The Russian Bandy Super League ( Russian : Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига , romanized : Chempionat Rossii po khokkeyu s myachom — Superliga ), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy.
6-498: There is no definite rule which teams will be relegated or promoted. Besides results on the ice, financial resources and infrastructure also play a part in the decisions. For example, the 2016–17 Russian Bandy Super League contained twelve teams. The 2017-18 season was to have fourteen. Stroitel won the Supreme League final tournament in 2017 and got promoted, while Zorky finished third in its group and did not even qualify for
12-621: A convenient team in upcoming play-offs. The Russian Bandy League was established in 1992 and has been reorganized as the Bandy Super League since the 2011–12 season . The regular league is followed by a play-off, where the final decides which team will become the Russian bandy champion . The Russian Cup is played between the months of August & September and is split into East & Western conferences consisting of 7 teams each. The top 4 teams from each conference go through to
18-656: Is played on neutral ice. The final winner becomes Russian Champion. The regular season consists of 26 games and runs from November to February, with the finals taking place in March. The teams playing in the Russian Super League for the 2022–23 season are the following: 2016%E2%80%9317 Russian Bandy Super League The 2016–17 Russian Bandy Super League is the 25th season of the present highest Russian men's bandy top division, Russian Bandy Super League . The regular season began on 7 November 2016, and
24-511: The Play-offs, which are all single elimination through the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The Super Cup is hosted before the regular season begins, typically in October. The regular season comprises fourteen teams. The first eight teams qualify for the second round, which is played as the best of 3 rounds with quarter-finals & semi-finals and a single elimination final. The final
30-399: The final tournament. Still Zorky also got promoted. The Russian Bandy Federation banned coach Igor Gapanovich of Vodnik Arkhangelsk and coach Evgeny Erakhtin of Baykal-Energiya each for 30 months in March 2017, and fined each club 300,000 rubles (£4,100/$ 5,100/€4,800) for the teams scoring an aggregate of 20 goals in their own nets rather than their opponent’s to ensure they played against
36-415: The final was played on 26 March 2016, when SKA-Neftyanik became Russian champion for the first time. In their last match of the regular season, Vodnik Arkhangelsk played against Baykal-Energiya . The loss apparently would make Vodnik facing a weaker team in the playoffs, therefore the team started to score own goals. Baykal-Energiya joined, apparently for fun. Vodnik won 11-9, with all goals scored in
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