Handball GDR Oberliga (men) 1972/73
With the Handball DDR Oberliga men was in season 1972-73 the GDR champion in the sport of handball named.
Season course
In the 1972/73 season the game was played again with ten teams, each of which had to complete 18 point games. There were no promoters, as the two bottom of the table had prevailed in the relegation round against the GDR league relay winners. Last year's champions SC Leipzig only finished fourth and was replaced by SC Empor Rostock, who won their fourth indoor title. In places 7 - 9, three teams had reached the same number of points, so the final order had to be determined by a simple placement round.
Closing table
Pl. | team | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Points |
1 | SC Empor Rostock | 18th | 14th | 2 | 2 | 361: 283 | 30: | 6
2 | SC Dynamo Berlin | 18th | 12 | 0 | 6th | 318: 301 | 24:12 |
3 | SC Magdeburg | 18th | 11 | 1 | 6th | 355: 314 | 23:13 |
4th | SC Leipzig (M) | 18th | 8th | 5 | 5 | 288: 264 | 21:15 |
5 | ASK forward Frankfurt | 18th | 8th | 3 | 7th | 336: 322 | 19:17 |
6th | BSG Post Schwerin | 18th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 270: 295 | 16:20 |
7th | BSG Motor Eisenach | 18th | 6th | 2 | 10 | 328: 375 | 14:22 |
8th | SC DHfK Leipzig | 18th | 5 | 4th | 9 | 288: 283 | 14:22 |
9 | BSG Wismut Aue | 18th | 6th | 2 | 10 | 288: 311 | 14:22 |
10 | BSG ZAB Dessau | 18th | 2 | 1 | 15th | 286: 370 | 5:31 |
Explanations:
- ↑ M = last year's champion
Decision round to avoid relegation: (neutral round in Ronneburg ) |
SC DHfK Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue 26:19 SC DHfK Leipzig - BSG Motor Eisenach 28:24 BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Motor Eisenach 17:15 |
Champions team
In the squad of SC Empor Rostock were Georg Bolitschew, Wolfgang Böhme , Rainer Ganschow (captain), Gerhard Gernhöfer, Hans-Georg Jaunich, Gerd Kösterke, Klaus Langhoff , Lothar Paskuy, Klaus Prüsse (goal), Rainer Schlette, Siegfried Sanftleben, Günter Rosenow , Bodo Wieland - Trainer: Heinz Schmidt
statistics
A total of 3,128 goals were scored in the 90 Bundesliga point games played. The most successful goalscorer was Heinz Flacke from SC Magdeburg for the third time with 144 goals . Most goals were scored at 29:21 in the game SC Empor Rostock - Motor Eisenach. ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt achieved the highest victory with 28:11 in the home game against Motor Eisenach.
See also
literature
- Neues Deutschland , Berliner Zeitung , years 1972/73.