1978 Soviet Winter Spartakiad

The 1978 Soviet Winter Spartakiad was contested by 16 teams divided into three preliminary groups. Moscow won the tournament.

Group 1

 * Belarusian SSR - Lithuanian SSR 5:0 Forfeit (score was originally 5:4 [3:2, 0:1, 2:1] in favor of the Lithuanian SSR, but they were found to have used an ineligible player)
 * Novosibirsk Oblast - Belarusian SSR 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0)
 * Sverdlovsk Oblast - Lithuanian SSR 6:0 (1:0, 2:0, 3:0)
 * Novosibirsk Oblast - Lithuanian SSR (3:1, 3:0, 0:1)
 * Sverdlovsk Oblast - Belarusian SSR 7:2 (5:1, 2:0, 0:1)
 * Sverdlovsk Oblast - Novosibirsk Oblast 4:2 (1:0, 2:2, 1:0)

Group 2

 * Kuibyshev Oblast - Tatar ASSR 9:6 (6:1, 1:3, 2:2)
 * Leningrad - Uzbek SSR 13:0 (3:0, 2:0, 8:0)
 * Leningrad - Kuibyshev Oblast 6:1 (2:0, 2:0, 2:1)
 * Tatar ASSR - Uzbek SSR 8:5 (3:2, 4:2, 1:1)
 * Leningrad - Tatar ASSR 12:1 (6:0, 3:0, 3:1)
 * Kuibyshev Oblast - Uzbek SSR 5:3

Group 3

 * Ukrainian SSR - Latvian SSR 8:5 (3:1, 2:3, 3:1)
 * Moscow - Kazakh SSR 6:0
 * Moscow - Latvian SSR 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0)
 * Ukrainian SSR - Kazakh SSR 7:2 (3:2, 1:0, 3:0)
 * Kazakh SSR - Latvian SSR 11:1 (5:1, 4:0, 2:0)
 * Moscow - Ukrainian SSR 6:2

Group 4

 * Penza Oblast - Bashkir ASSR 5:3 (3:1, 0:1, 2:1)
 * Omsk Oblast - Estonian SSR 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0)
 * Penza Oblast - Estonian SSR 7:3 (1:1, 1:0, 5:2)
 * Omsk Oblast - Bashkir ASSR 7:7 (2:4, 3:2, 2:1)
 * Estonian SSR - Bashkir ASSR 3:1
 * Penza Oblast - Omsk 4:4

Championship round

 * Moscow - Leningrad 4:4 (0:0, 4:0, 0:4)
 * Penza Oblast - Sverdlovsk Oblast 4:1 (4:0, 0:0, 0:1)
 * Moscow - Penza Oblast 9:2 (4:0, 4:1, 1:1)
 * Sverdlovsk Oblast - Leningrad 6:3 (1:0, 3:1, 2:2)
 * Penza Oblast - Leningrad 10:3 (2:0, 5:0, 3:3)
 * Moscow - Sverdlovsk Oblast 5:4 (1:1, 1:2, 3:1)

5th-8th place

 * Kuibyshev Oblast - Ukrainian SSR 5:1 (2:1, 2:0, 1:0)
 * Omsk Oblast - Novosibirsk Oblast 7:3 (2:0, 3:3, 2:0)
 * Kuibyshev Oblast - Novosbirisk Oblast 4:2 (1:0, 0:0, 3:2)
 * Ukrainian SSR - Omsk Oblast 4:1 (0:1, 1:0, 3:0)
 * Ukrainian SSR - Novosibirsk Oblast 9:2 (2:0, 4:1, 3:1)
 * Omsk Oblast - Kuibyshev Oblast 7:3 (3:1, 3:1, 1:1)

9th-12th place

 * Kazakh SSR - Tatar ASSR 11:5 (3:2, 5:1, 3:2)
 * Belarusian SSR - Estonian SSR 6:1
 * Tatar ASSR - Belarusian SSR 6:6 (4:1, 2:3, 0:2)
 * Kazakh SSR - Estonian SSR 10:5 (3:1, 5:2, 2:2)
 * Tatar ASSR - Estonian SSR 6:2
 * Kazakh SSR - Belarusian SSR 8:3 (3:1, 2:1, 3:1)

13-16th place

 * Latvian SSR - Uzbek SSR 5:4 (1:2, 1:2, 3:0)
 * Bashkir ASSR - Lithuanian SSR 6:4
 * Uzbek SSR - Lithuanian SSR 6:1
 * Latvian SSR - Bashkir ASSR 3:3 (2:0, 0:2, 1:1)
 * Latvian SSR - Lithuanian SSR 7:0 (3:0, 2:0, 2:0)
 * Bashkir ASSR - Uzbek SSR 7:3 (4:1, 1:1, 2:1)