1938 Soviet Cup

The 1938 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union.

The competition was composed of qualification stage that contained several subgroups and the final stage.

26 teams of the 1938 Soviet Top League were given a bye to the final stage, while other teams were competing in 19 groups of the qualifying stage.

Teams from Ukraine were granted 10 berths within 5 groups, teams from Caucasus and Central Asian union republics were granted 3 berths in 3 groups, teams from Belarus were competing along with some teams from Russia for a single berth, while Russian teams were granted 24 berths in 10 groups with teams from Moscow region receiving 8 berths.

Competitions in qualification subgroups 14–18 (Ukrainian) were conducted as a regional competition of the 1938 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR in May 5-20.

Participating teams
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 * Notes
 * In preliminary round teams are organized based on their qualification groups. In parentheses first number indicates how many teams qualified to the next round, while the second number stands for how many teams in that group.

Quarterfinals
[Jun 26] ZENIT Kolomna               10-0  Lokomotiv Ryazan [Jun 28] Krasnaya Roza Moskva         1-2  KAUCHUK Moskva                  [aet] [Jun 30] CDKA-2 Moskva                1-0  Krasnoye Znamya Moskva          [aet] Kamvolny Kombinat Kuntsevo   1-3  SHERSTYANIK Moskva Kombinat Teikovo             2-5  STALINETS-2 Moskva Zvezda Orekhovo-Zuyevo       0-4  SPARTAK-2 Moskva Rodina Fryazino              0-1  FABRIKA BABAYEVA Moskva TOMNA Kineshma               3-2  Pravda Moskva VC-168 Ryazan                0-8  MYASOKOMBINAT MIKOYANA Moskva ZAVOD GORBUNOVA Moskva       3-1  Krasny Proletariy Moskva Zenit Tula                   1-2  LOKOMOTIV-2 Moskva              [aet]

Semifinals
[Jul 6] Fabrika Babayeva Moskva      3-4  LOKOMOTIV-2 Moskva Kauchuk Moskva               0-6  SHERSTYANIK Moskva LOKOMOTIV Lyublino           w/o  Lokomotiv Ryazan Spartak Ivanovo              2-4  DINAMO Ivanovo Spartak-2 Moskva             1-1  Myasokombinat Mikoyana Moskva STALINETS-2 Moskva           5-3  Lokomotiv Serpukhov ZAVOD GORBUNOVA Moskva       3-1  CDKA-2 Moskva

=Semifinals replays
= [Jul 7] SPARTAK-2 Moskva             7-1  Myasokombinat Mikoyana Moskva

Finals
[Jul 12] Dinamo Ivanovo               1-3  SPARTAK-2 Moskva Lokomotiv Lyublino           3-3  Lokomotiv-2 Moskva SHERSTYANIK Moskva           3-1  Zavod Gorbunova Moskva Zenit Kolomna                1-3  STALINETS-2 Moskva

=Final replays
= [Jul 13] Lokomotiv Lyublino           2-3  LOKOMOTIV-2 Moskva

Quarterfinals
[Jun 26] SNIPER Podolsk               3-1  Zavod-20 Moskva [Jun 30] DINAMO Bolshevo              5-0  TsvetMet Moskva Osnova Ivanovo               0-6  ZIF Moskva PROLETARSKAYA POBEDA Moskva  w/o  Dinamo-2 Moskva START Moskva                 6-0  SelMash Lyubertsy ZAVOD GEOFIZIKA Moskva       9-0  MashTekhSoyuz Moskva ZENIT Kovrov                 1-0  Dinamo Kalinin ZENIT Podlipki               7-0  Sniper Moskva

Semifinals
[Jul 6] Burevestnik Tula             1-2  TRUD Krasnaya Polyana DINAMO Bolshevo              3-2  Zavod Geofizika Moskva Dinamo Lyubertsy             2-6  KIM Moskva FABRIKA PRAVDA Likino-Dulyovo w/o Pishchevik-2 Moskva Kr Znamya Pavlovskiy Posad   0-4  KRASNOYE ZNAMYA Noginsk SNIPER Podolsk               5-0  Zenit Kovrov ZENIT Podlipki               6-0  Proletarskaya Pobeda Moskva ZIF Moskva                   3-0  Start Moskva

