1963 Soviet Class B
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The 1963 Soviet Football Championship (Class B) was the thirteenth season since creation of Class B in 1950 in place of the Vtoraya Gruppa. At the same time, in 1963 the Class B tournament was shifted one tier down in the Soviet league system. In this way the third level competitions were revived for the first time since 1937.
The structure of the tournament was preserved having separate competitions for Russia, Ukraine, and other Soviet republics.