# 1999–2000 Vysshaya Liga season

The 1999–2000 Vysshaya Liga season was the eighth season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 23 teams participated in the league. The top four teams in the final round qualified for an opportunity to be promoted to the Russian Superleague.

## First round
### Western Conference

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Spartak Moscow | 44 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 160 | 90 | 99 |
| 2. | Vityaz Podolsk | 44 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 179 | 101 | 98 |
| 3. | Khimik Voskresensk | 44 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 178 | 100 | 97 |
| 4. | HC Voronezh | 44 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 171 | 112 | 85 |
| 5. | Motor Zavolzhye | 44 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 152 | 122 | 72 |
| 6. | HC CSKA Moscow | 44 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 198 | 147 | 68 |
| 7. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 44 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 120 | 121 | 56 |
| 8. | Spartak St. Petersburg | 44 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 132 | 128 | 55 |
| 9. | THK Tver | 44 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 126 | 155 | 53 |
| 10. | Dizelist Penza | 44 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 102 | 147 | 42 |
| 11. | Kristall Saratov | 44 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 93 | 172 | 32 |
| 12. | Avangard Tambov | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 78 | 294 | 10 |

### Eastern Conference

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Rubin Tyumen | 40 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 141 | 98 | 75 |
| 2. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 40 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 111 | 89 | 71 |
| 3. | Sibir Novosibirsk | 40 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 99 | 80 | 71 |
| 4. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 40 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 116 | 86 | 65 |
| 5. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 40 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 110 | 84 | 62 |
| 6. | Nosta Yuzhny Ural Novotroitsk-Orsk | 40 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 99 | 101 | 59 |
| 7. | Kedr Novouralsk | 40 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 100 | 106 | 55 |
| 8. | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 40 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 87 | 111 | 52 |
| 9. | Neftyanik Leninogorsk | 40 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 95 | 115 | 48 |
| 10. | Metallurg Serov | 40 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 81 | 119 | 40 |
| 11. | Motor Barnaul | 40 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 69 | 119 | 37 |

## Final round

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 30 | 26 |
| 2. | Spartak Moscow | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| 3. | Vityaz Podolsk | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 36 | 24 |
| 4. | Sibir Novosibirsk | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 33 | 22 |
| 5. | Khimik Voskresensk | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 42 | 19 |
| 6. | Motor Zavolzhye | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 43 | 17 |
| 7. | Rubin Tyumen | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 45 | 14 |
| 8. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 54 | 13 |

## Relegation
### Western zone

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Dizelist Penza | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 13 |
| 2. | Kristall Saratov | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 13 |
| 3. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 6 |
| 4. | Izhorets St. Petersburg | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 6 |
| 5. | MGU Moscow | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 26 | 6 |
| 6. | Avangard Tambov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 0 |

### Eastern zone

* Metallurg Serov – Mostovik Kurgan 2:3 OT, 1:8, 7:2, 4:2, 5:0
* Motor Barnaul – Energija Kemerovo 2:1, 3:6, 3:2, 1:4, 0:1