The runner-up of the competition Torpedo Moscow qualified for the continental tournament.
Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Dinamo Kiev Y Torpedo Moscow Y Spartak Moscow Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Zenit Leningrad Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Shakhter Donetsk Y Ararat Erevan Y Dinamo Moscow Y Metallist Kharkov Y Dinamo Minsk Y Chernomorets Odessa Y Iberia Tbilisi Y Neftchi Baku (v) Y Kairat Alma-Ata (v) Y Pamir Dushambe (^) Y Rotor Volgograd (^) Y CSKA Moscow Y Guria Lanchkhuti Y Pakhtakor Tashkent Y Dinamo Stavropol Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Daugava Riga Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Geolog Tyumen Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y Tavria Simferopol Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y FC Batumi Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Kotaik Abovian Y Kuban Krasnodar Y Zaria Voroshilovgrad (v) Y Zvezda Perm (v) Y Kolos Nikopol (v) Y Fakel Voronezh (^) Y Torpedo Ryazan Y Zaria Kaluga Y Tekstilschik Ivanovo Y Uralmash Sverdlovsk Y Zenit Izhevsk Y Krylya Sovietov Kuibyshev Y Gastello Ufa Y Rubin Kazan Y Spartak Nalchik Y Druzhba Maikop Y Dinamo Sukhumi Y Lokomotiv Samtredia Y Kolkheti Poti Y Mashuk Piatigorsk Y Irtysh Omsk Y Metallurg Novokuznetsk Y Dinamo Barnaul Y SKA Khabarovsk Y Nistru Kishenev (^) Y Atlantas Klapeida Y Iskra Smolensk Y Dinamo Brest Y Baltika Kaliningrad Y Bukovina Chernovtsy Y SKA Odessa Y Okean Kerch Y Podolie Khmelnitsiy Y Neftianik Akhtyrka Y Niva Ternopol Y Prikarpatie Ivano-Frankovsk Y Neftyanik Fergana Y Khanki Yangiaryk Y Dinamo Samarkand Y Traktor Pavlodar Y Alga Frunze Y Meliorator Chimkent Y Meliorator Kzyl-Orda Y Khimik Dzhambul Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi (^) Y Sokol Saratov Y Shevardeni Tbilisi Source: [] All games took place on May 2, 1988.
Game between Dynamo K and Guria was played on July 16 and September 5.
Games between Traktor and Shakhter was played on October 15, between Dynamo K. and Zalgiris on November 8, while game between Neftchi and Dynamo Mn was scheduled for next year on March 7.
All games were scheduled on 29 April 1989, while the match between Spartak and Dynamo Tbilisi was played on 17 May.