1948 Ostzonenmeisterschaft
The Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1948 (English: Championship of the Eastern Zone) was the first 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 Länder—Mecklenburg-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 Nuremberg in Stuttgart, but the team of SG Planitz was not allowed to travel for political reasons.
Teams qualified for the play-offs
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Qualified as |
| SG Planitz |
Representative of Saxony |
| SG Meerane |
Representative of Saxony |
| SG Weimar-Ost |
Representative of Thuringia |
| SG Sömmerda |
Representative of Thuringia |
| ZSG Freiimfelde Halle |
Representative of Saxony-Anhalt |
| 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
Qualifying round
Quarter finals
1948-06-20
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SG Meerane |
2 – 1
(a.e.t.) |
SG Sömmerda |
Leipzig
Attendance: 15,000
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1948-06-20
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SG Cottbus-Ost |
0 – 1
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SG Weimar-Ost |
Cottbus
Attendance: 15,000
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1948-06-20
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SG Freiimfelde Halle |
3 – 1 |
SG Wismar-Süd |
Halle
Attendance: 10,000
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Semi finals
1948-06-27
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SG Freiimfelde Halle |
5 – 2 |
SG Meerane |
Magdeburg
Attendance: 10,000
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Final
| SG PLANITZ |
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Anton Huber |
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Erick Merkel |
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Egon Jugel |
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Günther Schneider |
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Herbert Seltmann |
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Erich Meichser |
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Hans Meier |
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Johannes Breitenstein |
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Horst Weiß |
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Karl Dittes |
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Helmut Fischer |
| Manager: |
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| SG FREIIMFELDE HALLE |
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Kurt Grimm |
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Fritz Belger |
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Hans Meyer |
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Walter Metzner |
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Karl-Heinz Scheer |
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Kurt Fritzsche |
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Manfred Krüger |
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Heinz Pabst |
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Paul Brandt |
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Horst Blüher |
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Karl Golla |
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Sources
East Germany 1947/48 at rsssf.com
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| Domestic cups |
Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '48 '49 · Finland '48 '49 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '48 '49 · Israel · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '48 '49 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '48 '49 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia |
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England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland
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