Finals
[Jul 12] DINAMO Bolshevo              8-0  Sniper Podolsk FABRIKA PRAVDA Likino-Dulyovo 5-1 KIM Moskva KRASNOYE ZNAMYA Noginsk      5-2  Trud Krasnaya Polyana ZENIT Podlipki               4-2  ZiF Moskva

Semifinals
[Jul 8] IZHORSKIY ZAVOD Leningrad    3-0  ZiO Leningrad Lokomotiv Vologda            2-5  ZAVOD ELEKTRIK Leningrad ZiS Leningrad                0-3  KIROVSKIY ZAVOD Leningrad

Finals
[Jul 12] Kauchuk Leningrad            1-3  ZIK Leningrad KIROVSKIY ZAVOD Leningrad    6-0  Izhorskiy Zavod Leningrad LOKOMOTIV Yaroslavl          2-1  Krasnaya Zarya-2 Leningrad ZAVOD ELEKTRIK Leningrad     4-3  GOMZ Leningrad

Quarterfinals
[Jul 6] Dinamo Kursk                 1-2  DZERZHINETS Bezhitsa Samolyot Tambov              1-2  DINAMO Voronezh ZIV Voronezh                 3-1  DKA Voronezh

Semifinals
[Jul 12] DINAMO Voronezh              4-0  Spartak Voronezh Dzerzhinets Bezhitsa         0-2  ZIV Voronezh

Final
[Jul 18] DINAMO Voronezh              1-0  ZiV Voronezh

Quarterfinals
[Jul 16] STROITEL Komsomolsk-na-Amure 5-1  Krylya Sovetov Irkutsk

Semifinals
[Jul 12] DINAMO Khabarovsk            7-0  Lokomotiv Irkutsk [Jul 30] DINAMO Irkutsk               3-1  Stroitel Komsomolsk-na-Amure

Final
[Aug 5] DINAMO Irkutsk               2-1  Dinamo Khabarovsk

First round
[Jul 6] LOKOMOTIV Krasnoyarsk        1-0  Dinamo Novosibirsk              [aet] STROITEL Novosibirsk         4-2  Krylya Sovetov Novosibirsk TEKHNIKUM FK Novosibirsk     w/o  Lokomotiv Tyumen

Quarterfinals
[Jul 11] DKA Omsk                     4-2  Lokomotiv Omsk [Jul 12] Dinamo Omsk                  0-3  METALLURG Stalinsk STROITEL Novosibirsk         1-0  Dinamo Krasnoyarsk TEKHNIKUM FK Novosibirsk     2-1  Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk

Semifinals
[Jul 18] METALLURG Stalinsk           5-0  Tekhnikum FK Novosibirsk STROITEL Novosibirsk         3-0  DKA Omsk

Final
[Jul 30] STROITEL Novosibirsk         4-1  Metallurg Stalinsk

Quarterfinals
[Jul 6] DINAMO Chelyabinsk          10-0  Metallurg Magnitogorsk Dinamo Kirov                 1-3  DINAMO Sverdlovsk Dinamo Kungur                2-4  METALLURG Sverdlovsk Torpedo Izhevsk              1-3  STROITEL Sverdlovsk TRAKTOR Chelyabinsk          4-3  Zenit Votkinsk

Semifinals
[Jul 12] DINAMO Chelyabinsk           2-0  Metallurg Sverdlovsk STROITEL Sverdlovsk          7-1  Dinamo Ufa TsvetMet Krasnouralsk        1-1  Avangard Sverdlovsk [Jul 14] Traktor Chelyabinsk          0-9  DINAMO Sverdlovsk

Semifinals replays
[Jul 13] TSVETMET Krasnouralsk        3-1  Avangard Sverdlovsk

Finals
[Jul 18] DINAMO Sverdlovsk            7-1  TsvetMet Krasnouralsk STROITEL Sverdlovsk          3-1  Dinamo Chelyabinsk

