1938 Soviet Cup

The 1938 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The competition was composed of qualification stage that contained several subgroups and the final stage. 26 teams of the 1938 Soviet Top League were given a bye to the final stage, while other teams were competing in 19 groups of the qualifying stage. Teams from Ukraine were granted 10 berths within 5 groups, teams from Caucasus and Central Asian union republics were granted 3 berths in 3 groups, teams from Belarus were competing along with some teams from Russia for a single berth, while Russian teams were granted 24 berths in 10 groups with teams from Moscow region receiving 8 berths. Competitions in qualification subgroups 14–18 (Ukrainian) were conducted as a regional competition of the 1938 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR in May 5-20.