Russian Bandy Supreme League or the Vysshaya Liga (Russian: Всероссийские соревнования Высшая лига) is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League.
| Sport | Bandy |
|---|---|
| Country | Russia Kazakhstan |
| Most recent champion(s) | Sayany |
| Promotion to | Russian Bandy Super League |
| Official website | http://www.rusbandy.ru/season/ |
In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three groups.[1]
In the 2022/23 season, 22 teams competed in four groups. The teams play around 24 games and move to a Group A & Group B play-off section. From here the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are all single elimination games. The seasons generally runs from December to the finals in March.[2]
The league is mainly a development league as can be seen by the number of affiliated clubs, named Rodina-2 for example, although a few independent clubs are present.
Current teams
editThe teams playing in the Russian Vysshaya Liga for the 2022–23 season are below:[3]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuzbass-2 | Keremovo | Khimik Stadium | 17,000 |
| Sibselmash-2 | Novosibirsk | Sibselmash Stadium | 8,000 |
| Baykal-Energiya-2 | Irkutsk | Rekord Stadium | 5,300 |
| SKA-Neftyanik-2 | Khabarovsk | Arena Yerofey | 10,000 |
| Yenisey-2 | Krasnoyarsk | Yenisey Stadium | 5,000 |
| Start-2 | Nizhny Novgorod | Start Stadium | 6,200 |
| Dynamo Kazan-2 | Kazan | Raketa Stadium | 7,500 |
| Sayany | Abakan | Sayany Stadium | 21,000 |
| Vostok | Arsenyev | East Stadium | |
| Stroitel | Syktyvkar | Respublikansky Stadium | 15,000 |
| Volga-2 | Ulyanovsk | Trud Stadium | 8,309 |
| Dynamo Krylatskoye | Moscow | Krylatskoye Stadium | 8,000 |
| Rodina-2 | Kirov | Rodina Stadium | 7,500 |
| SKA-Sverdlovsk | Yekaterinburg | Uralskiy Trubnik Stadium | 6,000 |
| Vodnik-2 | Arkhangelsk | Trud Stadium | 10,000 |
| Mayak | Krasnoturinsk | Mayak Stadium | 5,000 |
| Zorky Krasnogorsk | Krasnogorsk | Zorky | 8,000 |
| Monchegorsk | Monchegorsk | DYuSSh-3 | 5,000 |
| Znamya-Udmurtiya | Votkinsk | Znamya | 5,000 |
| Nikelshchik Verkhny Ufaley | Verkhny Ufaley | Nikelshchik | 5,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Orenburg | Orenburg | 7,900 |
| Akzhayik | Uralsk(Kazakhstan) | Yunost Stadium | 3,200 |
Previous teams & seasons
editTeams for the 2017–18 season.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Всероссийские соревнования команд Высшей лиги - 2016-2017 - Соревнования - Федерация хоккея с мячом России". rusbandy.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "Official Season Calendar". rusbandy.ru.
- ^ "Official Team & Roster list for 2022-23 season". rusbandy.ru.
- ^ "Всероссийские соревнования команд Высшей лиги - 2017-2018 - Соревнования - Федерация хоккея с мячом России". rusbandy.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-19.