Quarterfinals
[Jul 6] DINAMO Kazan                 4-0  Spartak Kazan DINAMO Saransk               4-1  Metallist Pavlovo Elektrik Gorkiy              1-2  SPARTAK Gorkiy SPARTAK Pavlovo              5-1  Lokomotiv Kazan TORPEDO Gorkiy               6-2  Krylya Sovetov Gorkiy

Semifinals
[Jul 12] DINAMO Kazan                 3-0  Spartak Gorkiy DINAMO Yoshkar-Ola           8-2  Lokomotiv Ruzayevka Spartak Saransk              0-4  DINAMO Saransk TORPEDO Gorkiy              10-1  Spartak Pavlovo

Finals
[Jul 18] Dinamo Saransk               1-9  DINAMO Kazan TORPEDO Gorkiy               3-0  Dinamo Yoshkar-Ola

Quarterfinals
[Jul 7] ELEKTRIK Saratov             w/o  DKA Stalingrad PISHCHEVIK Astrakhan         w/o  Zenit-221 Stalingrad TRAKTOR-2 Stalingrad         1-0  Vodnik Astrakhan

Semifinals
[Jul 12] Elektrik Saratov             0-2  LOKOMOTIV Kuibyshev Lokomotiv Saratov            2-2  Krylya Sovetov Saratov Spartak Kuibyshev            0-2  DINAMO Stalingrad [Jul 13] Pishchevik Astrakhan         2-3  TRAKTOR-2 Stalingrad

Semifinals replays
[Jul 13] LOKOMOTIV Saratov            5-0  Krylya Sovetov Saratov

Finals
[Jul 18] Lokomotiv Kuibyshev          0-2  DINAMO Stalingrad LOKOMOTIV Saratov            4-3  Traktor-2 Stalingrad            [aet]

Semifinals
[Jul 6] Dinamo Krasnodar             3-4  ZENIT Taganrog                  [aet] ENERGIYA Novocherkassk       3-1  Medik Krasnodar Krylya Sovetov Taganrog      1-3  PISHCHEVIK Rostov-na-Donu Pishchevik Krasnodar         0-1  MYASOKOMBINAT Maykop

Finals
[Jul 12] ENERGIYA Novocherkassk       3-0  Pishchevik Rostov-na-Donu ZENIT Taganrog               4-0  Myasokombinat Maykop

Quarterfinals
[Jul 6] DINAMO Batumi                4-1  Nauka Tbilisi

Semifinals
[Jul 12] Spartak Leninakan            1-2  DINAMO Batumi SPARTAK Yerevan              2-0  Pishchevik Tbilisi

Final
[Jul 18] DINAMO Batumi                3-0  Spartak Yerevan

Quarterfinals
[Jul 6] VODNIK Baku                  3-1  Stroiteli Baku

Semifinals
[Jul 7] LOKOMOTIV Baku              11-0  Lokomotiv Ashkhabad [Jul 8] Vodnik Baku                  0-4  NEFTYANIK Baku

Final
[Jul 12] LOKOMOTIV Baku               3-1  Neftyanik Baku

Quarterfinals
[Jul 6] Dinamo Stalinabad            2-4  DINAMO Tashkent [Jul 12] DINAMO Karaganda             2-1  Lokomotiv Tashkent

Semifinals
[Jul 17] DINAMO Alma-Ata              5-2  Dinamo Tashkent DINAMO Karaganda             w/o  Spartak Tashkent

Final
[Jul 22] DINAMO Alma-Ata              1-0  Dinamo Karaganda

Quarterfinals
[Jul 6] Tekhnikum FK Smolensk        3-4  SPARTAK Minsk [Jul 7] DINAMO Smolensk              5-0  KIM Minsk

Semifinals
[Jul 12] Spartak Gomel                2-4  DINAMO Smolensk SPARTAK Minsk                w/o  Dinamo Minsk

