East German rugby union championship
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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.
The competition was carried out in a home-and-away season, a final was not played.
as the most successful team, winning 27 championships:.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
competition in the German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
, 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.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:- BSG Stahl HennigsdorfStahl Hennigsdorf RugbyThe Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby is a German rugby union club from Hennigsdorf, currently playing in the tier-four Regionalliga East B. The team is part of a larger club, the Stahl Hennigsdorf, which also offers other sports like volleyball, table tennis and boxing.The club, located in former East...
, now SV Stahl Hennigsdorf RugbyStahl Hennigsdorf RugbyThe Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby is a German rugby union club from Hennigsdorf, currently playing in the tier-four Regionalliga East B. The team is part of a larger club, the Stahl Hennigsdorf, which also offers other sports like volleyball, table tennis and boxing.The club, located in former East... - DHfK Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC LeipzigRC LeipzigThe RC Leipzig is a German rugby union club from Leipzig, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga East, the third tier of German rugby.The club, formed in 2004, traces its history back to the early 1950s, when a number of successful rugby clubs were formed in Leipzig in what was then East Germany...
- ASK Vorwärts Berlin, rugby department defunct
- BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC LeipzigRC LeipzigThe RC Leipzig is a German rugby union club from Leipzig, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga East, the third tier of German rugby.The club, formed in 2004, traces its history back to the early 1950s, when a number of successful rugby clubs were formed in Leipzig in what was then East Germany...
- BSG Stahl Leegebruch, club defunct
- BSG Stahl BrandenburgStahl Brandenburg RugbyStahl Brandenburg Rugby is a German rugby union club from Brandenburg, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga East A.The club, located in former East Germany, used to be part of the BSG Stahl Brandenburg, a multi-sports club formed in November 1950...
, rugby department now SG Stahl Brandenburg RugbyStahl Brandenburg RugbyStahl Brandenburg Rugby is a German rugby union club from Brandenburg, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga East A.The club, located in former East Germany, used to be part of the BSG Stahl Brandenburg, a multi-sports club formed in November 1950... - BSG Post Berlin, rugby department now RK 03 BerlinRK 03 BerlinThe RK 03 Berlin is a German rugby union club from Berlin, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga.The club was formed in 2003, when the rugby department of the Post SV Berlin left the club...
- Dynamo Potsdam, became Polizei SV Potsdam, club defunct
- Empor Velten, now Veltener RC
- Ingenieurschule Hennigsdorf, club defunct
- BSG Lok Berlin
- BSG Gastronom Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC LeipzigRC LeipzigThe RC Leipzig is a German rugby union club from Leipzig, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga East, the third tier of German rugby.The club, formed in 2004, traces its history back to the early 1950s, when a number of successful rugby clubs were formed in Leipzig in what was then East Germany...
- BSG Lok Falkensee
- Dynamo DresdenDynamo DresdenSG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...
, rugby department defunct
Winners
The East German championship was held from 1952 to 1990, with the Stahl Hennigsdorf RugbyStahl Hennigsdorf Rugby
The Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby is a German rugby union club from Hennigsdorf, currently playing in the tier-four Regionalliga East B. The team is part of a larger club, the Stahl Hennigsdorf, which also offers other sports like volleyball, table tennis and boxing.The club, located in former East...
as the most successful team, winning 27 championships:.
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1952 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1953 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1954 | DHfK Leipzig | |
| 1955 | DHfK Leipzig | |
| 1956 | SC Vorwärts Berlin | |
| 1957 | DHfK Leipzig | |
| 1958 | DHfK Leipzig | |
| 1959 | not held | |
| 1960 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1961 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1962 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1963 | DHfK Leipzig | |
| 1964 | BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig | |
| 1965 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1966 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1967 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1968 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1969 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1970 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1971 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1972 | BSG Stahl Leegebruch | |
| 1973 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1974 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1975 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1976 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1977 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1978 | BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf |
| 1979 | BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf |
| 1980 | BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf |
| 1981 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1982 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1983 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1984 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1985 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1986 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1987 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | |
| 1988 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | BSG Stahl Brandenburg Stahl Brandenburg Rugby Stahl Brandenburg Rugby is a German rugby union club from Brandenburg, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga East A.The club, located in former East Germany, used to be part of the BSG Stahl Brandenburg, a multi-sports club formed in November 1950... |
| 1989 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | BSG Post Berlin |
| 1990 | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | BSG Post Berlin |
Winners by number of titles
| Club | Championships |
| BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby The Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby is a German rugby union club from Hennigsdorf, currently playing in the tier-four Regionalliga East B. The team is part of a larger club, the Stahl Hennigsdorf, which also offers other sports like volleyball, table tennis and boxing.The club, located in former East... |
27 |
| DHfK Leipzig | 5 |
| BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig | 4 |
| BSG Stahl Leegebruch | 1 |
| SC Vorwärts Berlin | 1 |
External links
- DRV website German rugby federation website