1952 Soviet Class B

The 1952 Soviet Class B football championship.

FC Lokomotiv Kharkov winning the championship.

Relegated teams
Two teams were relegated from the 1951 Soviet Class A (top tier).
 * VMS Moscow (return after a year absence)
 * FC Torpedo Gorkiy (return after a year absence)

Promoted teams
Two teams received direct promotion. One team were promoted from republican competitions through last year post-season playoffs.
 * DO Tbilisi – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Georgian SSR (return after a two-year absence)
 * DO Sverdlovsk – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR (return after a two-year absence)
 * DO Kiev – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and promotion play-off (return after a two-year absence)

For places 10-18
Played in Rostov-na-Donu

Relegation play-off
To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1952 Soviet Class B.


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