Final
[Jul 18] SPARTAK Minsk                1-0  Dinamo Smolensk

First round
[May 5] Avangard Sumy                1-5  MOLNIYA Kharkov Roth Front Poltava           0-1  AVANGARD Kharkov [May 6] Kanatny Zavod Kharkov        1-4  STALINETS Kharkov LOKOMOTIV Kharkov            1-0  Dinamo Poltava SelMash-2 Kharkov            0-2  AVTOMOTOR Kharkov Spartak Poltava              0-1  SAKHARNIKI Sumy SPARTAK Sumy                 1-0  Sakharniki Karlovka TRAKTOR Kharkov              w/o  Lokomotiv Poltava ZDOROVYE Kharkov             w/o  Dinamo Kharkov ZENIT Kharkov                3-1  Metallist Kharkov

Quarterfinals
[May 11] STALINETS Kharkov            4-1  Avtomotor Kharkov ZDOROVYE Kharkov             4-3  Avangard Kharkov [May 12] LOKOMOTIV Kharkov            1-0  Sakharniki Sumy ZENIT Kharkov                w/o  Molniya Kharkov [May 13] TRAKTOR Kharkov              5-1  Spartak Sumy

Semifinals
[May 15] ZENIT Kharkov                3-0  Stalinets Kharkov Byes: Zdorovye, Traktor, Lokomotiv.

Finals
[May 24] LOKOMOTIV Kharkov            3-0  Zenit Kharkov ZDOROVYE Kharkov             1-0  Traktor Kharkov

Quarterfinals
[May 5] Dinamo Zhitomir              1-1  Dinamo Mogilyov-Podolskiy [May 6] Azot Shostka                 1-10 DINAMO-2 Kiev Dinamo Vinnitsa              1-1  Vodnik Kiev LOKOMOTIV Konotop            w/o  DKA Korosten LOKOMOTIV-2 Kiev             4-2  Roth Front Kiev Spartak Kiev                 1-2  TEKHNIKUM FK Kiev Spartak Korosten             w/o  SPARTAK Chernigov ZENIT Kiev                   5-3  Temp Vinnitsa

Quarterfinals replays
[May 6] DINAMO Zhitomir              1-0  Dinamo Mogilev-Podolskiy [May 7] Dinamo Vinnitsa              1-2  VODNIK Kiev                     [aet]

Semifinals
[May 12] DINAMO-2 Kiev                3-1  Dinamo Zhitomir Tekhnikum FK Kiev            0-3  LOKOMOTIV-2 Kiev VODNIK Kiev                  2-0  Spartak Chernigov ZENIT Kiev                   5-1  Lokomotiv Konotop

Finals
[May 19] LOKOMOTIV-2 Kiev             3-2  Zenit Kiev [May 20] DINAMO-2 Kiev                2-1  Vodnik Kiev                     [aet]

Quarterfinals
[May 6] Burevestnik Krivoi Rog       3-3  Lokomotiv Kotovsk DZERZHINETS Kremenchug       4-0  Spartak Tiraspol LOKOMOTIV Odessa             4-0  Ruda Krivoi Rog Lokomotiv Voznesensk         1-3  PISHCHEVIK Odessa Pishchevik Kherson           0-4  DINAMO Nikolayev SELMASH Kirovo               2-1  Znaniye Kherson Stroitel Krivoi Rog          1-3  STAL Krivoi Rog SUDOSTROITEL Nikolayev       8-0  Vodnik Kherson

Quarterfinals replays
[May 7] BUREVESTNIK Krivoi Rog       w/o  Lokomotiv Kotovsk

Semifinals
[May 12] Burevestnik Krivoi Rog       2-4  LOKOMOTIV Odessa DINAMO Nikolayev             7-0  Stal Krivoi Rog Dzerzhinets Kremenchug       2-0  SelMash Kirovo [May 18] PISHCHEVIK Odessa            4-1  Sudostroitel Nikolayev

Finals
[May 18] DINAMO Nikolayev             3-0  Lokomotiv Odessa [May 24] PISHCHEVIK Odessa            w/o  Dzerzhinets Kremenchug

