The 1991–92

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was the last edition of the knockout football cup of an already non-existing political entity, the

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Political background

On December 25, 1991, the

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announced that he resigns as president. On December 26, the Soviet of the Republics, the upper chamber of the Union's Supreme Soviet, voted the Soviet Union out of existence (the lower chamber, the Council of the Union, had been unable to work since December 12, when the recall of the Russian deputies left it without a

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). In addition to the already ongoing hostilities instigated by the Moscow government, number of "unfriendly gestures" as well as direct internal interventions into Ukrainian politics were made towards Ukraine starting from January of 1992.Chronology for Crimean Russians in Ukraine
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Organizational issues

Despite being informed by the

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in November of 1991 that Ukrainian clubs will not take part in the competition, the

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ignored the notice and seeded Ukrainian clubs. Ukrainian clubs however were taking place in the 1992 Ukrainian Cup since February of 1992. Because of that only one game was played during the competition's quarterfinals, while a club from

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, advanced to the semifinals where it was eliminated. The winner of the competition, Spartak Moscow, qualified for the continental tournament representing Russia in the

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Participating teams

Source: [] ;Legend marks clubs that took part in competitions, note, not all clubs of the First League played ;Notes * Ukrainian Polissya and Naftovyk were finalists of the 1990 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, 1990 football cup of the Ukrainian SSR * Dinamo Baku represented the youth center of Olympic preparation in Baku, Pardaugava Riga was based on a youth team of Latvian SSR.

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

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Second preliminary round

Games took place on July 1, 1991. , - ! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;", June 30 , - ! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;", July 1 , - ! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;", July 2 , - ! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;", July 3 , - ! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;", July 4

Bracket

First round

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First games

Second games

Second round

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First games

Second games

Quarter-finals

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991, clubs from around the fallen Soviet Union refused their further participation among which were Ukrainian clubs who effectively forfeiting their chances at the Cup, Belarusian Dinamo Minsk, Kazakhstani Khimik Dzhambul, and others, leaving only Pamir Dushanbe as the non-Russian club still in the competition. , - ! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;", March 20

Semi-finals

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Final

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Top goalscorers

Number of teams by union republic

;Notes * Officially all Georgian teams withdrew from all Soviet competitions. However, due to occupation of Abkhazia by the Russian troops, in the 1991–92 Soviet Cup was participating Dynamo Sukhumi "as if" Georgian team ignoring the official policy of the

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. * Official boycott of the competition existed from

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and

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as well as FC Neftchi Baku. In place of Daugava Riga, the

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was fielding its youth national team under the name of

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References

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Calendar

Statistics
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Political background

Organizational issues

Participating teams

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

Second preliminary round

Bracket

First round

First games

Second games

Second round

First games

Second games

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

Number of teams by union republic

See also

References

External links