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

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	Brandenburg vice-champions
SG Schwerin	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern champions
SG Wismar-Süd	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern runners-up

Play-offs

Qualifying round

1948-06-13	Sportfreunde Burg	1 – 0	SG Sömmerda	Ernst Abbe Sportfeld, Jena Attendance: 20,000

1948-06-13	SG Meerane	3 – 1	SG Babelsberg	Westsachsenstadion, Planitz Attendance: 10,000

Quarter finals

1948-06-20	SG Meerane	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	SG Sömmerda	Leipzig Attendance: 15,000

1948-06-20	SG Schwerin	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	SG Planitz	Schwerin Attendance: 11,000

1948-06-20	SG Cottbus-Ost	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	SG Weimar-Ost	Cottbus Attendance: 15,000

1948-06-20	SG Freiimfelde Halle	3 – 1	SG Wismar-Süd	Halle Attendance: 10,000

Semi finals

1948-06-27	SG Freiimfelde Halle	5 – 2	SG Meerane	Magdeburg Attendance: 10,000

1948-06-27	SG Planitz	5 – 0	SG Weimar-Ost	Ostragehege, Dresden Attendance: 25,000

Final

1948-06-27	SG Planitz	1 – 0	SG Freiimfelde Halle	Probstheidaer Stadion, Leipzig Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kurt Liebscher, Weißenfels
	Weiß  38'

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:

SG FREIIMFELDE HALLE ' Kurt Grimm ' Fritz Belger ' Hans Meyer ' Walter Metzner ' Karl-Heinz Scheer ' Kurt Fritzsche ' Manfred Krüger ' Heinz Pabst ' Paul Brandt ' Horst Blüher ' Karl Golla Manager:

Sources

East Germany 1947/48 at rsssf.com