Russian Government Cup was a tournament for national teams in bandy, arranged in Russia every other year from 1972[1] until 2012.
[citation needed] When the Bandy World Championships were held every other year, this tournament was held in around the same time of the year (February/March) in the years when there was no World Championships.
[citation needed] Besides the national teams, there have sometimes been irregular teams representing federation subjects of Russia (earlier the USSR) or a "Russia no.
2" team – these are written with italics below and marked with two flags if they are federation subjects – or Russian club teams, to fill out the tournament.
Youth national teams have also occasionally been invited.