III Division: 124 played in 6 zones. Here are few of them.
Sudostroitel (Nikolaev) – 2nd in Zone I
Lokomotiv (Vinnitza) – 7th in Zone I
Iskra (Smolensk) – winner of Zone II
Spartak (Brest) – 9th in Zone II
Dinamo (Bryansk) – 13th in Zone II
Promotional tournament between the winners of the 5 third tier groups (zones) for 3 places in the Second Division. Krivbass (Krivoy Rog), the winner of Zone I (The Ukrainian Zone) for some reason did not play in the promotional tournament, but had a play-off against the 3rd- plced team in it after the tournament ended – possible reason for that strange arrangement could have been that the Ukrainian Zone was the toughest with 26 participants and Krivbass already played 50 championship games during the regular season.
Second League Final [Oct 31 – Nov 12, Sochi]
1.Zvezda Perm 4 3 1 0 6-2 7 Promoted [RUS] 2.Avtomobilist Nalchik 4 1 3 0 2-1 5 Promoted [RUS] ----------------------------------------------------- 3.Iskra Smolensk 4 1 2 1 2-3 4 Promotion Play-Off [RUS] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.Metallurg Lipetsk 4 1 1 2 3-4 3 [RUS] 5.Spartak Semipalatinsk 4 0 1 3 2-5 1 [KAZ] Cross-Table: 1 2 3 4 5 1.Zvezda Perm xxx 0-0 3-1 1-0 2-1 2.Avt Nalchik 0-0 xxx 0-0 1-1 1-0 3.Iskra 1-3 0-0 xxx 1-0 0-0 4.M Lipetsk 0-1 1-1 0-1 xxx 2-1 5.Sp Semipalatinsk 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 xxx Promotion Play-Off [Nov 20, 24] KRIVBASS Krivoi Rog 3-1 2-0 Iskra Smolensk Promoted to Second Division:
Krivbass (Krivoy Rog)
Zvezda (Perm)
Avtomobilist (Nalchik)