DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey)

For the current third level of German hockey, see Oberliga (ice hockey).

DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey)

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1949
No. of teams	2 (from 1970)
Country(ies)	East Germany
Ceased	1990
Last champion(s)	SG Dynamo Weißwasser (1989-90)

The Oberliga was the top level of ice hockey in East Germany. From 1949 to 1970, the increasingly popular sport of ice hockey saw the creation of a variety of leagues, with the Oberliga at the top level. However in 1970 funding for all but two ice hockey teams (SG Dynamo Weißwasser and SC Dynamo Berlin) was abruptly ended. Some of the de-funded teams went on to participate in the DDR-Bestenermittlungen, an unofficial continuation of the former "Gruppenliga" (the second league below the Oberliga until 1969/70).^[1]

Teams

1970-1990

• SG Dynamo Weißwasser
• SC Dynamo Berlin

Until 1970

• SG Dynamo Weißwasser
• SC Dynamo Berlin
• TSC Berlin
• Empor Rostock
• Turbine Erfurt
• ASK Crimmitschau
• Einheit Dresden
• SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
• SG Frankenhausen * became BSG Zwickau in 1955 and SC Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1956.
• SG Apolda
• SG Schierke
• SG Grün Weiß Pankow

Past winners

• 1949 SG Frankenhausen
• 1950 SG Frankenhausen
• 1951 Ostglas Weißwasser
• 1952 Chemie Weißwasser
• 1953 Chemie Weißwasser
• 1954 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1955 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1956 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1957 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1958 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1959 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1960 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1961 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1962 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1963 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1964 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1965 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1966 Dynamo Berlin
• 1967 Dynamo Berlin
• 1968 Dynamo Berlin
• 1969 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1970 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1971 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1972 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1973 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1974 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1975 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1976 Dynamo Berlin
• 1977 Dynamo Berlin
• 1978 Dynamo Berlin
• 1979 Dynamo Berlin
• 1980 Dynamo Berlin
• 1981 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1982 Dynamo Berlin
• 1983 Dynamo Berlin
• 1984 Dynamo Berlin
• 1985 Dynamo Berlin
• 1986 Dynamo Berlin
• 1987 Dynamo Berlin
• 1988 Dynamo Berlin
• 1989 Dynamo Weißwasser
• 1990 Dynamo Weißwasser

See also

• East Germany national ice hockey team
• DDR-Bestenermittlung

References

1. ^ (German) DDR-Meisterschaft - bis 1970 kein Einerlei

External Links

• Wikipedia's article on ice hockey in East Germany (in German)