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
Tournament details
CountrySoviet occupation zone
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsSG Planitz
Runner-upFreiimfelde Halle
German football championshipSG Planitz
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored30 (3.33 per match)
1949 →

Teams qualified for the play-offs

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Club Qualified as
SG Planitz Representative of Saxony
SG Meerane Representative of Saxony
SG Weimar-Ost Representative of Thuringia
SG Sömmerda Representative of Thuringia
SG Freiimfelde Halle Representative of Saxony-Anhalt
SG Sportfreunde Burg Representative of Saxony-Anhalt
SG Cottbus-Ost Brandenburg champions
SG Babelsberg Brandenburg vice-champions
SG Schwerin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern champions
SG Wismar-Süd Mecklenburg-Vorpommern runners-up

Play-offs

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Qualifying round

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SG Sportfreunde Burg1 – 0SG Sömmerda
Attendance: 20,000

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

Quarter finals

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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

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SG Freiimfelde Halle5 – 2SG Meerane
Attendance: 10,000

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

Final

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SG Planitz1–0Freiimfelde Halle
Weiß   38' Report

Sources

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East Germany 1947/48 at rsssf.com

References

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  1. ^ "Planitz wurde Fußball-Ostzonenmeister" [Planitz became football champions of the Eastern Zone]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 4, no. 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). Vol. 3, no. 154. 6 July 1948. p. 4.