Soviet Championship League

The Soviet Championship (Russian:Чемпионат СССР) was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, instead the more popular form of hockey was bandy, with history of the game in Russia dating several centuries into the past. Following the dissolution of the USSR, the league was temporarily renamed the CIS Championship in 1992. This organization was the direct predecessor of the International Hockey League, and subsequent Russian Superleague (RSL) and current Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Teams

The first cities to join the Soviet League were Moscow, Leningrad, Kaunas, Riga and Arkhangelsk.

Soviet League Champions

• 1992 - Dynamo Moscow
• 1991 - Dynamo Moscow
• 1990 - Dynamo Moscow
• 1989 - CSKA Moscow
• 1988 - CSKA Moscow
• 1987 - CSKA Moscow
• 1986 - CSKA Moscow
• 1985 - CSKA Moscow
• 1984 - CSKA Moscow
• 1983 - CSKA Moscow
• 1982 - CSKA Moscow
• 1981 - CSKA Moscow
• 1980 - CSKA Moscow
• 1979 - CSKA Moscow
• 1978 - CSKA Moscow
• 1977 - CSKA Moscow
• 1976 - HC Spartak Moscow
• 1975 - CSKA Moscow
• 1974 - Krylya Sovetov Moscow
• 1973 - CSKA Moscow
• 1972 - CSKA Moscow
• 1971 - CSKA Moscow
• 1970 - CSKA Moscow
• 1969 - HC Spartak Moscow
• 1968 - CSKA Moscow
• 1967 - HC Spartak Moscow
• 1966 - CSKA Moscow
• 1965 - CSKA Moscow
• 1964 - CSKA Moscow
• 1963 - CSKA Moscow
• 1962 - HC Spartak Moscow
• 1961 - CSKA Moscow
• 1960 - CSKA Moscow
• 1959 - CSKA Moscow
• 1958 - CSKA Moscow
• 1957 - Krylya Sovetov Moscow
• 1956 - CSKA Moscow
• 1955 - CSKA Moscow
• 1954 - Dynamo Moscow
• 1953 - VVS Moscow
• 1952 - VVS Moscow
• 1951 - VVS Moscow
• 1950 - CSKA Moscow
• 1949 - CSKA Moscow
• 1948 - CSKA Moscow
• 1947 - Dynamo Moscow

See also

• List of Soviet League seasons

European Hockey Overview

Top-Level Leagues

International Alps Hockey League - BeNe League - Erste Liga - International Hockey League - Kontinental Hockey League National Andorra - Armenia - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom

Second-Level Leagues

Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Slovakia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine

Third-Level Leagues

Austria - Belgium - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Scotland - Slovakia - Sweden - Switzerland

Fourth-Level and lower Leagues

Austria - Belgium (4, 5) - Czech Republic (4, 5) - Finland (4, 5, 6, 7) - France - Germany (4, 5) - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands (4, 5, 6, 7) - Norway (4, 5, 6, 7) - Poland - Russia (Night League, Amateur Leagues) - Sweden (4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Switzerland (4, 5, 6, 7)

Cup Competitions

Cups Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Czech Republic - Denmark - East Germany - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands (Cup, Ron Berteling Schaal) - Norway - Poland - Romania - Scotland - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Soviet Union - Spain - Switzerland - Ukraine - Yugoslavia Supercups Belgium - Estonia - Hungary - Italy - Poland - Netherlands - Slovenia - Spain

Defunct Leagues

Soviet Union - Russia - Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - West Germany - East Germany - Ireland - Luxembourg - Macedonia - Malta - Portugal - Alpenliga - Interliga - Inter-National League - North Sea Cup - Panonian League - Eastern European - Balkan League (1994-1997) - Baltic League (2001) - Baltic Hockey League (2020) - Carpathian League - Slohokej Liga - Balkan Ice Hockey League - English League - English National League - Scottish National League - British Hockey League - Ice Hockey Superleague - German Championship - Swedish Championship - Klass I - Svenska Serien - Elitserien - Swedish Division I - SM-sarja - Swiss National Championship - Swiss International Championship

Women's Leagues

International leagues Elite Women's Hockey League - EWHL Super Cup National leagues Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland (1, 2, 3, U20, U18, U16) - France - Germany (1, 2, 3, Cup) - Great Britain (England U16) - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (U18) - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden (1, 2, 3, 4, U20) - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine Defunct leagues Czechoslovakia - Interliga - Low Countries Cup

Junior Leagues

Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany (East Germany) - Great Britain - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (Soviet Union) - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - Yugoslavia

University Leagues

European University Hockey League - Czech Republic - Great Britain - Netherlands - Russia (RSHL, MSHL, SHLC, SHLMO, SibSHL, SPSHL) - Sweden

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