Quarterfinals
[May 5] STAL Dneprodzerzhinsk        7-0  Tekhnikum FK Dnepropetrovsk LOKOMOTIV Zaporozhye         3-2  Lokomotiv Dnepropetrovsk ZiP Dnepropetrovsk           1-3  SELMASH Zaporozhye [May 6] Krylya Sovetov Berdyansk     0-5  DINAMO Dnepropetrovsk LOKOMOTIV Lozovaya           6-1  Lokomotiv Sinelnikovo SPARTAK Dnepropetrovsk       3-0  Krylya Sovetov Zaporozhye Stroitel Dneprodzerzhinsk    0-4  ZIL Dnepropetrovsk TSVETMET Zaporozhye          5-3  ZiK Dnepropetrovsk

Semifinals
[May 12] Dinamo Dnepropetrovsk        0-1  SPARTAK Dnepropetrovsk          [aet] STAL Dneprodzerzhinsk        4-1  SelMash Zaporozhye [May 13] ZiL Dnepropetrovsk           1-2  TSVETMET Zaporozhye [May 15] LOKOMOTIV Zaporozhye         6-1  Lokomotiv Lozovaya

Finals
[May 18] LOKOMOTIV Zaporozhye         4-2  TsvetMet Zaporozhye SPARTAK Dnepropetrovsk       4-2  Stal Dneprodzerzhinsk

First round
[May 5] Azot Nizhnyaya Gorlovka      1-2  BUREVESTNIK Stalino [May 6] Avangard Stalino             2-3  SHAKHTA-30 Rutchenkovo Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad   0-6  STAL Konstantinovka Lokomotiv Slavyansk          3-4  ZIS Kramatorsk Lokomotiv Yasinovataya       1-2  ZIL Krasnogorovka Spartak Starobelsk           0-3  ZENIT Stalino STAKHANOVETS Artyomovsk      3-2  Avangard Druzhkovka STAKHANOVETS Lisichansk      3-0  Avangard Gorlovka Stakhanovets Sergo           w/o  BUREVESTNIK Krasny Luch STAL Makeyevka               1-0  Stal Stalino Stal Voroshilovsk            2-3  STAKHANOVETS Orjonikidze ZIO Kramatorsk               4-2  Stakhanovets Krasnoarmeisk

Quarterfinals
[May 11] BUREVESTNIK Stalino          3-1  ZiL Krasnogorovka [May 12] SHAKHTA-30 Rutchenkovo       1-0  Stal Makeyevka Stakhanovets Orjonikidze     0-1  STAKHANOVETS Lisichansk ZENIT Stalino               12-0  Burevestnik Krasny Luch ZIS Kramatorsk               3-1  Stakhanovets Krasny Luch [May 18] STAL Konstantinovka          8-0  Stakhanovets Artyomovsk Bye: ZiO Kramatorsk

Semifinals
[May 21] Burevestnik Stalino          0-7  STAL Konstantinovka ZENIT Stalino                4-0  Stakhanovets Lisichansk ZIS Kramatorsk               3-1  Shakhta-30 Rutchenkovo Bye: ZiO Kramatorsk

Finals
[May 24] Stal Konstantinovka          0-0  Zenit Stalino ZIS Kramatorsk               3-2  ZiO Kramatorsk

Final replays
[May 25] STAL Konstantinovka          w/o  Zenit Stalino

Quarterfinals
[Jul 6] Pishchevik Simferopol        0-1  SPARTAK Simferopol

Semifinals
[Jul 12] Pishchevik Kerch             1-3  SPARTAK Simferopol SUDOSTROITEL Sevastopol      3-2  Stal Kerch

