title: 1988–89 Soviet League season
text: # 1988–89 Soviet League season
  
  The 1988–89 Soviet Championship League season was the 43rd season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. 14 teams participated in the league, and CSKA Moscow won the championship.
  
  ## First round
  
  | | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | CSKA Moscow | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 133 | 69 | 38 |
  | 2. | Dynamo Moscow | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 100 | 61 | 34 |
  | 3. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 90 | 74 | 33 |
  | 4. | Khimik Voskresensk | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 84 | 72 | 32 |
  | 5. | Spartak Moscow | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 90 | 77 | 29 |
  | 6. | Sokol Kiev | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 88 | 81 | 28 |
  | 7. | Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 86 | 99 | 27 |
  | 8. | Dinamo Riga | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 72 | 71 | 27 |
  | 9. | SKA Leningrad | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 67 | 77 | 24 |
  | 10. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 67 | 74 | 24 |
  | 11. | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 81 | 87 | 23 |
  | 12. | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 95 | 20 |
  | 13. | Dinamo Kharkiv | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 69 | 122 | 14 |
  | 14. | Torpedo Gorky | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 57 | 103 | 11 |
  
  ## Final round
  
  | | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | CSKA Moscow | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 165 | 100 | 51 |
  | 2. | Dynamo Moscow | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 129 | 103 | 46 |
  | 3. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 113 | 84 | 45 |
  | 4. | Khimik Voskresensk | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 128 | 98 | 43 |
  | 5. | Sokol Kiev | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 141 | 124 | 41 |
  | 6. | Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 93 | 121 | 29 |
  | 7. | Spartak Moscow | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 101 | 119 | 27 |
  | 8. | SKA Leningrad | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 94 | 132 | 27 |
  | 9. | Dinamo Riga | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 98 | 156 | 26 |
  | 10. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 36 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 91 | 116 | 25 |
  
  ## Relegation
  
  | | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Dinamo Minsk | 36 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 142 | 106 | 51 |
  | 2. | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 199 | 133 | 50 |
  | 3. | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 167 | 111 | 50 |
  | 4. | Dinamo Kharkiv | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 144 | 102 | 48 |
  | 5. | Torpedo Gorky | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 114 | 97 | 45 |
  | 6. | SK Uritskogo Kazan | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 129 | 115 | 37 |
  | 7. | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 36 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 115 | 164 | 21 |
  | 8. | Sibir Novosibirsk | 36 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 123 | 158 | 20 |
  | 9. | Kristall Elektrostal | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 118 | 203 | 19 |
  | 10. | Lada Togliatti | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 102 | 164 | 19 |
  