1949 Ostzonenmeisterschaft

The Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1949 (English: Championship of the Eastern Zone) was the second association football championship in what was to become East Germany. As in the previous season, 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. Unlike the previous season, none of the regional championships was ended early, even if the participants for the championship had already been Last year's winner SG Planitz did not qualify, but finalists SG Freiimfelde Halle – renamed ZSG Union Halle – reached the final again, this time beating Fortuna Erfurt to win their first championship.

Teams qualified for the play-offs

Club	Qualified as
SG Friedrichstadt	Champions of Saxony
SG Meerane	Saxony runners-up
SG Fortuna Erfurt	Champions of Thuringia
SG Altenburg-Nord	Thuringia Runners-up
ZSG Union Halle	Champions of Saxony-Anhalt
SG Eintracht Stendal	Saxony-Anhalt runners-up
SG Babelsberg	Brandenburg champions
SG Franz Mehring Marga	Brandenburg runners-up
SG Wismar-Süd	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern champions
SG Schwerin	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern runners-up

Play-offs

Preliminary round

8 May 1949	SG Franz Mehring Marga	2–0	SG Schwerin	Cottbus Attendance: 10,000

8 May 1949	SG Eintracht Stendal	4–3	SG Altenburg-Nord	Planitz

Quarter finals

26 May 1949	SG Eintracht Stendal	4–0	Franz Mehring Marga	Dessau Attendance: 7,000

29 May 1949	SG Fortuna Erfurt	10–0	SG Wismar Süd	Jena Attendance: 10,000

26 May 1949	SG Meerane	3–2	SG Babelsberg	Brandenburg Attendance: 9,000

26 May 1949	ZSG Union Halle	2–1	SG Friedrichstadt Dresden	Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle Attendance: 20,000

Semi finals

12 June 1949	ZSG Union Halle	3–0	SG Eintracht Stendal	Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle Attendance: 20,000

ZSG Union Halle - SG Eintracht Stendal 3-0

12 June 1949	SG Fortuna Erfurt	4–3 (a.e.t.)	SG Meerane	Großkampfbahn, Chemnitz Attendance: 25,000

Final

26 June 1949	ZSG Union Halle	4–1	SG Fortuna Erfurt	Heinz-Steyer-Stadion, Dresden Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Gerhard Schulz, Dresden
	Rappsilber  13', 71' Theile  48' Werkmeister  64'		Schmidt  77'

ZSG Union HALLE ' Horst Schmidt ' Fritz Belger ' Erich Lehmann ' Kurt Fritzsche ' Otto Knefler ' Erich Blanke ' Rolf Theile ' Otto Werkmeister ' Herbert Rappsilber ' Horst Blüher ' Karl Golla Manager:

SG FORTUNA ERFURT ' Heinz Grünbeck ' Horst Müller ' Werner Vollrath ' Werner Brock ' Helmut Nordhaus ' Jochen Müller ' Herbert Löbe ' Willi Dittmar ' Fritz Schmidt ' Winfried Herz ' Kurt Thein Manager:

References

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