1980–81 Pervaya Liga season

The 1980-81 Pervaya Liga season was the 31st season of the Pervaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. 16 teams participated in the league, and Izhstal Izhevsk won the championship and was promoted to the Soviet Championship League along with Kristall Saratov.

Regular season

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Izhstal Izhevsk	60	52	3	5	394	161	107
2.	Kristall Saratov	60	44	5	11	318	141	93
3.	Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk	60	37	2	21	265	182	76
4.	SK Uritskogo Kazan	60	34	5	21	263	220	73
5.	Dizelist Penza	60	32	8	20	260	216	72
6.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	60	33	4	23	286	216	70
7.	Binokor Tashkent	60	32	6	22	286	221	70
8.	Sibir Novosibirsk	60	30	9	21	268	214	69
9.	Buran Voronezh	60	24	7	29	219	267	55
10.	Rubin Tyumen	60	25	4	31	200	230	54
11.	Molot Perm	60	22	4	34	191	277	48
12.	Lokomotiv Moscow	60	16	8	36	172	259	40
13.	SKA Sverdlovsk	60	17	6	37	161	288	40
14.	SKA Novosibirsk	60	14	10	36	193	300	38
15.	SKA MVO Lipetsk	60	16	5	39	217	303	37
16.	Netallurg Chelyabinsk	60	7	4	39	125	305	18

Promotion round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Izhstal Izhevsk	72	58	5	9	439	209	121
2.	Kristall Saratov	72	48	7	17	369	193	103
3.	SK Uritskogo Kazan	72	39	8	25	309	279	86
4.	Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk	72	38	2	32	294	253	78
5.	Dizelist Penza	72	33	9	30	292	292	75
6.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	72	35	4	33	324	302	74

7th-10th place

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
7.	Sibir Novosibirsk	72	35	11	26	329	272	81
8.	Binokor Tashkent	72	34	9	29	307	275	77
9.	Rubin Tyumen	72	33	4	35	263	274	70
10.	Buran Voronezh	72	30	8	34	273	328	68

Promotion/Relegation round

The promotion/relegation round was made up of separate rankings, but they take into account cross-matches between Pervaya and Vtoraya Liga squads.

Relegation Pool

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
11.	Molot Perm	72	26	6	40	238	330	58
12.	SKA Sverdlovsk	72	24	7	41	211	334	55
13.	SKA Novosibirsk	72	20	12	40	235	340	52
14.	Lokomotiv Moscow	72	19	13	40	220	315	51
15.	SKA MVO Lipetsk	72	20	5	47	272	357	45
16.	Metallurg Chelyabinsk	72	9	5	58	158	367	23

Promotion Pool - West

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Metallurg Cherepovets	72	60	4	8	490	202	124
2.	Torpedo Togliatti	72	56	6	10	435	245	118
3.	Dynamo Kharkiv	72	46	3	23	395	246	95

Promotion Pool - East

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Shakhtar Prokopyevsk	72	46	9	17	351	241	101
2.	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	72	41	6	25	281	221	88
3.	Stroitel Temirtau	72	33	10	29	326	285	76

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info

Pervaya Liga seasons

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