Final
[Jul 18] SPARTAK Simferopol           2-1  Sudostroitel Sevastopol

Per qualification group

 * Group 1 (Central Russia/Moscow): Spartak-2 Moscow, Lokomotiv-2 Moscow, Sherstyanik Moscow, Stalinets-2 Moscow, Dinamo Bolshevo, Fabrika Pravda Likino-Dulyovo, Krasnoye Znamia Noginsk, Zenit Podlipki
 * Group 2 (Northern Russia/Leningrad): Zavod imeni Kulakova Leningrad, Kirovskiy Zavod Leningrad, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Zavod Elektrik Leningrad
 * Group 3 (Central Black Earth/Voronezh): Dinamo Voronezh
 * Group 4 (Far East/Khabarovsk): Dinamo Irkutsk
 * Group 5 (Siberia/Novosibirsk): Stroitel Novosibirsk
 * Group 6 (Ural/Sverdlovsk): Dinamo Sverdlovsk, Stroitel Sverdlovsk
 * Group 7 (Upper Volga/Gorkiy): Dinamo Kazan, Torpedo Gorkiy
 * Group 8 (Lower Volga/Stalingrad): Dinamo Stalingrad, Lokomotiv Saratov
 * Group 9 (South Russia/Rostov-na-Donu): Energiya Novocherkassk, Zenit Taganrog
 * Group 10 (Trans-Caucasus/Tbilisi): Dinamo Batumi
 * Group 11 (South Caspiy/Baku): Lokomotiv Baku
 * Group 12 (Central Asia/Tashkent): Dinamo Alma-Ata
 * Group 13 (Belarus/Minsk): Spartak Minsk
 * Group 14 (Northeast Ukraine/Kharkov): Lokomotiv Kharkov, Zdorovye Kharkov
 * Group 15 (Northwest Ukraine/Kiev): Lokomotiv-2 Kiev, Dinamo-2 Kiev
 * Group 16 (Southwest Ukraine/Odessa): Dinamo Nikolayev, Pischevik Odessa
 * Group 17 (Southeast Ukraine/Dnepropetrovsk): Lokomotiv Zaporozhye, Spartak Dnepropetrovsk
 * Group 18 (East Ukraine/Donetsk): Zavod imeni Stalina Kramatorsk, Stal Konstantinovka
 * Group 19 (Crimea/Simferopol): Spartak Simferopol

Per union republic

 * RSFSR: 24
 * UkrSSR: 10
 * BSSR: 1
 * KazSSR: 1
 * GSSR: 1
 * AzSSR: 1
 * Total: 38

