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.
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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 Note teams were relegated or withdrawn and only one was promoted to the Subgroup A (the First League).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
Ukraine Zone 2
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.
Russia
Promoted Volga Kalinin.
Soviet Republics
Promoted Lokomotiv Tbilisi and Dynamo Tallinn.