1944 Soviet Cup

The 1944 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union.

On June 19, 1944, the chairman of the All-Union Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Vasiliy Snegov appealed to Kliment Voroshilov to conduct a cup competition.

The competition consisted of 24 teams, 13 of which were Class A teams, and 11 others were picked randomly.

Participating teams
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First round
[Jul 30] CDKA Moskva                 5-0  Traktor Stalingrad [Pyotr Shcherbatenko-2, Vladimir Dyomin, Dyachenko, ?] DINAMO Baku                 5-1  Zenit Taganrog           [in Rostov-na-Donu] DINAMO Tbilisi              w/o  Dinamo Yerevan Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev    1-5  LOKOMOTIV Moskva Stakhanovets Stalino        1-5  DINAMO-2 Moskva [Vasiliy Bryushin 33- Konstantin Balyasov 18, ??...] ZENIT Leningrad             3-1  Dinamo Moskva [Viktor Bodrov 20 pen, Alexei Yablochkin 63, Boris Levin-Kogan 75 – Konstantin Beskov 86] [Aug 2] Traktor Chelyabinsk         4-6  DKA Novosibirsk Zenit Sverdlovsk            2-11 DINAMO Leningrad

Second round
[Aug 6] CDKA Moskva                 5-0  Lokomotiv Moskva [Vladimir Dyomin, Valentin Nikolayev, Dyachenko, Pyotr Shcherbatenko, Alexei Grinin] DINAMO Baku                 2-1  Dinamo Tbilisi [Artash Amirjanov 34, Korolyov 50 – Gayoz jejelava 75] Dinamo Ivanovo              0-6  KRYLYA SOVETOV Moskva Dinamo Kiev                 1-2  SPARTAK Moskva           [aet] [Konstantin Kalach 61 – Nikolai Klimov 18, 117] DINAMO Leningrad            5-1  DKA Novosibirsk          [in Chelyabinsk] Dinamo-2 Moskva             0-0  Zenit Leningrad Lokomotiv Kharkov           2-3  AVIAUCHILISHCHE Moskva [Valentin Putsenko, Boris Gurkin – Nikolai Tsutskov-2, Alexandr Striganov pen] Torpedo Gorkiy              2-3  TORPEDO Moskva [Vasiliy Panfilov, Alexei Salakov – A.Ryomin, Anton Yakovlev, Georgiy Zharkov]

Second round replays
[Aug 7] Dinamo-2 Moskva             0-1  ZENIT Leningrad [Alexei Larionov 39]

Quarterfinals
[Aug 13] Dinamo Leningrad            1-4  CDKA Moskva [Oleg Oshenkov – Valentin Nikolayev-3, Grigoriy Fedotov] SPARTAK Moskva              1-0  AviaUchilishche Moskva [Alexei Sokolov 49] TORPEDO Moskva              2-1  Krylya Sovetov Moskva [Vasiliy Zharkov 15, Anton Yakovlev 27 – Alexandr Sevidov 82] ZENIT Leningrad             1-0  Dinamo Baku [Sergei Salnikov 55]

Semifinals
[Aug 20] CDKA Moskva                 3-2  Torpedo Moskva [Grigoriy Fedotov 12, Pyotr Shcherbatenko 22, Alexei Grinin 55 – Alexandr Ponomaryov 4, 75] [Aug 22] Spartak Moskva              2-2  Zenit Leningrad [Nikolai Klimov 68, Georgiy Glazkov 72 – Sergei Salnikov 65, Nikolai Smirnov 78]

Semifinals replays
[Aug 23] Spartak Moskva              0-1  ZENIT Leningrad          [aet] [Boris Chuchelov 97]