Russian Bandy Supreme League

In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three groups.

[1] In the 2022/23 season, 22 teams competed in four groups.

From here the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are all single elimination games.

The seasons generally runs from December to the finals in March.

[2] The league is mainly a development league as can be seen by the number of affiliated clubs, named Rodina-2 for example, although a few independent clubs are present.