Handball FDGB Cup 1977/78

	Handball FDGB Cup
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Winner:	SC Magdeburg

The men's handball FDGB Cup was held for the 8th time in the 1977/78 season. The SC Magdeburg defended the finals tournament in Rostock his title from last year and successfully qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup . In return, a draw in the last game of the tournament against the new GDR champions Empor Rostock was enough for Magdeburg to assert themselves with the better goal difference against ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt . They also only achieved a draw in the first game of the last day against the then pointless SC Dynamo Berlin and thus lost a better starting position. With SC Leipzig , one of the five sports club representatives was eliminated in the first main round against Motor Eisenach .

Participating teams

The following 40 teams had qualified for the FDGB Cup:

DDR-Oberliga the 10 clubs of the 1977/78 season	GDR League the 20 clubs in the 1977/78 season	District cup representatives for the 10 clubs from the 1976/77 season
SC Magdeburg (TV) ASK forward Frankfurt / O. BSG Wismut Aue BSG Post Schwerin SC Empor Rostock SC Leipzig SC Dynamo Berlin BSG ZAB Dessau BSG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt (TV) - defending champion	North season BSG Chemie Premnitz SC Magdeburg II ASK forward Frankfurt / O. II HSG PH Potsdam TSG Calbe SG Dynamo / Motor Staßfurt BSG Post Schwerin II SG Motor / Forward Hennigsdorf BSG Motor Stralsund BSG locomotive RAW Cottbus Season south BSG Motor Eisenach BSG unit Halle-Neustadt SC Leipzig II SG Dynamo Suhl-Mitte ASG forward Rudolstadt BSG Chemie Piesteritz HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg BSG Wismut Aue II SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt II BSG miner's lamp Zwickau	Rostock district SC Empor Rostock II Neubrandenburg district SG Dynamo Neustrelitz Potsdam district BSG Chemistry Premnitz II East Berlin BSG EAW Treptow Magdeburg district BSG tractor Langenweddingen Halle district BSG upstairs hall Leipzig district BSG locomotive Naunhof Cottbus district BSG locomotive Peitz Dresden district ASG Officers' College Löbau Karl-Marx-Stadt district BSG Motor Zwönitz The respective representatives of the districts of Schwerin , Frankfurt (Oder) , Erfurt , Gera and Suhl could not qualify for the handball FDGB Cup 1977/78 through qualifying games.

mode

In the first main round, which was played in the knockout system , all qualified teams took part and the district representatives enjoyed home advantage over higher-class teams. Games with a tie were immediately decided in the 7-meter throw. From the second main round, the competition continued with home and away games. Until then, the draw was based on the most territorial aspects possible. In the third main round, the five best-placed teams of the previous league season that were still in the competition were set so that they did not meet. After this round, the last five teams determined the cup winners in a final tournament.

1st main round

date		Result
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	SG Dynamo Neustrelitz	08: 30	BSG Motor Stralsund
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG Chemistry Premnitz II	17: 29	TSG Calbe
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	SG Motor / Forward Hennigsdorf	23: 24	SG Dynamo / Motor Staßfurt
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG EAW Treptow	25: 29	BSG Chemie Premnitz
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG locomotive Naunhof	12: 26	BSG ZAB Dessau
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	ASG Officers' College Löbau	22:22; 7m : 2: 3	HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG tractor Langenweddingen		ASG forward Rudolstadt
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG upstairs hall	19: 25	BSG miner's lamp Zwickau
Sa 27.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG unit Halle-Neustadt	29 : 23	BSG Chemie Piesteritz
Sun 28.05., 11:00	ASK forward Frankfurt / O. II	20: 28	SC Empor Rostock
Sun 28.05., 11:00	BSG Post Schwerin II	14: 29	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Sun 28.05., 11:00	HSG PH Potsdam	13: 19	SC Dynamo Berlin
Sun 28.05., 11:00	BSG locomotive RAW Cottbus	19: 27	BSG Post Schwerin
Sun 28.05., 11:00	SC Empor Rostock II	16: 23	BSG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg
Sun 28.05., 11:00	BSG locomotive Peitz	16: 26	SC Magdeburg II
Sun 28.05., 11:00	SC Leipzig II	28: 29	SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt
Sun 28.05., 11:00	SG Dynamo Suhl-Mitte	25: 26	BSG Wismut Aue
Sun 28.05., 11:00	BSG Motor Eisenach	24 : 23	SC Leipzig
Sun 28.05., 11:00	BSG Wismut Aue II	12: 29	SC Magdeburg
Sun 28.05., 11:00	BSG Motor Zwönitz	17: 18	SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt II

