1948 Ostzonenmeisterschaft

Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1948 Soviet occupation zone 10 SG Planitz Freiimfelde Halle German football championship SG Planitz 9 30 1949 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 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 Nürnberg in Stuttgart, but the team of SG Planitz was not allowed to travel for political reasons.Planitz wurde Fußball-Ostzonenmeister Planitz became football champions of the Eastern Zone 4 Berliner Zeitung 154 6 July 1948 4 GermanPlanitz und Weißenfels-Mitte sind Ostzonenmeister Planitz and Weißenfels-Mitte are champions of the Eastern Zone 3 Neues Deutschland 154 6 July 1948 4 German Teams qualified for the play-offs 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 Qualifying round 13 June 1948 SG Sportfreunde Burg 1 – 0 SG Sömmerda Ernst Abbe Sportfeld, Jena 20,000 13 June 1948 SG Meerane 3 – 1 SG Babelsberg Westsachsenstadion, Planitz 10,000 Quarter finals 20 June 1948 SG Meerane 2 – 1(a.e.t.) SG Sportfreunde Burg Leipzig 15,000 SG Schwerin v SG Planitz 20 June 1948 SG Schwerin 1 – 3 SG Planitz Schwerin 11,000 20 June 1948 SG Cottbus-Ost 0 – 1(a.e.t.) SG Weimar-Ost Cottbus 15,000 Freiimfelde Halle v Wismar-Süd 20 June 1948 SG Freiimfelde Halle 3 – 1 SG Wismar-Süd Halle 10,000 Semi finals Freiimfelde Halle v SG Meerane 27 June 1948 SG Freiimfelde Halle 5 – 2 SG Meerane Magdeburg 10,000 SG Planitz v SG Weimar-Ost 27 June 1948 SG Planitz 5 – 0 SG Weimar-Ost Ostragehege, Dresden 25,000 Final 1948 Ostzonenmeisterschaft Final Sources East Germany 1947/48 at rsssf.com References Category:German football championship Category:1947–48 in German football