1971–72 RSFSR Championship season

The 1971-72 RSFSR Championship season was divided into multiple regional groups to start. The top teams from the regional groups advanced to play in the final tournament.
==First round==
===Zone 1===
;Group A
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Ermak Angarsk 	3 	3	0	0	42:0 	6
2.	Spartak Sovetskaya Gavan	3 	1	0	2	6:17 	2
3.	Vympel Blagoveshchensk 	3 	1	0	2	8:18 	2
4.	Lokomotiv Chita 	3 	1	0	2	6:27 	2
;Group B
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Spartak Chernyshevsk	2 	2	0	0	8:5 	4
2.	Sokol Magadan 	2 	1	0	1	8:5 	2
3.	Dalzavod Vladivostok	2 	0	0	2	5:11 	0
;Final
*Ermak Angarsk - Spartak Chernyshevsk 5:1
;3rd place
*Sokol Magadan - Spartak Sovetskaya Gavan 8:6
;5th place 
*Dalzavod Vladivostok - Vympel Blagoveshchensk 5:1
===Zone 2===
;Group A
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Politekhnik Krasnoyarsk	3 	3	0	0	17:6 	6
2.	Shinnik Omsk 	3 	2	0	1	16:14	4
3.	Chkalovets Novosibirsk 	3 	1	0	2	8:11 	2
4.	Zauralie Kurgan 	3 	0	0	3	3:13 	0
Note: Chkalovets-Zauralie game score unknown.
;Group B
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Textilschik Tyumen	2 	2	0	0	-:- 	4
2.	Avangard Biysk 	2 	1	0	1	-:- 	2
3.	Trud Kemerovo 	2 	0	0	2	4:7 	0
Also presented as:
*Textilschik Tyumen - Trud Kemerovo 4:2
*Trud Kemerovo - Avangard Biysk 3:2
;Final
*Politekhink Krasnoyarsk - Textilschik Tyumen 4:2
;3rd place
*Avangard Biysk - Shinnik Omsk 9:4
;5th place 
*Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Trud Kemerovo 3:2 (OT)
===Zone 3===
;Group A
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Start Verkhnyaya Salda 	3 	3	0	0	24:5 	6
2.	Mashinostroitel Kungur 	3 	2	0	1	17:12	4
3.	Avangard Sterlitamak 	3 	1	0	2	11:18	2
4.	Mashinostroitel Votkinsk	3 	0	0	3	7:24 	0
;Group B
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Gorky 	2 	2	0	0	7:5 	4
2.	Zarya Miass 	2 	1	0	1	9:4 	2
3.	SK im. Uritskogo Kazan	2 	0	0	2	4:11 	0
Gorky was disqualified as they used two ineligible players.
;Final
*Start Verkhnyaya Salda - Zarya Miass 3:2
;3rd place
*Mashinostroitel Kungur - SK im. Uritskogo Kazan 8:3
===Zone 4===
;Group 1
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Metallurg Orsk 12:0
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Electron Ryazan 18:1
;Group 2
*Soyuz Penza - Traktor Cheboksary 6:4
*Soyuz Penza - Elektrovypryamitel Saransk 8:3
*Traktor Cheboksary - Elektrovypryamitel Saransk 10:3
;Final
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Soyuz Penza 8:2
Mari ASSR and Ulyanovsk Region did not participate.
===Zone 5===
;Group A
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Burevestnik Volgograd	3 	3	0	0	17:3 	6
2.	Voronezh 	3 	2	0	1	14:7 	4
3.	Revtrud Tambov 	3 	0	1	2	11:20	1
4.	Metallurg Lipetsk 	3 	0	1	2	7:19 	1
;Group B
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Vympel Zhukovsky	2 	2	0	0	24:8 	4
2.	Energia Saratov 	2 	1	0	1	18:11	2
3.	Labor Orel 	2 	0	0	2	2:25 	0
;Final
*Vympel Zhukovsky - Burevestnik Volgograd 9:5
;3rd place
*Energia Saratov - Voronezh
===Zone 6===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Stroitel Vologda 	5 	3	1	1	26:11	7
2.	Avtomobilist Ivanovo	5 	3	0	2	12:17	6
3.	Vodnik Petrozavodsk 	5 	2	1	2	-:- 	5
4.	Kabelschik Rybinsk 	5 	2	0	3	19:22	4
5.	Khimik Koryazhma 	5 	1	2	2	-:- 	4
6.	Khimik Vladimir 	5 	2	0	3	-:- 	4
===Zone 7===
;Group 1
*Zvezda Obninsk - Ranuga Kalinin 2:1
*Zvezda Obninsk - Politekhinik Tula 7:4
*Zvezda Obninsk - Dormash Bryansk 4:1
*Ranuga Kalinin - Politekhinik Tula 5:5
;Group 2
*Khimik Novgorod - Gornyak Olenogorsk 5:2
*Khimik Novgorod - Lokomotiv Volkhov 11:1
*Gornyak Olenogorsk - Lokomotiv Volkhov 7:1 
;Final
*Khimik Novgorod - Zvezda Obninsk 4:1
;3rd place
*Gornyak Olenogorsk - Ranuga Kalinin 4:2
==Final tournament==
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Ermak Angarsk 	5 	4	0	1	22:8 	8
2.	Start Verkhnaya Salda 	5 	3	0	2	16:21	6
3.	Vympel Zhukovsky 	5 	3	0	2	31:26	6
4.	Politekhinik Krasnoyarsk	5 	2	0	3	25:18	4
5.	Mayak Kuibyshev 	5 	2	0	3	31:30	4
6.	Khimik Novgorod 	5 	1	0	4	17:37	2
Stroitel Vologda did not participate.
==Sources==
*Отечественный хоккей (2012). Первый - четвёртый эшелоны 1970/71 - 1974/75. Молодежные и юношеские первенства СССР 1970/71 - 1974/75 (А. Серебренникова).
*Season on hockeyarchives.ru
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