The Russian Bandy Super League (), is a men's professional
bandy
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The playin ...
league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy.
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
The 2016–17 Russian Bandy Super League is the 25th season of the present highest Russian men's bandy top division, Russian Bandy Super League. The regular season began on 7 November 2016, and the final was played on 26 March 2016, when SKA-Neft ...
contained twelve teams. The 2017-18 season was to have fourteen. 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. Still Zorky also got promoted. 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 gov ...
banned coach Igor Gapanovich of
Vodnik Arkhangelsk
Vodnik () is a bandy club from Arkhangelsk in Russia. Vodnik was founded in 1925. During the existence of the Soviet Union the club was a part of the Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR Vodnik.
Vodnik became Russian champions in 1996 to begi ...
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.
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.
The Super Cup is hosted before the regular season begins, typically in October.
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, with the finals taking place in March.
Current teams
The teams playing in the Russian Super League for the 2024–25 season
are the following:
Champions by season
* 1992 –
Zorky (Krasnogorsk)
* 1993 –
Zorky (Krasnogorsk)
* 1994 –
SKA-Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg)
* 1995 –
Sibselmash (Novosibirsk)
* 1996 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 1997 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 1998 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 1999 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 2000 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 2001 –
Yenisey (Krasnoyarsk)
* 2002 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 2003 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 2004 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 2005 –
Vodnik (Arkhangelsk)
* 2006 –
Dynamo (Moscow)
* 2007 –
Dynamo (Moscow)
* 2008 –
Dynamo (Moscow)
* 2009 –
Dynamo (Moscow)
* 2010 –
Dynamo (Moscow)
* 2011 –
Dynamo-Kazan
*
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
–
Dynamo (Moscow)
*
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
–
Dynamo (Moscow)
*
2014
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–
Yenisey (Krasnoyarsk)
*
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
–
Yenisey (Krasnoyarsk)
*
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
–
Yenisey (Krasnoyarsk)
*
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
–
SKA-Neftyanik (Khabarovsk)
* 2018 –
SKA-Neftyanik (Khabarovsk)
* 2019 –
SKA-Neftyanik (Khabarovsk)
* 2020 –
Dynamo (Moscow) /
SKA-Neftyanik (Khabarovsk)
* 2021 –
Yenisey (Krasnoyarsk)
* 2022 –
Dynamo (Moscow)
* 2023 –
SKA-Neftyanik (Khabarovsk)
* 2024 –
Kuzbass (Kemerovo)
* 2025 –
Kuzbass (Kemerovo)
References
External links
Official websiteRussian Super League
at ''Pribalt.info''
"Professional Bandy News Podcast"
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