In the four territorial countries, the cup winners were determined in the usual cup mode in simple knockout rounds . In Berlin there was a four-point round, the winner SG Concordia Wilhelmsruh had to play an elimination game against the cup winners of Brandenburg, the SG Volkspolizei Potsdam .
All of the finalists were then put together in a quarter-finals, through which the first winner of the FDGB Cup was finally determined in the conventional cup mode . The losers in the semi-finals played for third place. After two undecided matches, the winner was only determined in the third game.
In Halle (Saale) the cup winner from Thuringia and the cup vice from Saxony-Anhalt met. At Gera-Süd one suspected the better defense, which had only allowed three hits in the past five cup games. In contrast, the Dessau strikers had proven to be very accurate so far, they had scored 20 goals in their five cup games. For a long time it seemed as if the better defense work of the Geraer would be decisive for the game, because the Thuringians managed to keep the Dessau storm around the dangerous center forward Kusmierek in check. Over long distances, an even game developed in which neither side could gain the upper hand. Ultimately, Dessau's goal scorer Kusmierek decided the game, his goal in the 76th minute was the only goal, so that in the end the BSG Waggonfabrik Dessau was able to adorn itself with the title of the first FDGB cup winner.
↑ Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , p.11 , col.2 ( "The still civic associations organize themselves in the state cup, the newly formed company sports associations, which are supported by a so-called sponsoring company, play the cup of the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB)." ).
↑ Neues Deutschland from July 31, 1949, page 6, article ascent games for the zone league
↑ Berliner Zeitung of July 17, 1949, page 4, article Three teams are still missing
↑ New Germany of June 24, 1949 : The first round of the Berlin company sports groups for the chance to be included in the Eastern Zone League is over. Sixteen clubs, divided into four seasons, took part in the games. The four season winners Concordia Wilhelmsruh, Sparta-Siemens, BSG-Buchholz and DMW-Johannisthal, are now going into an elimination round that will extend over five game days.
↑ Berliner Zeitung of July 6, 1949 : Four company sports associations can achieve the goal of being integrated into the Eastern Zone League. Concordia Wilhelmsruh, Sparta-Siemens. VEB Buchholz and DMW Johannisthai. In a round of elimination, these four representatives determine their best, and so far Concordia Wilhelmsruh and Sparta-Siemens are the most promising.
