The Russian Open Hockey Championship (), also known as the Championship of Russia in ice hockey (), is an annual

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award and national title, bestowed by the

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to the professional hockey organization judged to have the best performing team in

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History

The Russian Championship (formerly Soviet Championship) has acted as the national ice hockey title of Russia since 1946. The Cup of Russia acted as an independent league title awarded in the Russian Hockey League first in 1997–98, before being merged with the Russian Championship. The recipient team of the Cup is awarded an engraved trophy, whereas the top-3 finalists of the Russian Championship are awarded gold, silver, and bronze

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s. During the existence of the Russian Championship, several separate league trophies have been handed out intermittently, including the

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), IHL Cup, and currently the

Gagarin Cup The Gagarin Cup () is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was supposedly named after Gagarin because the last po ...

(

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). Historically the title of Champion of Russia was awarded to the club with the best record in the regular season; but the last such case was in

2014–15 KHL season The 2014–15 KHL season was the seventh season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 3 September with the Opening Cup between defending champions Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Dynamo Moscow, replacing Lev Praha, last year's runne ...

. Starting from the 2015–16 KHL season, the Russian Championship is awarded to the highest-ranked Russian team of the playoffs. 2019–20 KHL season was prematurely ended due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe, and medals were awarded based on performance of clubs in the regular championships and in first round of the Gagarin Cup playoffs. Until

2011–12 KHL season The 2011–12 KHL season was the fourth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began with the Opening Cup game on 7 September 2011, but because of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, which occurred during the first per ...

, non-Russian KHL teams were also eligible for Russian Championship. The winner of the regular season receives the Continental Cup (Russian: Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta). Starting from 2024–25 season, the rights for organization of the Russian Champioships were granted to the All-Russian Hockey League (VHL) instead of KHL.

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has won the most national titles, with 37, and Soviet Cups, with 12.

List of champions

;Key

Medal summary by club

bold – club is currently member of

''italics'' – indicates club does not exist anymore ^{/sup> – non-Russian based club

References

;General

Russian Championship statistics

External links

fhr.ru
Ice Hockey Federation of Russia official site

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Russian ice hockey trophies and awards
Ice hockey statistics
Soviet Hockey League
Soviet and Russian ice hockey champions
Russian Superleague
International Hockey League (1992–1996)
National championships in Russia
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