1963 Soviet Class B

This was the first edition of the League since after the World War II. It was finally decided to recreate the third tier of competitions. The League was named the Class B and consisted of three zones: Russia, Ukraine, and other republics. Each zone also often had its own sub-groups. The winner of each zone was promoted to the Soviet First League or as it used to be called in 1963 the Second Group of Class A.

Ukraine

The Ukrainian Republican competition consisted of two zones of 20 clubs. Upon conclusion of the league format each club qualified for a playoff with another club that placed the same place in the other group. The pair of the first placed clubs was sort of a republican championship playoff. The playoffs consisted of two legs - home and away. Note teams were relegated or withdrawn and only one was promoted to the Subgroup A (the First League).

Ukraine Zone 1

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Notes
1	FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	38	25	10	3	58-22	60
2	SKA Lviv	38	26	7	5	82-35	59
3	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	38	23	6	9	72-26	52
4	FC Polissya Zhytomyr	38	21	7	10	58-36	49
5	FC Avanhard Ternopil	38	14	19	5	44-26	47
6	FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy	38	19	8	11	50-35	46
7	SKA Kyiv	38	16	12	10	54-26	44
8	FC Budivelnyk Kherson	38	14	13	11	48-47	41
9	FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	38	14	9	15	41-47	37
10	FC Arsenal Kyiv	38	13	10	15	38-39	36
11	FC Desna Chernihiv	38	12	12	14	35-42	36
12	FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	38	15	5	18	44-48	35
13	FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod	38	13	9	16	36-44	35
14	FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	38	11	12	15	33-43	34
15	FC Avanhard Chernivtsi	38	11	8	19	40-66	30
16	FC Shakhtar Oleksandria	38	7	12	19	28-56	26
17	FC Volyn Lutsk	38	8	10	20	24-61	26
18	FC Kolhospnyk Rivne	38	9	7	22	37-57	25
19	FC Naftovyk Drohobych	38	5	14	19	36-54	24
20	FC Dnipro Kremenchuk	38	5	8	25	32-82	18

Note

Ukraine Zone 2

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Notes
1	SKA Odessa (P)	38	23	12	3	59-11	58	Promoted
2	FC Azovstal Zhdanov	38	19	11	8	54-37	49
3	FC Torpedo Kharkiv	38	19	9	10	50-33	47
4	FC Burevisnyk Melitopol	38	14	16	8	38-28	44
5	FC Shakhtar Horlivka	38	14	15	9	49-44	43
6	FC Khimik Severodonetsk	38	14	15	9	44-40	43
7	FC Lokomotyv Donetsk	38	14	13	11	35-37	41
8	FC Shakhtar Kadiyevka	38	12	16	10	51-37	40
9	FC Kolhospnyk Poltava	38	15	10	13	40-32	40
10	FC Dniprovets Dniprodzerhynsk	38	17	5	16	53-51	39
11	FC Metalurh Kommunarsk	38	15	9	14	41-46	39
12	SC Navy Sevastopol	38	15	8	15	48-32	39
13	FC Trubnik Nikopol	38	12	14	12	42-35	38
14	FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody	38	15	7	16	42-44	37
15	SC Tavriya Simferopol	42	13	11	14	39-41	37
16	FC Avanhard Kramatorsk	38	11	11	16	34-44	33
17	FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	38	8	10	20	37-64	26
18	FC Metalurh Yenakiyeve	38	9	8	21	38-74	26
19	FC Metalurh Kerch	38	6	9	23	28-57	21
20	FC Spartak Sumy	38	6	9	23	28-63	21

Note

Ukraine Zone Play-offs

Each team played against the same ranking team from the other zone. Only the two top pairs that really mattered concerning promotion are listed next. No teams were relegated. SKA Odessa obtained the promotion from the Ukraine zone. They were classified as the Republican champions and were promoted to the Inter-Republican level, the Class A.

FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia - SKA Odessa 0:2 0:1 FC Azovstal Zhdanov - SKA Lviv 0:0 1:0 FC Zirka Kirovohrad - FC Torpedo Kharkiv 1:1 0:2 FC Burevisnyk Melitopol - FC Polissya Zhytomyr 1:0 1:3 FC Avanhard Ternopil - FC Shakhtar Horlivka 1:1 0:0 FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy - FC Khimik Severodonetsk 2:1 0:2 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk - SKA Kyiv 0:2 1:2 FC Budivelnyk Kherson - FC Shakhtar Kadiivka 3:2 0:2 FC Dynamo Khmelnytsky - FC Kolhospnyk Poltava 5:1 0:1 FC Arsenal Kyiv - FC Dniprovets Dniprodzerzhynsk 3:2 1:2

FC Desna Chernihiv - FC Metalurh Kommunarsk 3:1 1:2 SC Navy Sevastopol - FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 2:1 1:4 FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod - FC Trubnyk Nikopol 0:0 1:2 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody - FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 1:1 1:0 FC Avanhard Chernivtsi - SC Tavriya Simferopol 6:0 0:1 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk - FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 1:1 0:2 FC Volyn Lutsk - FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 0:0 0:3 FC Kolhospnyk Rivne - FC Metalurh Yenakieve 3:1 2:2 FC Metalurh Kerch - FC Naftovyk Drohobych 0:1 0:0 FC Dnipro Kremenchuk - FC Spartak Sumy 0:0 0:2

Russia

Promoted Volga Kalinin.

Soviet Republics

Promoted Lokomotiv Tbilisi and Dynamo Tallinn.

See also

• Soviet Second League