Russian Bandy Super League
Sport | Bandy |
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Founded | 1992 |
No. of teams | 13 |
Country | Russia |
Most recent champion(s) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2014–15) |
Most titles | Vodnik Arkhangelsk (9) |
Level on pyramid | 1st Tier (Russia) |
Relegation to | Supreme League – 2nd Tier |
The Russian Bandy Super League (Russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy. There were 13 teams in the 2013–14 season, which started on the 8th of November and lasts until the 30th of March. The two bottom teams at the end of the season are relegated to the Russian Bandy Supreme League. The Russian Bandy League was established in 1992 and has been reorganized as the Bandy Super League since the 2011–12 season.
Season structure
The season starts with a regular season comprising 13 teams. The first twelve teams qualify for the second round starting with 1/8 finals, first four teams start with quarterfinals. Teams that do not qualify for playoffs get relegated to the Russian Bandy Supreme League. The final is played on neutral ice.
Current teams
The teams playing in the Super League for the 2015–16 season are the following.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Baykal-Energiya | Irkutsk | Rekord Stadium | 5,300 |
Dynamo Moscow | Moscow | Ice Palace Krylatskoye | 8,000 |
Dynamo Kazan | Kazan | Raketa Stadium | 7,500 |
Kuzbass | Kemerovo | Khimik Stadium | 32,000 |
Rodina | Kirov | Rodina Stadium | 7,500 |
Sibselmash | Novosibirsk | Sibselmash Stadium | 8,000 |
SKA-Neftyanik | Khabarovsk | Arena Yerofey | 10,000 |
Start | Nizhny Novgorod | Start Stadium | 6,200 |
Uralsky Trubnik | Pervouralsk | Uralskiy Trubnik Stadium | 6,000 |
Vodnik | Arkhangelsk | Trud Stadium | 10,000 |
Volga | Ulyanovsk | Volga-Sport-Arena | 5,000 |
Yenisey | Krasnoyarsk | Yenisey Stadium | 10,000 |
Zorky | Krasnogorsk | Zorky Stadium | 8,000 |
Champions by season
- 1992 – Zorky Krasnogorsk
- 1993 – Zorky Krasnogorsk
- 1994 – SKA Yekaterinburg
- 1995 – Sibselmash Novosibirsk
- 1996 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 1997 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 1998 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 1999 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 2000 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 2001 – Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
- 2002 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 2003 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 2004 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 2005 – Vodnik Arkhangelsk
- 2006 – Dynamo Moscow
- 2007 – Dynamo Moscow
- 2008 – Dynamo Moscow
- 2009 – Dynamo Moscow
- 2010 – Dynamo Moscow
- 2011 – Dynamo Kazan
- 2012 – Dynamo Moscow
- 2013 – Dynamo Moscow
- 2014 – Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
- 2015 – Yenisey Krasnoyarsk