At the handball GDR championship in 1949/50, the title holders in indoor and field handball for men and in field handball for women in the newly founded GDR were determined.
(January 21st and 22nd, 1950 in the Leipzig exhibition hall)
The GDR master was determined with the five country champions as well as the Berlin master and the respective runner-up. The participants in the semi-finals were finally determined via the intermediate and main rounds. The winners played the final, while the losers played for third place.
Preliminary round
According to an unknown key, five games were determined in which the opponents each came from a different country. While the winners immediately qualified for the main round, the losing teams identified two more participants for the main round.
The two group winners qualified for the main round.
Main round
In the main round, the six winning teams in the preliminary round and the first in the second round competed in two groups.
Results group A
SV DVP Magdeburg - Neptune Rostock
009: 3
SV DVP Magdeburg - ZSG Meissen
007: 2
SV DVP Magdeburg - BSG Stahl Fraureuth
006: 5
Neptun Rostock - BSG Stahl Fraureuth
10:10
Neptune Rostock - ZSG Meißen
005: 4
ZSG Meißen - BSG Stahl Fraureuth
007: 6
Results group b
BSG RFT Gera - SG Leipzig-Ost
08: 6
BSG RFT Gera - SG Prittitz
10: 4
BSG RFT Gera - SC Weißensee
03: 6
SG Leipzig-Ost - SG Prittitz
07: 5
SG Leipzig-Ost - SC Weißensee
05: 2
SC Weißensee - SG Prittitz
06: 3
Final group A
Pl.
team
Gates
Points
1
SV DVP Magdeburg
22:10
6-0
2
BSG Neptun Rostock
18:23
4: 2
3
ZSG Meißen
13:18
2: 4
4th
BSG Stahl Fraureuth
21:23
1: 5
Final group A
Pl.
team
Gates
Points
1
SC Weißensee
14:11
4: 2
2
BSG RFT Gera
21:16
4: 2
3
SG Leipzig-East
18:15
4: 2
4th
SG Prittitz
12: 23
0: 6
The three teams with equal points played against each other in 15-minute short games in the final order. The first and second placed teams determined the two final opponents in the semifinals.
Semifinals
BSG RFT Gera - SV DVP Magdeburg
9: 4
SC Weißensee - BSG Neptun Rostock
8: 4
3rd place match
BSG Neptun Rostock - SV DVP Magdeburg
9: 4
Endgame
(January 22, 1950)
SC Weißensee - BSG RFT Gera
5: 4
Men's final field handball
(April 16 to May 14, 1950) The five state champions from Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia were entitled to participate in the field handball final. On four game days in April and May 1950, the teams competed against each other once, with each team having two home games. The defending champion was BSG Buckau-Wolf Fermersleben.
The decisive game for the field handball championship took place on May 14, 1950 in Rostock in front of 10,000 spectators. At the break, the BSG Leipzig-Eutritzsch were still 3: 4 behind. With the help of the wind, however , the Leipziger were able to turn the game to 8: 5 victory.
Closing table
Pl.
team
Gates
Points
1
SG Leipzig-Eutritzsch
37:17
8-0
2
BSG Buckau-Wolf Fermersleben
35:30
6: 2
3
ZSG BMW Eisenach
24:26
2: 6
4th
BSG Neptun Rostock
27:32
2: 6
5
BSG Artificial Silk Factory Premnitz
19:37
2: 6
Champions team
Goal: Large - field players: Dietze, Erxleben, Stichler, Huth, Teubner, Klimmer, Ernst, Stein, Hennig, Hofmann
Women's final field handball
The teams took part in the final round of the women's field handball championship
In a simple round from April 16 to May 14, 1950, everyone competed against everyone else. After completing the point games, Vorwärts Südwest Leipzig KWU Weimar each had 6: 2 points. In the event of a tie, the regulations provided for a playoff.