This was the last time such competitions were conducted at this level.
All final group participants were admitted to the 1960 Ukrainian Class B except for SKVO Odesa, a team of which already competed at team of master's at the level.
There also were some clone teams that competed at republican level as well as the All-Union level, among which are Avanhard Mykolaiv, SKVO Odesa, Avanhard Simferopol, Chervona Zirka Kirovohrad.
Last season: Budivelnyk Zaporizhia, Avanhard Velykyi Tokmak, Avanhard Kherson Last season: Burevisnyk Melitopol, Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia, Mashynobudivnyk Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Rutchenkove, Avanhard Berdiansk Avanhard Zhovti Vody: Yuriy Zinchenko (goalie), Anatoliy Kokhanov (goalie), Leonid Trypolskyi, Aleksandr Lunin (RUS), Anatoliy Havryuk, Leontiy Dobrov, Vladimir Tupichev (RUS), Viktor Stryzhak, Hennadiy Kyrylov, Viktor Sukovitsyn (RUS), Boris Fisher (EST), Borys Tiahai, Viktor Frolov, Yuliy Dmitriyev (RUS).
Coach: Matviy Cherkaskyi The Ukrainian SSR was presented with 28 teams of masters (exhibition teams) at the All-Union level: