1939-40 Soviet bandy season

This was the 1939-40 season in Soviet bandy:

Leningrad Championship

The Leningrad Championship was played for the 18th consecutive season.

Group 1

The competition was played from January 1 to March 8.

• Kirovsky Leningrad - Dynamo Leningrad 2:2
• Kirovsky Leningrad - Spartak Leningrad 2:1
• Kirovsky Leningrad - GOLIFK 3:0
• Kirovsky Leningrad - Krasnaya Zarya 5:1
• Kirovsky Leningrad - LOMZ 3:1
• Kirovsky Leningrad - C-D im. Stalin 5:1
• Kirovsky Leningrad - Leningrad VO 6:1
• Kirovsky Leningrad - Baltic C-D im. Ordzhonikidze 3:1
• Kirovsky Leningrad - Rodina Sestroretsk 12:2

Kirovsky won the championship

• Kirovsky Leningrad roster: V. Bashkirov; L. Andronov, A. Viktorov, A. Gashchenkov, I. Grigoriev, K. Kopchenov, L. Korolev, V. Lapin, A. Maksimov, A. Semenov, N. Smolnikov, I. Talanov, K. Tarakanov.

Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship was contested for the 18th time in 1940. 52 teams were divided into six groups of play. Group 1 was played from January 6 to March 1. Burevestnik Moscow won the women's championship

Group 1

• CDKA - Spartak 2:1
• Dynamo - CDKA 5:4
• CDKA - Burevestnik 2:0
• CDKA - Torpedo 3:0
• CDKA - Krylya Sovetov 1:1 (annulled), 0:0
• CDKA - Lokomotiv 3:1
• CDKA - Metallurg 3:1
• Spartak - Dynamo 1:0
• Burevestnik - Spartak 3:1
• Spartak - Torpedo 3:0
• Spartak - Krylya Sovetov 1:0
• Spartak - Lokomotiv 1:0
• Spartak - Metallurg 3:0
• Dynamo - Burevestnik 0:0
• Dynamo - Torpedo 3:3
• Dynamo - Krylya Sovetov 1:0
• Dynamo - Lokomotiv 2:0
• Dynamo - Metallurg (Metallurg did not appear)
• Burevestnik - Torpedo 7:1
• Burevestnik - Krylya Sovetov 1:1
• Lokomotiv - Burevestnik 1:0
• Burevestnik - Metallurg 12:1
• Torpedo - Krylya Sovetov 2:0
• Torpedo - Lokomotiv 3:0
• Torpedo - Metallurg 13:2
• Krylya Sovetov - Lokomotiv 1:1
• Krylya Sovetov - Metallurg 8:1
• Lokomotiv - Metallurg 6:1

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	CDKA Moscow	7	5	1	1	17	8	144
2.	Spartak Moscow	7	5	0	2	11	5	136
3.	Dynamo Moscow	7	4	2	1	11	8	136
4.	Burevestnik Moscow	7	3	2	2	23	7	120
5.	Torpedo Moscow	7	3	1	3	22	18	120
6.	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	7	1	3	3	10	7	96
7.	Lokomotiv Moscow	7	2	1	4	9	11	96
8.	Metallurg Moscow	7	0	0	7	6	45	48

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

• CDKA Moscow roster: V. Grigoriev; N. Babich, A. Vinogradov, E. N. Voronin, A. Gusev, N. Kuznetsov, B. Mikhailov, V. Nikanorov, M. Orekhov, S. Ryabov, A. Savitsky, A. Chaplinsky.

Spartak Moscow finished first in the club standings with 831 points.

Group 2

Krasnaya Roza and Stalinets finished atop the club standings in the second group. They replaced Krylya Sovetov and Metallurg in Group 1 for 1941.

Moscow Cup

Men's tournament

44 teams competed in the tournament, which was played from December 18 to January 30. The competition, up until the semifinals, also counted for the Soviet Cup, composing Zone 28 of the competition. The teams that advanced to the semifinals of the Moscow Cup earned the right to compete in the 1/16 finals of the Soviet Cup.

