The winner of the competition, Dinamo Kiev qualified for the continental tournament.

The competition was shifted to the European competition calendar (fall-spring) and was "desynchronized" with the rest of the Soviet Union football season (spring-fall).

[1] 50 teams were allowed to participate: 18 from the Top league, 22 from the First and 10 from the Second.

The rest, the privileged participants of the European cups (including Dnepr, Spartak, Dynamos Minsk and Moscow) were starting from the next stage, the Round of 16.

[1] Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Dinamo Minsk Y Dinamo Moscow Y Zenit Leningrad Y Chernomorets Odessa Y Torpedo Moscow Y Iberia Tbilisi Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Dinamo Kiev Y Ararat Erevan Y Metallist Kharkov Y Shakhter Donetsk Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Neftchi Baku Y CSKA Moscow (v) Y Pakhtakor Tashkent (v) Y Fakel Voronezh (^) Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi (^) Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Pamir Dushambe Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y Dinamo Batumi Y Iskra Smolensk Y Nistru Kishenev Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Kuban Krasnodar Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Daugava Riga Y Guria Lanchkhuti Y Zvezda Dzhizak Y SKA Khabarovsk Y Rotor Volgograd Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Kolos Nikopol Y Zaria Voroshilovgrad (v) Y Tavria Simferopol (v) Y Irtysh Omsk (v) Y Svetotekhnika Saransk Y Metallurg Magnitogorsk Y Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Y Geolog Tyumen Y Dnepr Mogilev Y Niva Vinnitsa Y Sudostroitel Nikolayev Y Dinamo Samarkand Y Tselinnik Tselinograd Y Kotaik Abovian (^) Source: [] All games took place on July 31, 1984.