1972–73 RSFSR Championship season

The 1972-73 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===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 	3 	2	1	0	22:7 	5
2.	Dalzavod Vladivostok 	3 	2	0	1	21:10	4
3.	Metallurg Shelehov 	3 	1	1	1	16:15	3
4.	Burevestnik Blagoveshchensk	3 	0	0	3	7:34 	0
===Zone 2===
;Qualifier
*Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Barabinsk 16:1
;Group 1
#Iskra Tyumen
#Chkalovets Novosibirsk
#Polytekhnik Krasnoyarsk
#Burevestnik Tomsk
*Iskra Tyumen - Chkalovets Novosibirsk 4:3
*Iskra Tyumen tied Burevestnik Tomsk
*Chakalovets Novosibirsk - Polytekhnik Krasnoyarsk 5:4
*Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Burevestnik Tomsk 4:4
*Polytekhnik Krasnoyarsk - Burevestnik Tomsk 7:5
;Group 2
#Shinnik Barnaul
#Trud Kurgan
#Shinnik Omsk
#Stroitel Kemerovo
*Shinnik Barnaul - Shinnik Omsk 4:3
*Shinnik Barnaul - Trud Kurgan 2:2
*Shinnik Barnaul - Stroitel Kemerovo 3:0
*Shinnik Omsk - Stroitel Kemerovo 6:1
*Trud Kurgan - Stroitel Kemerovo 10:4
;Final
*Iskra Tyumen - Shinnik Barnaul 6:4
;3rd place
*Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Trud Kurgan 
===Zone 3===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Zvezda Cherbakul 	5 	4	1	0	42:22	9
2.	Mashinostroitel Kungur	5 	2	2	1	18:13	6
3.	Motor Zavolzhye 	5 	2	2	1	24:22	6
4.	Metallurg Serov 	5 	2	1	2	27:23	5
5.	Avangard Sterlitamak 	5 	2	0	3	11:19	4
6.	Kamaz Nerezhnye Chelny	5 	0	0	5	10:33	0
===Zone 4===
*Temp Zagorsk - Temp Saratov 11:5
*Temp Zagorsk - Burevestnik Volgograd 13:2
*Temp Zagorsk - Metallurg Lipetsk 5:2
*Temp Zagorsk - Trud Voronezh 9:4
*Temp Saratov - Burevestnik Volgograd 10:3
*Temp Saratov - Metallurg Lipetsk 10:3
*Temp Saratov - Trud Voronezh 6:4
*Temp Saratov - Revtrud Tambov 14:2
*Burevestnik Volgograd - Metallurg Lipetsk 7:4
*Burevestnik Volgograd - Trud Voronezh 3:2
*Burevestnik Volgograd - Revtrud Tambov 7:0
*Metallurg Lipetsk - Revtrud Tambov 9:2
*Trud Voronezh - Revtrud Tambov 5:3 
===Zone 5===
;Group 1
#Mayak Kuibyshev
#TAM Penza
#Elektron Saransk
Known results: Mayak defeated Penza 13:5 and Saransk 16:0.
;Group 2
#Volga Cheboksary
#Elektron Ryazan
#Metallurg Orsk
Known results: Volga defeated Ryazan 5:0 and Orsk 5:3
;Final
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Volga Cheboksary 10:2 
===Zone 6===
;Group 1
*Avtomobilist Ivanovo - Kabelschik Rybinsk 3:1
*Avtomobilist Ivanovo - Khimik Koryazhma 2:0
*Kabelschik Rybinsk - Khimik Koryazhma 6:2
;Group 2
*Trud Gus-Khrustalny - Vodnik Petrozavodsk 3:2
*Trud Gus-Khrustalny - Sokol 8:3
*Vodnik Petrozavodsk - Sokol 7:3
;Final
*Avtomobilist Ivanovo - Trud Gus-Khrustalny 7:4
;3rd place
*Vodnik Petrozavodsk - Kabelschik Rybinsk 3:2
;5th place
*Khimik Koryazhma - Sokol 9:4
===Zone 7===
;Group 1
*Burevestnik Smolensk - Gornyak Olenegorsk 2:1
*Burevestnik Smolensk - Trud Konakovo 1:0
*Burevestnik Smolensk - Stamp Tula 7:2
*Gornyak Olenegorsk - Trud Konakovo 9:3
*Gornyak Olenegorsk - Trud Konakovo 7:1
*Trud Konakovo - Stamp Tula 7:4
;Group 2
*Desna Bryansk - Zvezda Obninsk 4:1
*Desna Bryansk - Khimik Novgorod 2:1
*Zvezda Obninsk - Khimik Novgorod 15:3
Apatit Kirovsk played out of competition. They beat Khimik 5-2 and Desna 2-1.
;Final
*Burevestnik Smolensk - Desna Bryansk 6:5 (2:1 SO)
;3rd place
*Zvezda Obninsk - Gornyak Olenegorsk 5:4
;5th place
*Trud Konakovo - Khimik Novgorod 4:3
==Final tournament==
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Zvezda Cherbakul 4:3
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Burevestnik Smolensk 6:3
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Temp Zagorsk 10:1
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Iskra Tyumen 3:3
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Avtomobilist Ivanovo 9:1
*Mayak Kuibyshev - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 14:1
*Zvezda Cherbakul - Burevestnik Smolensk 10:2
*Zvezda Cherbakul - Temp Zagorsk 5:3
*Zvezda Cherbakul - Iskra Tyumen 3:3
*Zvezda Cherbakul - Avtomobilist Ivanovo 2:0
*Zvezda Cherbakul - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 16:2
*Burevestnik Smolensk - Temp Zagorsk 4:4
*Burevestnik Smolensk - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 7:1
*Temp Zagorsk - Iskra Tyumen 1:1
*Temp Zagorsk - Avtomobilist Ivanovo 6:3
*Temp Zagorsk - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 4:2
*Iskra Tyumen - Avtomobilist Ivanovo 9:0
*Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude - Iskra Tyumen 5:3
*Avtomobilist Ivanovo - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 7:5
#Mayak Kuibyshev 5-1-0 11 pts 46:12
#Zvezda Cherbakul 4-1-1 9 pts 39:14
#Burevestnik Smolensk
#Temp Zagorsk 2-2-2 6 pts 19:25
#Iskra Tyumen
#AvtomobilisT Ivanovo
#Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 1-0-5 2 pts 16:51
==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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