However, that season, the USSR League champions did not participate, because the Soviet Union national team (made up of 90% of the players from CSKA) was preparing for the 1964 Summer Olympic Games.
Con todo, esa tempada, o campión soviético non participou debido a que o equipo nacional (composto nun 90% por xogadores do CSKA) estaba a prepararse para os Xogos Olímpicos de Toquio 1964.