Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1948
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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.
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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
Manager:
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
—Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
and Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
—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
German football championship 1948
- Semi finals :-----Final:-Sources:* at Weltfussball.de* at RSSSF.com* at Fussballdaten.de...
, playing 1. FC Nuremberg in Stuttgart, but the team of SG Planitz
FSV Zwickau
FSV Zwickau is a German association football club located in Zwickau, Saxony. Today's club claims as part of its complex heritage sides that were East Germany's first champions: 1948 Ostzone winners SG Planitz and 1950 DDR-Oberliga champions ZSG Horch Zwickau.-History:In addition to the earliest...
was not allowed to travel for political reasons.
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 |
| ZSG Freiimfelde Halle | Representative of Saxony-Anhalt |
| Sportfreunde Burg | Representative of Saxony-Anhalt |
| SG Cottbus-Ost | Brandenburg champions |
| SG Babelsberg Fortuna Babelsberg Fortuna Babelsberg is a German football club from the south-eastern part of the city of Potsdam in Brandenburg. A former East German side, they currently play in the Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord, the 7th tier of the German football league system.... |
Brandenburg vice-champions |
| SG Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern champions |
| SG Wismar-Süd | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern runners-up |
Qualifying round
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> | SG PLANITZ | ||
| ' | Anton Huber | ||
| ' | Erick Merkel | ||
| ' | Egon Jugel | ||
| ' | Günther Schneider | ||
| ' | Herbert Seltmann | ||
| ' | Erich Meichser | ||
| ' | Hans Meier | ||
| ' | Johannes Breitenstein | ||
| ' | Horst Weiß | ||
| ' | Karl Dittes | ||
| ' | Helmut Fischer | ||
| Manager: | |||
Sources
East Germany 1947/48 at rsssf.comRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international amateur organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football...