1949 Ostzonenmeisterschaft

Football tournament season

1949 OstzonenmeisterschaftTournament details

Country| Soviet occupation zone
Teams| 10
Final positions
Champions| Union Halle
Runner-up| Fortuna Erfurt
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 9
Goals scored| 46 (5.11 per match)

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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 determined. 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

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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

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### Qualifying round

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8 May 1949

SG Franz Mehring Marga| 2–0| SG Schwerin

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Cottbus

Attendance: 10,000

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8 May 1949

SG Eintracht Stendal| 4–3| SG Altenburg-Nord

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Planitz

### Quarter finals

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29 May 1949

SG Eintracht Stendal| 4–0| Franz Mehring Marga

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Dessau

Attendance: 7,000

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29 May 1949

SG Fortuna Erfurt| 10–0| SG Wismar Süd

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Jena

Attendance: 10,000

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29 May 1949

SG Meerane| 3–2| SG Babelsberg

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Brandenburg

Attendance: 9,000

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29 May 1949

ZSG Union Halle| 2–1| SG Friedrichstadt Dresden

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Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle

Attendance: 20,000

### Semi finals

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12 Jun 1949

ZSG Union Halle| 3–0| SG Eintracht Stendal

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Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle

Attendance: 20,000

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12 Jun 1949

SG Fortuna Erfurt| 4–3 (a.e.t.)| SG Meerane

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Großkampfbahn, Chemnitz

Attendance: 25,000

### Final

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Main article: 1949 Ostzonenmeisterschaft Final

26 June 1949 (1949-06-26)

Union Halle| 4–1| Fortuna Erfurt

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* Rappsilber 13', 71'
* Theile 48'
* Werkmeister 64'

| Report | Schmidt 77'

Stadion im Ostragehege, Dresden

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulz (Dresden)

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