| Season | 1950 |
|---|---|
← 1949 1951 → | |
The 1950 Soviet football championship Class B was the 11th season of the Soviet football championship second tier and inaugural season of the Class B (predecessor of Soviet First League). In 1950 the Soviet football championship rebranded its both tiers from groups First (Pervaya Gruppa) and Second (Vtoraya Gruppa) to Classes A and B.
FC VMS Moscow won the championship.
The league was reduced from a multi-group tournament to single group to which were grandfathered seven teams from last season "Central Zone" and one team from every other zones, also two more teams were promoted. Many teams from last season were forced into relegation to their respective republican competitions.
No teams were relegated from the 1949 Soviet Pervaya Gruppa (top tier)
| Pos | REP | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUS | VMS Moskva | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 15 | +45 | 42 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 34 | |
| 3 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius (O) | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 32 | Relegation play-off |
| 4 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 32 | |
| 5 | UZB | DO Tashkent (O) | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 28 | Relegation play-off |
| 6 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev [lower-alpha 1] (O) | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 28 | |
| 7 | RUS | Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk (R) | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 27 | |
| 8 | UKR | Pishchevik Odessa (R) | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 26 | |
| 9 | KAZ | Dinamo Alma-Ata (O) | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 23 | |
| 10 | KAR | Lokomotiv Petrozavodsk (O) | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 22 [lower-alpha 2] | |
| 11 | KGZ | Trudoviye Rezervy Frunze [lower-alpha 3] (O) | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 20 | |
| 12 | EST | Kalev Tallinn (O) | 26 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 17 | |
| 13 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad [lower-alpha 4] (O) | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 61 | −42 | 17 | |
| 14 | TJK | Bolshevik Stalinabad (O) | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 16 [lower-alpha 5] |
To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1950 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1950 Soviet Class B.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pishchevik Odessa | 1–2 | Spartak Uzhgorod | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Worst team of the Russian SFSR qualified for relegation playoff. Both matches were taken place in Makhachkala. The city of Kalinin were champions of the 1950 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk | 2–7 | Kalinin city | 1–0 | 1–7 |
For 1950 MVO Moscow was stationed in city of Kalinin.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartak Ashkhabat | 6–4 | ODO Ashkhabat | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lokomotiv Petrozavodsk | 4–1 | ODO Petrozavodsk | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartak Vilnius | 7–3 | Inkaras Kaunas | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–2 | ODO Minsk | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | ODO Minsk | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Alma-Ata | 2–0 | Dinamo Alma-Ata (reserves) | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burevestnik Kishinev | 10–3 | Krasnoye Znamia Kishinev | 7–2 | 3–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODO Tashkent | 4–0 | Spartak Tashkent | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalev Tallinn | 10–2 | Dinamo Tallinn | 3–0 | 7–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolshevik Stalinabad | w/o | Dinamo Stalinabad |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trudovye Rezervy Frunze | w/o | Spartak Frunze |
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