1/8 Finals

• Dynamo Moscow - Stalinist Moscow 6:0
• Krylya Sovetov Moscow - Dynamo Moscow III 4:1
• Burevestnik Moscow - Red Flag Moscow 6:1
• Krasnaya Roza Moscow - Burevestnik Moscow II 4:3
• Torpedo Moscow - Pishevik Moscow 3:2 OT
• Lokomotiv Moscow - Motor Moscow 4:0
• Spartak Moscow - Dynamo Moscow II 4:2 OT
• CDKA Moscow - Start Moscow 6:0

Quarterfinals

• Dynamo Moscow - Krylya Sovetov Moscow 3:1
• Burevestnik Moscow - Krasnaya Roza Moscow 1:1, 6:1
• Torpedo Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow 1:1, 2:1
• Spartak Moscow - CDKA Moscow 3:2

Semifinals

• Dynamo Moscow - Burevestnik Moscow 3:2
• Spartak Moscow - Torpedo Moscow 5:2

Final

• Dynamo Moscow - Spartak Moscow 2:1 (1:0, 1:1)

Women's tournament

30 teams competed in the tournament, which was played from December 24 to January 30. The competition, up until the semifinals, also counted for the Soviet Cup, composing Zone 1 of the competition. The teams that advanced to the semifinals of the Moscow Cup earned the right to compete in the 1/16 finals of the Soviet Cup.

Quarterfinals

• Burevestnik Moscow - Motor Moscow
• Dynamo Moscow - Torpedo Moscow 0:0, 0:0, W:L
• Spartak Moscow - CDKA Moscow 0:0, W:L
• Lokomotiv Moscow - Metallurg Moscow 3:0

Semifinals

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

Final

• Burevestnik Moscow - Spartak Moscow 2:0 (1:0, 1:0)

Red Army Championship

First round

The first round was divided into five groups of play.

Final round

The final round was played in from February 17-26. The five group winners participated, as did the defending champions Ural VO and Moscow VO.

• Moscow VO - Ural VO 5:0
• Moscow VO - 2nd OCA 7:2
• Moscow VO - Belarusian VO 4:1
• Moscow VO - Leningrad VO 2:1
• Moscow VO - Kharkiv VO 7:0
• Moscow VO - Orlovski VO 12:1
• Ural VO - 2nd OCA 7:0
• Ural VO - Belarusian VO 2:1
• Ural VO - Leningrad VO 2:1
• Ural VO - Kharkiv VO 7:0
• 2nd OCA - Kharkiv VO 1:0
• 2nd OCA - Orlovski VO 3:0
• Belarusian VO - Leningrad VO 2:0
• Belarusian VO - Orlovski VO 6:0
• Leningrad VO - Kharkiv VO 12:3
• Leningrad VO - Orlovski VO 6:0
• Kharkiv VO - Orlovski VO 1:1

Some results missing.

1. Moscow VO, 2. Ural VO, 3. 2nd OCA, 4. Belarusian VO, 5. Leningrad VO, 6. Kharkiv VO, 7. Orlovski VO.

AUCCTU Women's Cup

34 teams entered the competition, which was played from February 2 to March 8. Only 19 teams wound up participating due to withdrawals and no-shows.

Semifinals

• Burevestnik Moscow - Osnova Ivanovo 3:0
• Lokomotiv Moscow - Vanguard Leningrad 1:0

Final

• Burevestnik Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow 2:0

Other games

• 3/6: Moscow - Leningrad 1:0 (0:0, 1:0) @ Moscow
• 3/6: Moscow - Leningrad 1:1 (0:0, 1:1) - Women's match @ Moscow
• 3/12: Leningrad - Moscow 5:5 (0:2, 5:3) @ Leningrad
• 3/12: Moscow - Leningrad 2:1 - Women's match @ Leningrad

References

• Хоккей с мячом. Энциклопедия (Hockey with a ball. Encyclopedia) 2009
• HSM Dynamo - 1939-40

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