1971–72 RSFSR Championship season

The 1971-72 RSFSR Championship season was divided into multiple regional groups to start. The top teams from the regional groups advanced to play in the final tournament.

First round
Some zones missing

Zone 1

 * Group A
 * Group B
 * Final
 * Ermak Angarsk - Spartak Chernyshevsk 5:1
 * 3rd place
 * Sokol Magadan - Spartak Sovetskaya Gavan 8:6
 * 5th place
 * Dalzavod Vladivostok - Vympel Blagoveshchensk 5:1

Zone ?

 * Group A
 * Group B
 * Final
 * Politekhink Krasnoyarsk - Textilschik Tyumen 4:2
 * 3rd place
 * "Progress" Biisk - Shinnik Omsk 9:4
 * 5th place
 * Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Trud Kemerovo 3:2 (OT)

Zone 7

 * 1) Mayak Kuibyshev 3-0-0 6 pts 38:3
 * 2) Penza
 * 3) Metallurg Orsk
 * 4) Ryazan