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 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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Regional championships
Statistics of Ostzonenmeisterschaft in the 1949 season.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
West :                                     East : SG Wismar Süd    14 11- 2- 1  24  68- 8    SG Greifswald     14  9- 4- 1  22  38-18 SG Schwerin      14 11- 0- 3  22  43-17    SG Bergen         14  9- 3- 2  21  36-21 SG Güstrow       14  8- 1- 5  17  41-26    SG Neubrandenburg 14  8- 4- 2  20  47-20 SG Neustadt Glewe 14 6- 5- 3  17  36-22    SG Ribnitz        14  6- 1- 7  13  27-26 SG Hagenow       14  5- 1- 8  11  32-46    SG Rostock Süd    14  4- 4- 6  12  19-29 SG Parchim       14  4- 2- 8  10  21-43    SG Stralsund      14  3- 4- 7  10  32-37 SG Rostock West  14  3- 1-10   7  19-63    SG Altentreptow   14  3- 3- 8   9  22-36 Polizei Rostock  14  2- 0-12   4  27-62    SG Ückermünde     14  1- 1-12   3  17-51

Final Competition : SG Wismar Süd     6  4- 2- 0  10  20- 8 SG Schwerin       6  3- 1- 2   7  13-10 SG Greifswald     5  2- 0- 3   4   8-13 SG Bergen         5  0- 1- 4   1   8-18

Brandenburg
West :                                     East : SG Babelsberg      18  30  84-23             SG Grube Marga         18  29  64-14 Polizei Brandenburg 18 24  72-42             Rotweiß Cottbus        18  26  50-17 SG Luckenwalde Süd 18  22  47-31             SG Großräschen         18  23  47-34 SG Brandenburg West 18 21  56-43             SG Kiekebusch          18  23  34-25 SG Eberswalde Nord 18  20  46-35             SG Guben-Mitte         18  20  47-35 ZSG Henningsdorf   18  16  52-61             SG Slamen              18  19  42-54 SG Fürstenwalde    18  14  36-69             SG Forst-Mitte         18  15  41-34 ZSG Wittenberge    18  13  29-58             SG Schipkau            18  15  44-54 Polizei Potsdam    18  11  40-65             SG Hörlitz             18   5  17-66 SG Bernau          18   9  31-66             SG Frankfurt-West/Oder 18   5  30-83 SG Grube Marga during the season changed to                                                                             Franz-Mehring Marga Final : SG Babelsberg - Franz Mehring Marga 4-1  0-2  2-1

Saxony-Anhalt
South :                                    North : SG Freiimfelde Halle18 28  57-28             Blau Weiß Stendal      18  29  41-19 Sport-Union Dessau 18  25  44-25             SG Schönebeck-Altstadt 18  22  32-19 SG Weißenfels Süd  18  20  38-27             SG Magdeburg-Altstadt  18  21  41-25 Eintracht Bernburg 18  20  38-30             Sportfreunde Burg      17  19  35-24 SG Sandersdorf     18  19  32-28             SG Hötensleben         18  19  34-32 SG Köthen Süd      18  18  33-28             Fortuna Halberstadt    18  18  37-28 SG Allstedt        18  16  39-49             SG Oschersleben        18  17  36-46 SG Baalberge       18  14  49-52             Sportfreunde Salzwedel 18  15  25-43 SG Röitzsch        18  13  19-38             SG Hadmersleben        17   9  16-42 SG Belgem          18   7  24-68             SH Ilsenburg           18   9  27-46 Sport-Union Dessau during season changed     Blau-Weiß Stendal changed into SG Eintracht Stendal into SG Dessau Nord Eintracht Bernburg during season changed into SG Bernburg Süd SG Freiimfelde Halle changed into ZSG Union Halle

Final : SG Freiimfelde Halle - Blau Weiß Stendal 2-0

Thuringia
Region I :                                   Region II : SG Altenburg Nord 14 9- 3- 2  21  46-17      SG Fortuna Erfurt    14 10- 1- 3  21  45-19 SG Steinach      14  9- 1- 4  19  41-17      Rheinmetall Sömmerda 14  7- 3- 4  17  31-25 SG Weida         14  7- 4- 3  18  27-16      SG Jena-Stadion      14  6- 3- 5  15  26-18 SG Wurzbach      14  7- 3- 4  17  32-24      Eintracht Weimar     14  5- 4- 5  14  22-19 SG Gera-Pforten  14  7- 2- 5  16  40-26      SG Bleicherode       14  5- 2- 7  12  19-40 SG Schalkau      14  5- 2- 7  12  28-31      Union Erfurt         14  3- 5- 6  11  17-15 SG Triebes       14  3- 1-10   7  25-40      Olympia Apolda       14  5- 1- 8  11  17-27 SG Probstzella   14  1- 0-13   2  18-86      SG Uder/Eichsfeld    14  5- 1- 8  11  14-28 Union Erfurt changed into Pels Erfurt

Region III :                                 Champions competition : Vorwärts Gotha      14  8- 5- 1  21  43-24 SG Werra Breitungen 14  9- 2- 3  20  32-20   SG Fortuna Erfurt     2  1- 1- 0   3   4- 2 SG Suhl             12  6- 4- 2  16  29-20   SG Altenburg-Nord     2  1- 0- 1   2   6- 4 Kaiserode Tiefenort 14  6- 4- 4  16  27-18   Vorwärts Gotha        2  0- 1- 1   1   2- 6 SG Sonderhausen     14  5- 3- 6  13  28-35 SG Langensalza      12  4- 2- 6  10  24-25 SG Steinbach-Hallenb.13 3- 2- 8   8  18-31 Vorwärts Mühlhausen 14  1- 1-12   3  24-52 (table not completely correct)

Saxony
Leipzig (top 5)                              Ostsachsen (top 5) SG Leipzig-Leutzsch   25  45  104-21         SG Zittau            20  30  61-30 SG Wurzen             25  40   66-19         SG Kamenz            20  25  59-31 SG Markkleeberg       25  40   74-38         SG Löbau             20  25  60-42 SG Leipzig-Probstheida 25 37   68-35         SG Hoyerswerda       20  25  51-36 SG Thekla             25  35   85-37         SG Weißwasser        20  24  45-33 SG Leipzig Leutzsch changed into Industrie Leipzig

Westsachsen (top 5) SG Planitz            22  40 SG Plauen-Süd         22  34 SG Lauter             22  29 SG Cainsdorf SG Aue

Chemnitz                                   Dresden region I: SG Chemnitz-Nord                 region I:  play off SG Hartha                                  SG Friedrichstadt Dresden - SG Striesen  7-1 SG Gablenz region II: play off region II: SG Meerane                                 Mickten Dresden - SG Meißen  3-1 SG SG Chemnitz West SG Lichtenstein

final : SG Meerane - SG Chemnitz-Nord      final : SG Friedrichstadt Dresden - Mickten Dresden 2-2 and 3-1 3-1 1-2  3-2

Championship of Sachsen SG Friedrichstadt Dresden 4  3- 0- 1  6  13- 7 Industrie Leipzig         4  3- 0- 1  6   8- 5 SG Meerane                4  3- 0- 1  6   8- 6 SG Planitz                4  0- 1- 3  1   3- 7 SG Zittau                 4  0- 1- 3  1   2- 9

Necessary extra competition between 1st 3 SG Friedrichstadt Dresden 2  2- 0- 0  4   4- 2 SG Meerane                2  1- 0- 1  2   5- 5 Industrie Leipzig         2  0- 0- 2  0   2- 4 -->