1971–72 RSFSR Championship season

The 1971-72 RSFSR Championship season was divided into multiple regional groups to start. The top teams from the regional groups advanced to play in the final tournament.

First round

Zone 1

Group A

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Ermak Angarsk	3	3	0	0	42:0	6
2.	Spartak Sovetskaya Gavan	3	1	0	2	6:17	2
3.	Vympel Blagoveshchensk	3	1	0	2	8:18	2
4.	Lokomotiv Chita	3	1	0	2	6:27	2

Group B

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Spartak Chernyshevsk	2	2	0	0	8:5	4
2.	Sokol Magadan	2	1	0	1	8:5	2
3.	Dalzavod Vladivostok	2	0	0	2	5:11	0

Final

• Ermak Angarsk - Spartak Chernyshevsk 5:1

3rd place

• Sokol Magadan - Spartak Sovetskaya Gavan 8:6

5th place

• Dalzavod Vladivostok - Vympel Blagoveshchensk 5:1

Zone 2

Group A

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Politekhnik Krasnoyarsk	3	3	0	0	17:6	6
2.	Shinnik Omsk	3	2	0	1	16:14	4
3.	Chkalovets Novosibirsk	3	1	0	2	8:11	2
4.	Zauralie Kurgan	3	0	0	3	3:13	0

Note: Chkalovets-Zauralie game score unknown.

Group B

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Textilschik Tyumen	2	2	0	0	-:-	4
2.	Avangard Biysk	2	1	0	1	-:-	2
3.	Trud Kemerovo	2	0	0	2	4:7	0

Also presented as:

• Textilschik Tyumen - Trud Kemerovo 4:2
• Trud Kemerovo - Avangard Biysk 3:2

Final

• Politekhink Krasnoyarsk - Textilschik Tyumen 4:2

3rd place

• Avangard Biysk - Shinnik Omsk 9:4

5th place

• Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Trud Kemerovo 3:2 (OT)

Zone 3

Group A

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Start Verkhnyaya Salda	3	3	0	0	24:5	6
2.	Mashinostroitel Kungur	3	2	0	1	17:12	4
3.	Avangard Sterlitamak	3	1	0	2	11:18	2
4.	Mashinostroitel Votkinsk	3	0	0	3	7:24	0

Group B

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Gorky	2	2	0	0	7:5	4
2.	Zarya Miass	2	1	0	1	9:4	2
3.	SK im. Uritskogo Kazan	2	0	0	2	4:11	0

Gorky was disqualified as they used two ineligible players.

Final

• Start Verkhnyaya Salda - Zarya Miass 3:2

3rd place

• Mashinostroitel Kungur - SK im. Uritskogo Kazan 8:3

Zone 4

Group 1

• Mayak Kuibyshev - Metallurg Orsk 12:0
• Mayak Kuibyshev - Electron Ryazan 18:1

Group 2

• Soyuz Penza - Traktor Cheboksary 6:4
• Soyuz Penza - Elektrovypryamitel Saransk 8:3
• Traktor Cheboksary - Elektrovypryamitel Saransk 10:3

Final

• Mayak Kuibyshev - Soyuz Penza 8:2

Mari ASSR and Ulyanovsk Region did not participate.

Zone 5

Group A

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Burevestnik Volgograd	3	3	0	0	17:3	6
2.	Voronezh	3	2	0	1	14:7	4
3.	Revtrud Tambov	3	0	1	2	11:20	1
4.	Metallurg Lipetsk	3	0	1	2	7:19	1

Group B

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Vympel Zhukovsky	2	2	0	0	24:8	4
2.	Energia Saratov	2	1	0	1	18:11	2
3.	Labor Orel	2	0	0	2	2:25	0

Final

• Vympel Zhukovsky - Burevestnik Volgograd 9:5

3rd place

• Energia Saratov - Voronezh

Zone 6

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Stroitel Vologda	5	3	1	1	26:11	7
2.	Avtomobilist Ivanovo	5	3	0	2	12:17	6
3.	Vodnik Petrozavodsk	5	2	1	2	-:-	5
4.	Kabelschik Rybinsk	5	2	0	3	19:22	4
5.	Khimik Koryazhma	5	1	2	2	-:-	4
6.	Khimik Vladimir	5	2	0	3	-:-	4

Zone 7

Group 1

• Zvezda Obninsk - Ranuga Kalinin 2:1
• Zvezda Obninsk - Politekhinik Tula 7:4
• Zvezda Obninsk - Dormash Bryansk 4:1
• Ranuga Kalinin - Politekhinik Tula 5:5

Group 2

• Khimik Novgorod - Gornyak Olenogorsk 5:2
• Khimik Novgorod - Lokomotiv Volkhov 11:1
• Gornyak Olenogorsk - Lokomotiv Volkhov 7:1

Final

• Khimik Novgorod - Zvezda Obninsk 4:1

3rd place

• Gornyak Olenogorsk - Ranuga Kalinin 4:2

Final tournament

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Ermak Angarsk	5	4	0	1	22:8	8
2.	Start Verkhnaya Salda	5	3	0	2	16:21	6
3.	Vympel Zhukovsky	5	3	0	2	31:26	6
4.	Politekhinik Krasnoyarsk	5	2	0	3	25:18	4
5.	Mayak Kuibyshev	5	2	0	3	31:30	4
6.	Khimik Novgorod	5	1	0	4	17:37	2

Stroitel Vologda did not participate.

Sources

• Отечественный хоккей (2012). Первый - четвёртый эшелоны 1970/71 - 1974/75. Молодежные и юношеские первенства СССР 1970/71 - 1974/75 (А. Серебренникова).
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