First round
[Jul 21] Zavod Elektrik Leningrad     0-6  SELMASH Kharkov [Jul 29] Sherstyanik Moskva           1-4  PISHCHEVIK Odessa [Jul 30] Dinamo Sverdlovsk            1-3  DINAMO Kazan [Moshchanov 25 – Ivan Pashalyan 40, Lev Bessarab 55, ? 78] Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk       1-1  Stalinets Leningrad [Kolomkin 25 – Alexei Larionov 68] [Aug 1] AVANGARD Kramatorsk          w/o  Lokomotiv Zaporozhye DINAMO Batumi                2-0  Energiya Novocherkassk DINAMO Kiev                  2-0  Lokomotiv Moskva [Konstantin Shchegodskiy 7, Viktor Shilovskiy 61] Dinamo-2 Kiev                0-1  STAL Konstantinovka [I.Gorobets 30] SPARTAK Minsk                w/o  Lokomotiv Kharkov SPARTAK Moskva               5-2  ZiK Leningrad [Viktor Semyonov-2, Alexei Sokolov, Vladimir Stepanov, Georgiy Glazkov pen - ?] STALINETS-2 Moskva           3-2  Zdorovye Kharkov [? 11, Sukhanov 62, Glebov 65 – Fursov 10, 48] ZENIT Leningrad              5-4  Zenit Podlipki [Aug 2] DINAMO Nikolayev             3-0  Kirovskiy Zavod Leningrad [Ivan Kolbanov 3, Vladimir Ishchenko 42, Grigoriy Kushnyrenko 89] Fabrika Pravda Likino-Dulyovo 0-5 ELEKTRIK Leningrad Lokomotiv-2 Kiev             1-7  METALLURG Moskva [Aug 3] Lokomotiv Saratov            2-2  Dinamo Stalingrad [Shapovalov 52, Afinogenov 88 – Balyasov 48, Tokarev 72] Lokomotiv-2 Moskva           1-1  Dinamo Bolshevo Spartak Simferopol           1-2  LOKOMOTIV Kiev [Zyukin 67 pen – Iosif Kachkin 12, Alexandr Galkin 18 pen] STAKHANOVETS Stalino         5-0  Lokomotiv Yaroslavl [Grigoriy Nesmekha 10, ?, Vasiliy Sidorov, Mikhail Vasin, Nikolai Kononenko, ??] TORPEDO Gorkiy               7-0  Stroitel Sverdlovsk [Viktor Drozdov-3, Leonid Yefimov-2, Nikolai Dunayev, Alexei Salakov] [Aug 5] CDKA Moskva                  0-1  SPARTAK Leningrad [Ilya Bizyukov 40] DINAMO Odessa                2-1  Spartak-2 Moskva [Leonid Orekhov, Mikhail Heison - ?] Dinamo Voronezh              0-4  STALINETS Moskva TORPEDO Moskva               3-1  Dinamo Moskva [Alexandr Sinyakov 25, Konstantin Ryazantsev 65, Ramiz Karichev 88 – Konstantin Ratnikov 45] [Aug 6] DINAMO Alma-Ata              2-1  Zenit Taganrog                  [aet] [Chernyshov 68, G.Bedritskiy 112 – Tishchenko 25] DINAMO Tbilisi               4-1  Lokomotiv Tbilisi [Viktor Berezhnoi 22, 68, Mikhail Berdzenishvili 55 pen, Luasarb Loladze 85 – Ivan Cherednichenko 12] TEMP Baku                    w/o  Traktor Stalingrad [Aug 7] DINAMO Leningrad             2-1  Krylya Sovetov Moskva [Sergei Yegorov 74, Arkadiy Alov 76 – Matvei Yenushkov 77] Spartak Dnepropetrovsk       0-1  PISHCHEVIK Moskva [P.Nikiforov 80] [Aug 8] Lokomotiv Baku               3-5  DINAMO Rostov-na-Donu [Sergei Gudkov 30, 40, Konstantin Kitayev 55 – Valeriy Bekhtenev 22, 67, 82, Sergei Dombazov 55, ?] SPARTAK Kharkov              3-0  Burevestnik Moskva [Alexei Serov 1, Boris Gurkin 11, ?] [Aug 10] Stroitel Novosibirsk         0-0  Dinamo Irkutsk

First round replays
[Jul 31] Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk      3-4  STALINETS Leningrad [Trofimov 1, Kolomkin 85, Korshakov 87 – Georgiy Lasin 25, 64, Valentin Shelagin 55, Alexei Larionov 82] [Aug 4] Lokomotiv Saratov            2-3  DINAMO Stalingrad [Afinogenov 15, Tarasov 75 – Balyasov 10, 38, 43] Lokomotiv-2 Moskva           2-3  DINAMO Bolshevo [Dogadov 39, Ogurtsov 47 - ?] [Aug 11] Stroitel Novosibirsk         0-4  DINAMO Irkutsk

Second round
[Aug 6] Dinamo Kiev                  0-1  STALINETS Leningrad [Georgiy Lasin 3] Pishchevik Odessa            1-5  ELEKTRIK Leningrad [? pen – Pavel Artemyev-2, Vasiliy Lotkov, Alexandr A.Fyodorov, Pyotr Karas] Stal Konstantinovka          1-4  SPARTAK Moskva [Anton Yakovlev 56 – Vladimir Stepanov 6, 60, Viktor Semyonov 25, Georgiy Glazkov 78] [Aug 8] Dinamo Nikolayev             0-2  LOKOMOTIV Kiev [Alexandr Galkin 16, Konstantin Avramenko 69] [Aug 9] Avangard Kramatorsk          0-0  Metallurg Moskva [Aug 11] DINAMO Bolshevo              2-1  Spartak Kharkov [Alexandr Shcherbakov 70, Viktor Osminkin 80 - ? 87] DINAMO Tbilisi                4-2  Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu [Boris Paichadze 2, 43, Georgiy Apridonidze 20, 44 – German Vodopyanov 49 pen, ? 86] Stalinets Moskva              0-2  SELMASH Kharkov [Fyodor Lukyanenko 55, Ivan Golubov 68] [Aug 12] Spartak Leningrad            1-5  STAKHANOVETS Stalino [Sergei Strokov 12 – Mikhail Vasin 8, 38, Nikolai Kononenko 42, Nikolai Naumov 60, Grigoriy Nesmekha 80] Torpedo Gorkiy               2-3  DINAMO Leningrad [Viktor Drozdov 24, Mamulashvili 72 – Pyotr Bykov 43 pen, Arkadiy Alov 60, Nikolai Dementyev 72] [Aug 13] Dinamo Stalingrad            0-0  Temp Baku Spartak Minsk                1-3  ZENIT Leningrad [Nikolai Zinovyev 63 – Nikolai Postavnin 22, Sergei Valker 40, Alexandr Fesenko 75] [Aug 14] Pishchevik Moskva            1-2  DINAMO Odessa [? – Ivan Ishchenko 68, Ivan Borisevich 75] TORPEDO Moskva               1-0  Stalinets-2 Moskva [Ramiz Karichev 26] [Aug 17] DINAMO Kazan                10-0  Dinamo Irkutsk [Aug 21] DINAMO Batumi                3-2  Dinamo Alma-Ata                 [aet]

