failed to appear)
• Burevestnik - Spartak 2:0
• Burevestnik - Lokomotiv 0:0
• Burevestnik - Stalinets 6:0
• Burevestnik - Krasnaya Roza 2:2
• Spartak - Lokomotiv 1:0
• Spartak - Stalinets 4:1
• Spartak - Krasnaya Roza 4:0 (Krasnaya Roza refused to play the second half)
• Lokomotiv - Stalinets 10:1
• Lokomotiv - Krasnaya Roza 3:1
• Stalinets - Krasnaya Roza 2:1

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Torpedo Moscow	7	6	0	1	12	8	152
2.	Mosharinison (CDKA)	7	5	1	1	19	6	144
3.	Dynamo Moscow	7	4	1	2	25	7	128
4.	Burevestnik Moscow	7	3	3	1	15	6	128
5.	Spartak Moscow	7	3	1	3	12	11	112
6.	Lokomotiv Moscow	7	2	1	4	15	9	96
7.	Stalinets Moscow	7	1	0	6	5	47	72
8.	Krasnaya Roza Moscow	7	0	1	6	6	15	48

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

• Torpedo Moscow roster: D. Petrov; N. Artemov, V. Vinogradov, N. Glebov, V. Drakin, K. Kvashnin (player and game coach), I. Kochetkov, N. Kuznetsov, A. Remin, I. Scameikin, N. Timoshin, A. Uvarov.

Dynamo Moscow finished first in the club standings with 928 points, 125 of which were received for participation in cross-country skiing.

Group 2

Krylya Sovetov Moscow won the Group 2 title.

Moscow Cup

Men's tournament

42 teams competed in the tournament, which was played from December 22 to February 2. The finalists earned the right to compete in the Soviet Cup. As Dynamo (who were guaranteed a spot in the Soviet Cup as the defending champions) made the finals, a game was organized between the semifinal losers for the right to play in the tournament.

Quarterfinals

• Dynamo Moscow - Spartak Moscow II 8:1
• Spartak Moscow - Torpedo Moscow 3:2 OT
• Burevestnik Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow 2:0
• Mosharinison Moscow - Start Moscow 1:0

Semifinals

• Dynamo Moscow - Spartak Moscow 6:2
• Burevestnik Moscow - Mosharinison Moscow 1:0

Soviet Cup Qualifier

• Spartak Moscow - Mosharinison Moscow 4:1

Final

• Dynamo Moscow - Burevestnik Moscow 4:2 (0:1, 4:1)

Women's tournament

30 teams competed in the tournament, which was played from December 22 to February 2. The finalists earned the right to play in the Soviet Cup.

Semifinals

• Burevestnik Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow 6:0
• Dynamo Moscow - Spartak Moscow 0:0, 1:0

Final

• Burevestnik Moscow - Dynamo Moscow 1:0 (1:0, 0:0)

Soviet Cup

Men's tournament

The fifth edition of the Soviet Cup was played from February 9 to March 2. 16 teams competed in the tournament - three from Moscow, two from Leningrad, and one from 11 other large cities.

1/8 Finals

• Dynamo Sverdlovsk - DKA Kalinin 6:0
• Selmash Kharkiv - Torpedo Gorky 1:0
• Dynamo Moscow - Dynamo Voronezh 16:1
• Spartak Moscow - Dynamo Minsk 10:2
• Vodnik Arkhangelsk - Dynamo Kiev 3:1
• Spartak Leningrad - Dynamo Kuibyshev 1:0
• Vanguard Leningrad - Dynamo Petrozavodsk 26:1
• Burevestnik Moscow - Osnova Ivanovo 4:0

Quarterfinals

• Dynamo Sverdlovsk - Selmash Kharkiv 0:0, 1:0
• Dynamo Moscow - Spartak Moscow 3:2
• Spartak Leningrad - Vodnik Arkhangelsk 2:1
• Burevestnik Moscow - Vanguard Leningrad 1:0

Semifinals

• Dynamo Moscow - Dynamo Sverdlovsk 11:1
• Burevestnik Moscow - Spartak Leningrad 1:1, 0:0, 2:1

Final

• Dynamo Moscow - Burevestnik Moscow 6:2 (1:1, 5:1)

Women's tournament

Eight teams competed in the women's Soviet Cup, which was played from February 16 to March 2.

Quarterfinals

• Burevestnik Moscow - Osnova Ivanovo 9:0
• Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk - C-D im. Stalin Gorky 3:0
• Dynamo Leningrad - Vodnik Arkhangelsk 4:0
• Dynamo Moscow - Dynamo Kalinin 4:0

Semifinals

• Burevestnik Moscow - Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk 6:2
• Dynamo Moscow - Dynamo Leningrad 1:0

Final

• Burevestnik Moscow - Dynamo Moscow 1:0 (1:0, 0:0)

Russian Championship

@Moscow

• 1/22: Dynamo Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)
• 1/22: Spartak Moscow - Leningrad 2:1 (1:0, 1:1, 0:0)

Semifinals

• 2/2: Leningrad - Moscow 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)
• 2/2: Dynamo Moscow - Spartak Moscow 6:2 (2:0, 3:1, 1:1)

Final

• 2/2: Dynamo Moscow - Leningrad 4:1

In addition to the senior hockey championship, Dynamo also won the women's championship as well as the junior hockey championship.

Note: It is unclear whether these games were played with a puck, or a ball (bandy). They did take place over three periods, which was the format used for ice hockey, though bandy games sometimes used it too.

Other games

• 1/19: Moscow - Leningrad 0:0 @ Moscow
• 1/19: Moscow - Leningrad 2:0 (1:0, 1:0) - Women's match @ Moscow
• 1/22: Moscow - Leningrad 1:0 (0:0, 1:0) @ Leningrad
• 1/22: Moscow - Leningrad 1:0 (1:0, 0:0) - Women's match @ Leningrad

References

• Хоккей с мячом. Энциклопедия (Hockey with a ball. Encyclopedia) 2009
• HSM Dynamo - 1940-41

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