1938 Soviet Cup

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1938 Soviet Cup in Football

The 1938 Cup of the USSR was a knockout football competition in the Soviet Union. It combined a large qualifying stage with a final stage, featuring teams from across the country.

Format and participants
- Total teams: 275 (249 in the preliminary stage, 64 in the final stage)
- Byes: 26 teams from the Soviet Top League advanced directly to the final stage
- Qualifying stage: 19 groups
- Final stage: 64 teams

Dates
- Qualification: May 5 – July 18
- Final stage: July 21 – September 14

Winners and top scorer
- Champions: Spartak Moscow
- Runners-up: Elektrik Leningrad
- Defending champions: Dinamo Moscow
- Top scorer: Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi) with 6 goals

Notes
- Teams from Ukraine received 10 berths (in 5 groups); Caucasus and Central Asia received 3 berths (in 3 groups); Russia had 24 berths (in 10 groups); the Moscow region had 8 berths; Belarus competed for a single berth.
- Parts of the qualifying rounds in Ukraine were held as a regional competition of the Ukrainian SSR.