Soviet Championship League

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ice hockey league top-tier sports league

The Soviet Championship League was the top-tier ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, featuring the nation’s strongest club teams and serving as a dominant force in international hockey during its existence.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Soviet Championship in ice hockey 1
Soviet League 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ice hockey league ⓘ
top-tier sports league ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Soviet Championship League ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Championship in ice hockey

Soviet Championship League ⓘ
surface form: Soviet League
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
contributedTo dominance of Soviet Union in international ice hockey ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved 1992 ⓘ
eliteStatus highest level of club ice hockey in the Soviet Union ⓘ
eraOfProminence Cold War ⓘ
featured Soviet national team players ⓘ
professional-level players ⓘ
firstSeason 1946–47 ⓘ
governingBody Soviet Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
hadPlayoffs no in most seasons ⓘ
hadPromotionRelegationSystem yes ⓘ
inception 1946 ⓘ
influenced development of European ice hockey ⓘ
languageOfCompetitionAdministration Russian ⓘ
lastSeason 1991–92 ⓘ
levelOnPyramid 1 ⓘ
lowerLeague Soviet Class A2 ⓘ
Soviet football league system ⓘ
surface form: Soviet First League
mostSuccessfulClub CSKA Moscow ⓘ
notableClub Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk ⓘ
CSKA Moscow ⓘ
Dynamo Minsk ⓘ
surface form: Dinamo Minsk

Dynamo Moscow ⓘ
Dinamo Riga ⓘ
surface form: Dynamo Riga

FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Krylya Sovetov Moscow

SKA Leningrad ⓘ
Salavat Yulaev Ufa ⓘ
Sokol Kiev ⓘ
Spartak Moscow ⓘ
Torpedo Gorky ⓘ
Traktor Chelyabinsk ⓘ
numberOfTitlesWonByMostSuccessfulClub 32 ⓘ
organizedBy state sports authorities of the Soviet Union ⓘ
primaryVenueType indoor ice rink ⓘ
region Soviet Union ⓘ
replacedBy International Hockey League ⓘ
Russian Superleague ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
titleDeterminedBy regular season standings ⓘ
typicalFormat round-robin regular season ⓘ
typicalSeasonEnd spring ⓘ
typicalSeasonStart autumn ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Championship League → alsoKnownAs → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet League
Soviet Championship League → alsoKnownAs → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Championship in ice hockey
1972 Summit Series → featuredAmateurPlayersFrom → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
International Hockey League → follows → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Sergei Fyodorov → league → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Valeri Kharlamov → league → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Vladislav Tretiak → league → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov → league → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Sergei Makarov → leagueParticipatedIn → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Viacheslav Fetisov → leagueParticipatedIn → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Oleg Znarok → leaguePlayedIn → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Pavel Bure → leaguePlayedIn → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Valeri Kamensky → leaguePlayedIn → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Vladimir Yurzinov → participantIn → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov → participantIn → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl → preKHLLeague → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Dynamo Moscow → previousLeague → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
International Hockey League → replaced → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Russian Superleague → replacedCompetition → Soviet Championship League ⓘ
Dynamo Moscow → wonTitle → Soviet Championship League ⓘ