Russian Cup (Кубок России) is a
cup competition
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
for Russian
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
teams,
held almost every year since 1937. Originally, it was called the Soviet Cup. The cup is now administered by the
Russian Bandy Federation
The Russian Bandy Federation (Russian: Федерация хоккея с мячом России, ФХМР (FKhMR)), formerly ''All-Russian Bandy Federation'' (Всероссийская федерация хоккея с мячом) is the gove ...
. To be eligible to play in the
Russian Bandy Super League
The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy.
There is no definite rule which t ...
, a club have to play the cup.
Sources
Bandy competitions in Russia
National bandy cups
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