Russian Bandy Super League

The Russian Bandy Super League (Russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига, romanized: Chempionat Rossii po khokkeyu s myachom — Superliga), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy.

Russian Super League
SportBandy
Founded1992 (1992)
No. of teams14
CountryRussia
Most recent
champion(s)		SKA-Neftyanik (Khabarovsk) (4)
(2022-23)
Most titlesDynamo Moscow
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
(9 titles)
Relegation toSupreme League
Domestic cup(s)Russian Cup (& Super Cup)
International cup(s)Bandy World Cup
Official websiterusbandy.ru

There is no definite rule which teams will be relegated or promoted. Besides results on the ice, financial resources and infrastructure also play a part in the decisions. For example, the 2016–17 Russian Bandy Super League contained twelve teams. The 2017-18 season was to have fourteen.[1] Stroitel won the Supreme League final tournament in 2017 and got promoted, while Zorky finished third in its group and did not even qualify for the final tournament.[2] Still Zorky also got promoted. The Russian Bandy Federation banned coach Igor Gapanovich of Vodnik Arkhangelsk and coach Evgeny Erakhtin of Baykal-Energiya each for 30 months in March 2017, and fined each club 300,000 rubles (£4,100/$5,100/€4,800) for the teams scoring an aggregate of 20 goals in their own nets rather than their opponent’s to ensure they played against a convenient team in upcoming play-offs.[3]

The Russian Bandy League was established in 1992 and has been reorganized as the Bandy Super League since the 2011–12 season. The regular league is followed by a play-off, where the final decides which team will become the Russian bandy champion.

Season structure

The Russian Cup is played between the months of August & September and is split into East & Western conferences consisting of 7 teams each. The top 4 teams from each conference go through to the Play-offs, which are all single elimination through the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.[4][5]

The Super Cup is hosted before the regular season begins, typically in October.[6]

The regular season comprises fourteen teams. The first eight teams qualify for the second round, which is played as the best of 3 rounds with quarter-finals & semi-finals and a single elimination final. The final is played on neutral ice. The final winner becomes Russian Champion.

The regular season consists of 26 games and runs from November to February,[7] with the finals taking place in March.[8]

Current teams

The teams playing in the Russian Super League for the 2022–23 season[9] are the following:

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Baykal-Energiya Irkutsk Rekord Stadium 5,300
Dynamo Moscow Ice Palace Krylatskoye 8,000
Dynamo-Kazan Kazan Raketa Stadium 7,500
Kuzbass Kemerovo Khimik Stadium 17,000
Murman Murmansk Stroitel Stadium 5,000
Rodina Kirov Rodina Stadium 7,500
Sibselmash Novosibirsk Sibselmash Stadium 8,000
SKA-Neftyanik Khabarovsk Arena Yerofey 10,000
Start Nizhny Novgorod Start Stadium 6,200
Kirovets Ufa Dynamo Stadium 4,500
Uralsky Trubnik Pervouralsk Uralskiy Trubnik Stadium 6,000
Vodnik Arkhangelsk Trud Stadium 10,000
Volga Ulyanovsk Volga-Sport-Arena 5,000
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Yenisey Stadium 5,000

Champions by season
Further information: List of Russian bandy champions

References
  1. "Чемпионат России Суперлига - 2017-2018 - Соревнования - Федерация хоккея с мячом России". rusbandy.ru.
  2. "Всероссийские соревнования команд Высшей лиги - 2016-2017 - Соревнования - Федерация хоккея с мячом России". rusbandy.ru.
  3. "Coaches involved in controversial Russian bandy match suspended". www.insidethegames.biz. March 2, 2017.
  4. "Most recent Russian Cup Standings - 2022". flashscore.com.
  5. "Official Season Calendar - Russian Cup Standings 2022 and Official PDF Rulebook". rusbandy.ru.
  6. "Official Season Calendar -Super Cup Schedule". rusbandy.ru.
  7. "Official Season Calendar". rusbandy.ru.
  8. "Official Season Calendar - Playoff Schedule". rusbandy.ru.
  9. "rusbandy.ru". Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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