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 - Krylia 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