1963 Soviet Class B
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The 1963 Soviet Football Championship (Class B) was the thirteenth season since creation of Class B in 1950 in place of the Vtoraya Gruppa. At the same time, in 1963 the Class B tournament was shifted one tier down in the Soviet league system. In this way the third level competitions were revived for the first time since 1937.
The structure of the tournament was preserved having separate competitions for Russia, Ukraine, and other Soviet republics.
Russian SFSR
The Russian Republican competition consisted of five zones of 20 clubs. The top two teams from each zone advanced to semi-final stage composed of two groups with five teams in each. The top two teams from those two groups advanced to final stage with a single group of four.
The winner
Semifinals
Grozny group
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volga Kalinin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 8 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kirov | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| 3 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Irtysh Omsk | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 |
| 5 | Terek Grozny | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
Saratov group
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zvezda Serpukhov | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| 2 | Zenit Izhevsk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Temp Barnaul | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 4 | Sokol Saratov | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Tekstilshchik Kostroma | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 |
Finals
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volga Kalinin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kirov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Zvezda Serpukhov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Zenit Izhevsk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 |
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Republican competition consisted of two zones of 20 clubs. Upon conclusion of the league format each club qualified for a playoff with another club that placed the same place in the other group. The pair of the first placed clubs was sort of a republican championship playoff. The playoffs consisted of two legs - home and away. Note teams were relegated or withdrawn and only one was promoted to the Subgroup A (the First League).
Play-offs
Each team played against the same ranking team from the other zone. Only the two top pairs that really mattered concerning promotion are listed next. No teams were relegated.
- FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa - SKA Odessa 0:2 0:1
- SKA Lvov0:0 1:0
- FC Zirka Kirovograd - FC Torpedo Kharkov1:1 0:2
- FC Burevestnik Melitopol - FC Polesie Zhitomir 1:0 1:3
- FC Avangard Ternopol - FC Shakhter Gorlovka 1:1 0:0
- FC Khimik Severodonetsk2:1 0:2
- FC Lokomotiv Donetsk - SKA Kiev 0:2 1:2
- FC Shakhter Kadeevka3:2 0:2
- FC Dynamo Khmelnitskiy - FC Kolgospnik Poltava5:1 0:1
- FC Dneprovets Dneprodzerzhinsk3:2 1:2
- FC Desna Chernigov - FC Metallurg Kommunarsk 3:1 1:2
- SCF Sevastopol - FC Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk2:1 1:4
- FC Trubnik Nikopol0:0 1:2
- FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev1:1 1:0
- FC Avangard Chernovtsy - SC Tavriya Simferopol6:0 0:1
- FC Shakhter Aleksandriya1:1 0:2
- FC Volyn Lutsk - FC Gornyak Krivoy Rog 0:0 0:3
- FC Metallurg Yenakievo3:1 2:2
- FC Neftyanik Drogobich0:1 0:0
- FC Spartak Sumy0:0 0:2
Soviet Republics
Promoted