1989 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (, Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet Union, Soviet football (soccer), football, below the Soviet First League. The league was formed in 1971 in place of the Class A Se ...

(III tier). It was conducted in two stages and included 195 teams. At first stage all participants were divided in 9 groups by geographical principle across the whole

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. The winners of groups would qualify to the second and final stage where they were split in three groups of three. Winners of each group in the final stage received promotion to the

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. In addition to that the league was expected to be reduced to only three groups next season while worse teams would be relegated to the newly revived IV tier.

Zonal tournament

Zone I (Central)

Zone II (Volga/Ural)

Zone III (South)

Zone IV (Far East)

Zone V (Soviet Republics)

Zone VI (Ukraine)

Zone VII (Central Asia)

Zone VIII (Kazakhstan)

Zone IX (Caucasus)

Zone Finals

The Zone Finals lasted from October 26 to November 13.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

RSFSR Championship

The competition consisted of a single group which included the best Russian Federation based from each group (six groups). The competition took place in

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in October before the Zone Finals.

References

All-Soviet Archive Site

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