Russian Bandy Supreme League

Russian Bandy Supreme League or the Vysshaya Liga (Всероссийские соревнования Высшая лига) is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League.

In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three groups.

In the 2022/23 season, 22 teams competed in four groups. The teams play around 24 games and move to a Group A & Group B play-off section. From here the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are all single elimination games. The seasons generally runs from December to the finals in March.

The league is mainly a development league as can be seen by the number of affiliated clubs, named Rodina-2 for example, although a few independent clubs are present.

Current teams
The teams playing in the Russian Vysshaya Liga for the 2022–23 season are below:

Previous teams & seasons
Teams for the 2017–18 season.

Group 1

 * Dynamo Krylatskoye
 * Murman
 * Rodina-2
 * SShOR No. 1
 * Start-2
 * Vodnik-2
 * Volga-2
 * Zorky-2

Group 2

 * Akzhayik
 * Dynamo Kazan-2
 * Lokomotiv
 * Mayak
 * Nikelshchik
 * SKA-Sverdlovsk
 * Znamya-Udmurtiya

Group 3

 * Baykal-Energiya-2
 * Kuzbass-2
 * Sayany
 * Sibselmash-2
 * SKA-Neftyanik-2
 * Vostok
 * Yenisey-2