1951 Soviet Class B

Following are the results of the 1951 Class B football championship. FC MVO Moscow winning the championship.

Relegated teams
Six teams were relegated from the 1950 Soviet Class A (top tier).
 * Dinamo Minsk (return after a six-year absence)
 * Lokomotiv Moscow (return after a three-year absence)
 * Neftianik Baku (return after a two-year absence)
 * Torpedo Stalingrad (debut)
 * Lokomotiv Kharkov (return after a two-year absence)
 * Dinamo Yerevan

Promoted teams
No teams received direct promotion. Only three teams were promoted from republican competitions through last year post-season playoffs. One more was replaced, Lokomotiv for Krasnaya Zvezda.

Relegation play-off
To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1951 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1951 Soviet Class B.


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