1944 Soviet Cup

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1944 Cup of USSR in Football
Кубок СССР
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
DatesJuly 30 – August 27
Teams24
Defending champions Spartak Moscow
Final positions
Champions Zenit Leningrad
Runner-up CDKA Moscow
  1939
1945  

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

Contents

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. [1] [2]

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

Participating teams

Enter in Second RoundEnter in First Round
8 teams16 teams

Green check.svg Spartak Moscow
Green check.svg Dinamo Kiev
Green check.svg Lokomotiv Kharkov
Green check.svg Aviauchilische Moscow
Green check.svg Dinamo Ivanovo
Green check.svg Krylya Sovetov Moscow
Green check.svg Torpedo Gorkiy
Green check.svg Torpedo Moscow

Green check.svg CDKA Moscow
Green check.svg Traktor Stalingrad
Green check.svg Dinamo Baku
Green check.svg Zenit Taganrog
Green check.svg Dinamo Tbilisi
Green check.svg Dinamo Yerevan
Green check.svg Lokomotiv Moscow
Green check.svg Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
Green check.svg Stakhanovets Stalino
Green check.svg Dinamo-2 Moscow
Green check.svg Zenit Leningrad
Green check.svg Dinamo Moscow
Green check.svg Traktor Chelyabinsk
Green check.svg DKA Novosibirsk
Green check.svg Zenit Sverdlovsk
Green check.svg Dinamo Leningrad

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Notes

Competition schedule

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]

Final

CDKA Moscow 1 2 Zenit Leningrad
Grinin Soccerball shade.svg35'[ Report] Chuchelov Soccerball shade.svg58'
Salnikov Soccerball shade.svg68'

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References

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