1948 Ostzonenmeisterschaft

The Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1948 (English: Championship of the Eastern Zone) was the first football championship in what was to become East Germany. It was played in a one-leg knock-out format with ten participating teams. Each of the five LänderMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt—sent two representatives. The regional championships of Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt were ended after the semi finals as by then two participants had been determined. The Ostzone champion was supposed to take part in the 1948 German championship, playing 1. FC Nürnberg in Stuttgart, but the team of SG Planitz was not allowed to travel for political reasons.[1][2]

1948 Ostzonenmeisterschaft
CountrySoviet occupation zone
Teams10
ChampionsSG Planitz
Runners-upFreiimfelde Halle
German football championshipSG Planitz
Matches played9
Goals scored30 (3.33 per match)
1949

Teams qualified for the play-offs

ClubQualified as
SG PlanitzRepresentative of Saxony
SG MeeraneRepresentative of Saxony
SG Weimar-OstRepresentative of Thuringia
SG SömmerdaRepresentative of Thuringia
SG Freiimfelde HalleRepresentative of Saxony-Anhalt
SG Sportfreunde BurgRepresentative of Saxony-Anhalt
SG Cottbus-OstBrandenburg champions
SG BabelsbergBrandenburg vice-champions
SG SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern champions
SG Wismar-SüdMecklenburg-Vorpommern runners-up

Play-offs

Qualifying round

SG Sportfreunde Burg1 0SG Sömmerda
Attendance: 20,000

SG Meerane3 1SG Babelsberg
Westsachsenstadion, Planitz
Attendance: 10,000

Quarter finals

SG Meerane2 1
(a.e.t.)
SG Sportfreunde Burg
Attendance: 15,000

SG Schwerin1 3SG Planitz
Attendance: 11,000

SG Cottbus-Ost0 1
(a.e.t.)
SG Weimar-Ost
Attendance: 15,000

SG Freiimfelde Halle3 1SG Wismar-Süd
Attendance: 10,000

Semi finals

SG Freiimfelde Halle5 2SG Meerane
Attendance: 10,000

SG Planitz5 0SG Weimar-Ost
Attendance: 25,000

Final

SG Planitz1–0Freiimfelde Halle
Weiß  38' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kurt Liebschner (Weißenfels)

Sources

East Germany 1947/48 at rsssf.com

References

  1. "Planitz wurde Fußball-Ostzonenmeister" [Planitz became football champions of the Eastern Zone]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 4 (154). 6 July 1948. p. 4.
  2. "Planitz und Weißenfels-Mitte sind Ostzonenmeister" [Planitz and Weißenfels-Mitte are champions of the Eastern Zone]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 3 (154). 6 July 1948. p. 4.
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