The two final tournaments of the four first-placed women and men in the Oberliga took place in the stadium “25. Anniversary ”in Geithain .
The traditional final round was at a very good level, although due to the previous continuous rain, the lawn only allowed a few technical refinements in the game on the two-meter high leash. Hit hardness, centimeter-accurate pass to skilful core, hammer or round hits as well as enormous willingness to work were the salient features, and the elite of the more than 8000 active players between the Baltic Sea and the Erzgebirge once again proved that fistball is an attractive, interesting and demanding sport.
In the men's competition, in which the 14-time GDR champion ISG Hirschfelde was only a spectator for the first time since 1955, defending champion Lok Dresden asserted himself sovereignly and only had more trouble than expected against his second set. Progress Glauchau fought for second place ahead of old master Chemie Zeitz. Newcomer to the league, Lok Dresden II, by no means dropped out, but his strengths are more in indoor play.
The enthusiastic audience did not skimp on applause - especially for the line players who convey the leather into the opposing half. Besides Hellmut Pöge ( Lok Dresden I ), Rolf Malecha ( Progress Glauchau ) and veteran Wolfgang Ehrlich ( Chemie Zeitz ) also stood out.
In the women's competition, Chemie Weißwasser dominated, whose athletes were allowed to decorate themselves with the champions' badge for the second time after 1973 in Lichtenstein. The title winner of the past four years, the Görlitzer Spielgemeinschaft, had no chance due to the loss of two regular players.
1 ISG Hirschfelde withdrew from the competition after a matchday.
The Hirschfeld team was automatically relegated when they withdrew. Novice progress Groitzsch had to take part in the games to qualify for the upcoming league season.
Promotion round:
According to the rules, there was a promotion round with the four season winners of the district group league and the upper league bottom - due to the withdrawal of ISG Hirschfelde - the team from Progress Groitzsch.
Final tournament:
SG Görlitz
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Pentacon Dresden
27:29 (15:18)
Chemistry white water
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TSG Berlin-Oberschöneweide
39:26 (20:15)
Chemistry white water
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Pentacon Dresden
40:18 (21:11)
SG Görlitz
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TSG Berlin-Oberschöneweide
35:26 (18:10)
Chemistry white water
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SG Görlitz
47:20 (29: 9)
Pentacon Dresden
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TSG Berlin-Oberschöneweide
28:28 (11:17)
Final table:
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team
Points
Default counter
total
Balls / diff.
1.
Chemistry white water
6-0
2
8-0
126: 64 +62
2.
SG Görlitz
2: 4
3
5: 4
82: 102-20
3.
Pentacon Dresden
3: 3
0
3: 3
75:95 -20
4th
TSG Berlin-Oberschöneweide
1: 5
1
2: 5
80: 102-22
Due to the default counter achieved in the main round, the Görlitzers managed to achieve second place despite the defeat against the Dresdeners.
Winner's squad:
BSG Chemie Weißwasser : Gisela Bursch, Ursula Lisk, Ingrid Klei, Petra Bergmann, Waltraud Steide Instructor : Walter Wiedemann
1The ISG Hirschfelde did not start on the last matchday, so their games against Plasttechnik Greiz, Traktor Bachfeld and Medizin Erfurt were each rated 2 × 0:15. This had no influence on participation in the final round and relegation.
Relegation: According to the newly decided regulation, the first team of the three GDR leagues rose directly from this season, so that there were now also three league relegators. First division medicine Erfurt, the second representation of the ISG Hirschfelde and the BSG Traktor Bachfeld were relegated from the upper division. Their places were taken in 1979 by the league relay winners Empor Tangermünde, Motor Schleusingen and progress Walddorf.
Final tournament:
Progress in Glauchau
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Chemistry Zeitz
31:31 (11:21)
Locomotive Dresden I
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Locomotive Dresden II
29:15 (16:14)
Chemistry Zeitz
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Locomotive Dresden I
27:38 (10:25)
Progress in Glauchau
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Locomotive Dresden II
34:19 (17: 8)
Locomotive Dresden I
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Progress in Glauchau
36:19 (14:11)
Chemistry Zeitz
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Locomotive Dresden II
30:26 (15:11)
Final table:
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team
Points
Default counter
total
Balls / diff.
1.
Locomotive Dresden I
6-0
3
9-0
103: 61 +42
2.
Progress in Glauchau
3: 3
2
5: 3
84:86 -2
3.
Chemistry Zeitz
3: 3
1
4: 3
88:95 -7
4th
Locomotive Dresden II
0: 6
0
0: 6
60:93 -33
The default counters influenced the final score in such a way that the team from Glauchau came in second ahead of the serial champion Chemie Zeitz.
↑ a b Default counter: According to their placement in the main round, the qualified teams received points for the final round. The first received three points, the second placed two, the third one more.
Individual evidence
↑ a b c d e Gunter Herzog: Men, Oberliga. GDR stronghold Hirschfelde, for the first time since 23, only championship spectators . In: DFV (ed.): Der faustball . 23rd year, no.October 10 , 1978, ISSN 0323-3138 , p.2-4 .
↑ a b c women, upper league. There were no surprises! In: DFV (ed.): Der faustball . 23rd year, no.8 , August 1978, ISSN 0323-3138 , p.3-4 .
^ A b c Gunter Herzog: Final round of the 29th GDR field championship: Again the Dresden locomotive men - Weißwasser women replaced Görlitz . In: DFV (ed.): Der faustball . 23rd year, no.November 11 , 1978, ISSN 0323-3138 , p.2-4 .
↑ From the minutes of the Presidium . In: DFV (ed.): Der faustball . 22nd year, no.December 12 , 1977, ISSN 0323-3138 , pp.5 .
↑ Briefly noted. In: New Time . September 25, 1978, p. 6 , accessed on October 11, 2019 (free online access required).