↑ Tractor Langenweddingen continued without a fight

2nd main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	SC Empor Rostock	62 : 28	SC Magdeburg II	34:17	28:11
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	BSG Chemie Premnitz	54 : 28	TSG Calbe	34:15	20:13
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	BSG miner's lamp Zwickau	46: 47	SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt II	24:25	22:22
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	BSG unit Halle-Neustadt	40: 48	BSG Wismut Aue	21:16	19:32
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	BSG Motor Stralsund		BSG Post Schwerin	20:34	:
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt	38: 39	BSG Motor Eisenach	21:21	17:18
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg	35 : 35	BSG tractor Langenweddingen	14:18	21:17
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	50 : 23	BSG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg	21: 90	29:14
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	SG Dynamo / Motor Staßfurt	36: 56	SC Dynamo Berlin	18:25	18:31
Sun 4th June / Sun 11th June	SC Magdeburg	65 : 39	BSG ZAB Dessau	38:15	27:24

↑ Post Schwerin continued without a fight, as Stralsund waived the second leg.
↑ Wissenschaft Freiberg moved into the 3rd main round due to the away goal rule .

3rd main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
Sat 17th June / Sat 24th June	HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg	26: 84	SC Magdeburg	15:43	11:41
Sat 17th June / Sat 24th June	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	61 : 39	BSG Wismut Aue	30:16	31:23
Sat 17th June / Sat 24th June	SC Empor Rostock	66 : 24	SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt II	34:12	32:12
Sat 17th June / Sat 24th June	BSG Post Schwerin	45 : 39	BSG Chemie Premnitz	26:21	19:18
Sat 17th June / Sat 24th June	BSG Motor Eisenach	39: 48	SC Dynamo Berlin	19:21	20:27

Finals

The final round took place from July 4th to 8th, 1978 in the Rostock sports hall Marienehe .

Games

1st matchday:

date		Result
Tue 04.07., __: __	BSG Post Schwerin	27 : 24	SC Dynamo Berlin
Tue 04.07., __: __	SC Magdeburg	25 : 25	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Free of play:	SC Empor Rostock

2nd matchday:

date		Result
Wed 05.07., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	20 : 15	BSG Post Schwerin
Wed 05.07., __: __	SC Dynamo Berlin	17: 24	SC Magdeburg
Free of play:	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.

3rd matchday:

date		Result
Thu 06.07., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	20 : 15	SC Dynamo Berlin
Thu 06.07., __: __	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	17 : 14	BSG Post Schwerin
Free of play:	SC Magdeburg

4th matchday:

date		Result
Fri 07.07., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	21: 24	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Fri 07.07., __: __	SC Magdeburg	24 : 17	BSG Post Schwerin
Free of play:	SC Dynamo Berlin

5th matchday:

date		Result
Sa 08.07., __: __	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	16 : 16	SC Dynamo Berlin
Sa 08.07., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	18 : 18	SC Magdeburg
Free of play:	BSG Post Schwerin

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SC Magdeburg	4th	2	2	0	091:770	+14	06: 20
2.	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	4th	2	2	0	082:760	+6	06: 20
3.	SC Empor Rostock	4th	2	1	1	079:720	+7	05: 30
4th	BSG Post Schwerin	4th	1	0	3	073:850	−12	02: 60
5.	SC Dynamo Berlin	4th	0	1	3	072:870	−15	01: 70

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

FDGB cup winner

1.	SC Magdeburg
	Goal: Wieland Schmidt , Gunar Schimrock Field players: Reinhard Schütte (14 / -), Ingolf Wiegert (4 / -), Hartmut Krüger (23/16), Udo Rothe (11 / -), Günter Dreibrodt (16/1) , Manfred Pfeifer (3 / -), Rainer Baumgart (1 / -), Ernst Gerlach (8 / -), Harry Jahns (11 / -), Rainer Jahns , Manfred Hoppe - (goals / 7 m)(C) Trainer: Klaus Miesner

List of goalscorers

The top scorer of the final tournament was Wolfgang Böhme from SC Empor Rostock with 26 goals.

	player	society	Goals / 7m
1.	Wolfgang Böhme	SC Empor Rostock	26/ 05
2.	Peter Larisch	BSG Post Schwerin	25/ 09
3.	Rainer Höft	SC Dynamo Berlin	24/ 09
4th	Hartmut Kruger	SC Magdeburg	23/ 16
5.	Hans Engel	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	19/ 06
6th	Frank-Michael Wahl	SC Empor Rostock	18/ 04
7th	Hans-Georg Beyer	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	16 / 0-
7th	Günter Dreibrodt	SC Magdeburg	16/ 01

literature

New Germany . No. 113-160, 1978 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Berlin.
Handball . Sportverlag Berlin , ISSN 0138-1296 (issues of the 1977–1978 season).

[1] Tractor Langenweddingen continued without a fight

[2] Post Schwerin continued without a fight, as Stralsund waived the second leg.

[3] Wissenschaft Freiberg moved into the 3rd main round due to the away goal rule .