Second round replays
[Aug 10] Avangard Kramatorsk          1-6  METALLURG Moskva [Aug 14] Dinamo Stalingrad            0-1  TEMP Baku [Makarov 80]

Third round
[Aug 16] ELEKTRIK Leningrad           1-0  Zenit Leningrad [Pavel Artemyev 67] Metallurg Moskva             1-3  STAKHANOVETS Stalino [Sergei Kapelkin 52 – Nikolai Kononenko 23, Mikhail Vasin 68, Grigoriy Balaba 84] [Aug 17] Torpedo Moskva               0-3  DINAMO Bolshevo [Vasiliy Trofimov 38, 67, Alexandr Shcherbakov 62] [Aug 21] Dinamo Odessa                2-2  SelMash Kharkov [Yuzef Sositskiy, Alexandr Bragin - ?] DINAMO Tbilisi               4-2  Stalinets Leningrad           [in Moskva] [Boris Paichadze 25, 52, Gayoz Jejelava 40, 53 – Georgiy Lasin 43, Alexei Larionov 78] [Aug 26] DINAMO Leningrad             2-1  Dinamo Kazan [Alexei Baryshev 30, Konstantin Sazonov 79 – Lev Bessarab 18] LOKOMOTIV Kiev               2-1  Dinamo Batumi [Iosif Kachkin 10, Fyodor Kuzmenko 12 - Karp Karmatazyan 8]

Third round replays
[Aug 22] DINAMO Odessa                4-1  SelMash Kharkov [Alexandr Ilyashov 24, Ivan Borisevich 55, 57, Makar Gichkin 79 – Anatoliy Gorokhov 16] [Aug 26] SPARTAK Moskva               1-0  Temp Baku                       [aet] [Georgiy Glazkov 94]

Quarterfinals
[Aug 22] ELEKTRIK Leningrad           4-0  Dinamo Bolshevo [Vladimir Lemeshev, ?..] [Aug 31] Stakhanovets Stalino         1-4  DINAMO Tbilisi          [in Kiev] [Nikolai Kononenko 35 – Boris Paichadze 28, 60, 73, Tengiz Gavasheli 71] [Sep 3] Dinamo Odessa                0-3  SPARTAK Moskva [Georgiy Glazkov 24, Vladimir Stepanov 76, Alexei Sokolov 86] [Sep 4] DINAMO Leningrad             4-2  Lokomotiv Kiev [Pyotr Bykov 47, 59, 64 pen, Nikolai Dementyev 62 – Alexandr Shatskiy 12, Konstantin Avramenko 49]

Semifinals
[Sep 7] ELEKTRIK Leningrad           2-1  Dinamo Tbilisi [Vasiliy Lotkov 50, Nikolai Antsiferov 85 – Boris Paichadze 18] [Sep 10] Dinamo Leningrad             0-1  SPARTAK Moskva [Georgiy Glazkov 90 pen]