1960–61 Klass B season

The 1960-61 Klass B season was the 10th season of the Klass B, the second level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. 36 teams participated in the league, and SKVO Kuibyshev won the championship and was promoted to the Soviet Championship League.
==Regular season==
===Group 1===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Khimik Novosibirsk 	28	20	2	6 	199	106	42
2.	Metallurg Chelyabinsk	28	19	4	5 	156	71 	42
3.	CHTPZ Chelyabinsk 	28	18	3	7 	143	94 	39
4.	PTI Tomsk 	28	13	4	11	92 	105	30
5.	Energija Novosibirsk 	28	11	6	11	161	119	28
6.	Burevestnik Omsk 	28	9 	3	16	128	144	21
7.	Energija Krasnoyarsk 	28	8 	0	20	93 	152	16
8.	Motor Barnaul 	28	3 	0	25	73 	233	6
=== Group 2 ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Metallurg Serov 	28	25	0	3 	197	66 	50
2.	Bumashnik Krasnokamsk 	28	18	4	6 	153	65 	40
3.	Burevestnik Chelyabinsk 	28	15	3	10	145	91 	33
4.	Uralmashzavod Sverdlovsk	28	13	2	13	113	145	28
5.	Avangard Nizhny Tagil 	28	9 	4	15	90 	116	22
6.	Khimik Kirovo-Chepetsk 	28	9 	3	16	106	140	21
7.	Torpedo Glazov 	28	8 	4	16	91 	146	20
8.	Neftyanik Tyumen 	28	4 	2	22	105	231	10
=== Group 3 ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	SKVO Kuibyshev 	28	19	3	6 	140	70 	41
2.	Dizelist Penza 	28	16	3	9 	129	96 	35
3.	Trud Shchyolkovo 	28	16	2	10	116	90 	34
4.	Dynamo Gorky 	28	11	3	14	107	133	25
5.	Avagard Saratov 	28	11	2	15	108	118	24
6.	Trud Ramenskoye 	28	11	2	15	85 	104	24
7.	Torpedo Ulyanovsk	28	11	1	16	102	126	23
8.	Stroitel Ufa 	28	7 	4	17	85 	135	18
=== Group 4 ===
SKIF Leningrad withdrew prior to the season, while the team Trud Tushino played some of their games in Moscow as Krasny Oktyabr Moscow. 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	SK im. Uritskogo Kazan	24	18	0	6 	104	64 	36
2.	Trud Podolsk 	24	17	2	5 	 	 	36
3.	Krasnoye znamia Ryazan	24	17	2	5 	99 	60 	36
4.	Trud Tushino 	24	12	2	10	 	 	26
5.	SKIF Moscow 	24	10	2	12	 	 	22
6.	Dynamo Voronezh 	24	4 	0	20	57 	151	8
7.	LPI Leningrad 	24	2 	0	22	 	 	4
=== Union Republics Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Estonia 	12	9	1	2 	106	14 	19
2.	Krasnoye znamia Minsk	14	9	1	4 	89 	32 	19
3.	Arsenal Kiev 	14	9	1	4 	61 	34 	19
4.	Inkaras Kaunas 	12	5	1	6 	59 	41 	11
5.	Dinamo Tiflis 	16	0	0	16	12 	206	0
== Second round ==
The top four finishers from the RSFSR Championship also took part in the second round. These other participants were Trud Kaliningrad, Trud Zagorsk, Chimik Voskresensk II and SKA Novosibirsk.
=== Group 1 === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SKVO Kuibyshev 	5 	4	1	0	15	6 	9
2.	SK im. Uritskogo Kazan	5 	4	0	1	23	13	8
3.	Krasnoye znamia Ryazan	5 	2	1	2	16	18	5
4.	Trud Kaliningrad 	5 	2	0	3	15	19	4
5.	Dizelist Penza 	5 	1	2	2	17	21	4
6.	Bumashnik Krasnokamsk 	5 	0	0	5	6 	15	0
=== Group 2 === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Khimik Novosibirsk 	6 	5	0	1	31	17	10
2.	Khimik Voskresensk II	6 	3	2	1	16	8 	8
3.	Trud Podolsk 	6 	3	1	2	24	20	7
4.	Metallurg Chelyabinsk	6 	3	1	2	18	19	7
5.	Metallurg Serov 	5 	2	0	3	15	15	4
6.	Trud Zagorsk 	6 	1	1	4	11	16	3
7.	SKA Novosibirsk 	5 	0	1	4	13	33	1
== Final round == 
Khimik Voskresensk II opted not to participate in the final round.
;First playing
*SKVO Kuibyshev - Khimik Novosibirsk 2:1
*SKVO Kuibyshev - SK im. Uritskogo Kazan 2:0
;Replay
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SKVO Kuibyshev 	4 	3	0	1	34	18	6
2.	Khimik Novosibirsk 	4 	2	0	2	22	17	4
3.	SK im. Uritskogo Kazan	4 	1	0	3	16	27	2
==Images==
1961 Klass B Group 4.png|Some game results from Group 4.
==External links==
* Season on hockeyarchives.info
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Category:1961 in ice hockey