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