The GDR ice hockey championship 1980/81 brought a change at the top of the league again after five seasons . The SG Dynamo Weißwasser defeated their long-term rival and defending champion from Berlin with two to one victories in a duel at eye level - half of all encounters ended in a draw.
In the determination of the best, the BSG Monsator Berlin successfully took revenge for the defeat it had suffered the previous year against the host BSG unit Crimmitschau .
The final tournament of the A group was held again in Crimmitschau at the end of February / beginning of March 1981. The B group also met again in Crimmitschau three weeks later.
winner
BSG Monsator Berlin
A group
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Points
1.
BSG Monsator Berlin
3
3
-
-
25: 05
06: 00
2.
BSG unit Crimmitschau (M)
3
2
-
1
14:10
04: 02
3.
BSG Motor Bad Muskau
3
1
-
2
25:18
02: 04
4th
BSG Chemie 70 Rostock (N)
3
-
-
3
08:39
00: 06
Winner of the GDR best determination
Relegation to group B
(M)
Defending champion
(N)
Newbie
B group
Pl.
society
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Points
1.
BSG construction hall
3
3
-
-
15: 07
06: 00
2.
BSG HO Food Erfurt 1
3
2
-
1
24:10
04: 02
3.
SG Dynamo Klingenthal (A)
3
1
-
2
15:19
02: 04
4th
BSG Chemie Leuna
3
-
-
3
06:34
00: 06
Qualified for the A group
Relegation against winner d. District elimination
(A)
A group relegated
Relegation (GDR best determination - district league)
The relegation did not take place until the end of February 1982 - one week before the start of the next B-group games - and was held as part of the A-group tournament.
BSG Chemie Leuna
-
BSG construction Schönheide
6:12
(Last of the B group / B. determination)
(Winner of the elimination of the district champion)
In the new edition of the previous year's relegation, BSG Aufbau Schönheide was able to secure participation in the upcoming GDR determination of the best for the first time .
District elimination
The elimination game for the relegation place was played in mid-February 1982.
The BSG Aufbau Schönheide thus represented - for the third time in a row - the district champions in the relegation for the upcoming best determination in 1981/82.
Name changes
1 The BSG HO Lebensmittel Erfurt started in the preseason under the name BSG Motor Optima Erfurt.