Soviet League

The Soviet Championship (was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Following the dissolution of the USSR, the league was temporarily renamed the CIS Championship in 1992. This organization was the direct predecessor of the International Hockey League, and subsequent Russian Superleague (RSL) and current Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
== Teams ==
The first cities to join the Soviet League were Moscow, Leningrad, Kaunas, Riga and Arkhangelsk.
== Soviet League Champions ==
* 1992- Dynamo Moscow
* 1991 - Dynamo Moscow
* 1990 - Dynamo Moscow
* 1989- CSKA Moscow
* 1988- CSKA Moscow
* 1987 - CSKA Moscow
* 1986 - CSKA Moscow
* 1985 - CSKA Moscow
* 1984- CSKA Moscow
* 1983 - CSKA Moscow
* 1982 - CSKA Moscow
* 1981 - CSKA Moscow
* 1980 - CSKA Moscow
* 1979 - CSKA Moscow
* 1978 - CSKA Moscow
* 1977 - CSKA Moscow
* 1976 - HC Spartak Moscow
* 1975 - CSKA Moscow
* 1974 - Krylia Sovetov Moscow
* 1973 - CSKA Moscow
* 1972 - CSKA Moscow
* 1971 - CSKA Moscow
* 1970 - CSKA Moscow
* 1969 - HC Spartak Moscow
* 1968 - CSKA Moscow
* 1967 - HC Spartak Moscow
* 1966 - CSKA Moscow
* 1965 - CSKA Moscow
* 1964 - CSKA Moscow
* 1963 - CSKA Moscow
* 1962 - HC Spartak Moscow
* 1961 - CSKA Moscow
* 1960 - CSKA Moscow
* 1959 - CSKA Moscow
* 1958 - CSKA Moscow
* 1957 - Krylya Sovetov Moscow
* 1956 - CSKA Moscow
* 1955 - CSKA Moscow
* 1954 - Dynamo Moscow
* 1953 - V.V.S. Moscow
* 1952 - V.V.S. Moscow
* 1951 - V.V.S. Moscow
* 1950 - CSKA Moscow
* 1949 - CSKA Moscow
* 1948 - CSKA Moscow
* 1947 - Dynamo Moscow
==See Also==
*Russian Superleague
*List of Soviet League seasons
Category:Defunct ice hockey leagues
Category:Established in 1946
Category:Disestablished in 1992
Category:Soviet League