East German rugby union championship

The East German rugby union championship was a rugby union competition in the German Democratic Republic, commonly referred to as East Germany. The competition was first held in 1952 and had its last edition in 1990, being terminated by the events of the German reunion.

Competition

The competition was carried out via the DDR Rugby-Oberliga, which consisted of, for a large part of its live time, eight clubs. Below it sat the 2. Liga, the second division.^[1]

The competition was carried out in a home-and-away season, a final was not played.

Participating clubs

The number of rugby clubs in East Germany was never large and the Rugby-Oberliga had, at times, even first and reserve teams playing in it. The following clubs played in the league and championship and some stage:^[1]

• BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf, now SV Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby ^[2]
• DHfK Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC Leipzig ^[3]
• ASK Vorwärts Berlin, rugby department defunct
• BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC Leipzig ^[3]
• BSG Stahl Leegebruch, club defunct
• BSG Stahl Brandenburg, rugby department now SG Stahl Brandenburg Rugby ^[4]
• BSG Post Berlin, rugby department now RK 03 Berlin ^[1]
• Dynamo Potsdam, became Polizei SV Potsdam, club defunct ^[5]
• Empor Velten, now Veltener RC
• Ingenieurschule Hennigsdorf, club defunct
• BSG Lok Berlin
• BSG Gastronom Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC Leipzig ^[3]
• BSG Lok Falkensee
• Dynamo Dresden, rugby department defunct

Winners

The East German championship was held from 1952 to 1990, with the Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby as the most successful team, winning 27 championships:.^[2][6]

Winners by number of titles

References

External links

• DRV website (German) German rugby federation website