Handball FDGB Cup 1977/78 (women)

	Handball FDGB Cup (women)
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Winner:	TSC Berlin

The women's handball FDGB Cup was held for the 8th time in the 1977/78 season. The TSC Berlin defended the finals tournament in Bützow his title and qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup . Due to the better goal difference, they relegated the new champions SC Leipzig to second place.

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
TSC Berlin (TV) SC Leipzig SC Magdeburg SC Empor Rostock BSG Halloren Halle ASK forward Frankfurt / O. TSG Wismar BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BSG unit / Sirokko Neubrandenburg BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt (TV) - defending champion	North season BSG Post Magdeburg HSG Medicine Magdeburg BSG locomotive Wittenberge BSG locomotive Rangsdorf BSG Ajax Neptun Köpenick BSG FIKO Rostock HSG PH Magdeburg BSG Empor Brandenburg Gate BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt TSG Calbe Season south BSG Chemie “W.-P.-St.” Guben HSG DHfK Leipzig BSG locomotive Dresden BSG Wismut Schneeberg BSG Empor Dresden-Mitte BSG locomotive Gera BSG Halloren Hall II BSG Unity-Upward Zerbst BSG Chemie Meißen BSG progress in Heiligenstadt	Rostock district SG Sanitz Neubrandenburg district BSG tractor Lychen East Berlin BSG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe Frankfurt (Oder) district BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O. Leipzig district BSG Unit Pedagogy Leipzig Cottbus district BSG Chemie Weißwasser Dresden district BSG Empor Tobacco Dresden Karl-Marx-Stadt district BSG Motor Schönau District of Erfurt BSG Motor Eisenach Gera district BSG Motor Hermsdorf The respective representatives of the districts of Schwerin , Potsdam , Magdeburg , Halle 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. 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 past league season 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 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG locomotive Rangsdorf	17: 19	BSG unit / Sirokko Neubrandenburg
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	04: 29	TSG Wismar
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG tractor Lychen		HSG PH Magdeburg
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG Chemie Weißwasser	10: 11	BSG Empor Brandenburg Gate
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	HSG Medicine Magdeburg		BSG FIKO Rostock
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	SG Sanitz	10: 18	BSG Post Magdeburg
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe		BSG locomotive Wittenberge
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	HSG DHfK Leipzig	11: 15	BSG Halloren Halle
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG Motor Schönau	13: 14	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG progress in Heiligenstadt	08: 29	BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG Halloren Hall II	8: 9	BSG Chemie Meißen
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG locomotive Gera	12: 15	BSG Empor Dresden-Mitte
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG Empor Tobacco Dresden	17 : 10	BSG Motor Hermsdorf
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG Motor Eisenach	06: 14	BSG Wismut Schneeberg
Sa 13.05., 5:00 p.m.	BSG Unit Pedagogy Leipzig	16 : 90	BSG unit / loft Zerbst
Sun 14.05., 11:00	TSG Calbe	15: 25	TSC Berlin
Sun 14.05., 11:00	BSG Ajax Neptun Köpenick	:	SC Empor Rostock
Sun 14.05., 11:00	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	11: 24	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Sun 14.05., 11:00	BSG Chemie “W.-P.-St.” Guben	11: 17	SC Magdeburg
Sun 14.05., 11:00	BSG locomotive Dresden	11: 30	SC Leipzig

1. ↑ Tractor Lychen entered the 2nd main round without a fight
2. ^ Medicine Magdeburg moved into the 2nd main round without a fight
3. ↑ Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe entered the 2nd main round without a fight

2nd main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	TSC Berlin	34 : 30	BSG unit / Sirokko Neubrandenburg	17:16	17:14
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	BSG tractor Lychen	22: 76	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	11:35	11:41
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	SC Empor Rostock	70 : 28	BSG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe	36: 70	34:21
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	BSG Empor Brandenburg Gate	20: 43	TSG Wismar	08:20	12:23
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	BSG Wismut Schneeberg	24 : 21	BSG Unit Pedagogy Leipzig	17:10	07:11
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt	35 : 23	BSG Empor Tobacco Dresden	19: 90	16:14
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	BSG Empor Dresden-Mitte	20: 52	SC Leipzig	09:23	11:29
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	BSG Halloren Halle		SC Magdeburg	:	:
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	BSG Post Magdeburg	23: 25	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	11:11	12:14
Sun May 21 / Sun May 28	BSG Chemie Meißen	25: 29	HSG Medicine Magdeburg	11:13	14:16

1. ↑ SC Magdeburg moved into the 3rd main round without a fight

3rd main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
Sa 03 June / Sa 1_. June	TSC Berlin	51 : 22	BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt	25:13	26: 90
Sat 0June 3rd	SC Empor Rostock		HSG Medicine Magdeburg	28: 50	:
Sa 03 June / Sa 1_. June	BSG Wismut Schneeberg	13: 57	SC Magdeburg	06:32	07:25
Sa 03 June / Sa 1_. June	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	20: 59	SC Leipzig	11:32	09:27
Sa 03 June / Sa 1_. June	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	30 : 24	TSG Wismar	14:11	16:13

1. ↑ Empor Rostock entered the final round without a fight, as Magdeburg waived the second leg.

Finals

The final round took place from June 27 to July 1, 1978 in Bützow .

Games

1st matchday:

date		Result
Tue 27.06., __: __	TSC Berlin	14 : 11	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Tue 27.06., __: __	SC Magdeburg	15: 24	SC Leipzig
Free of play:	SC Empor Rostock

2nd matchday:

date		Result
Wed 28.06., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	14: 19	TSC Berlin
Wed 28.06., __: __	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	15: 16	SC Magdeburg
Free of play:	SC Leipzig

3rd matchday:

date		Result
Thu 29.06., __: __	SC Leipzig	17 : 13	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Thu 29.06., __: __	SC Magdeburg	14 : 13	SC Empor Rostock
Free of play:	TSC Berlin

4th matchday:

date		Result
Fri 30.06., __: __	TSC Berlin	20 : 14	SC Magdeburg
Fri 30.06., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	17 : 11	SC Leipzig
Free of play:	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.

5th matchday:

date		Result
Sa 01.07., __: __	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	13: 16	SC Empor Rostock
Sa 01.07., __: __	SC Leipzig	14 : 13	TSC Berlin
Free of play:	SC Magdeburg

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	TSC Berlin	4th	3	0	1	066:530	+13	06: 20
2.	SC Leipzig	4th	3	0	1	066:580	+8	06: 20
3.	SC Empor Rostock	4th	2	0	2	060:570	+3	04: 40
4th	SC Magdeburg	4th	2	0	2	059:720	−13	04: 40
5.	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	4th	0	0	4th	052:630	−11	00: 80

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

FDGB cup winner

1.	TSC Berlin
	Goal: Renate Rudolph , Martina Horn Field players: Sabine Fritz (1), Magrit Jirsch (4), Adelheid Zwillich (2), Roswitha Krause (11), Marion Tietz (20), Evelyn Matz (24), Jenny Dau , Eveline Geyer (2), Gabriele Koch ( 2), Monika Galle - (goals) Trainer: Kurt Lauckner

List of goalscorers

The top scorer of the final tournament was Evelyn Matz from TSC Berlin with 24 goals.

	player	society	Gates
01.	Evelyn Matz	TSC Berlin	24
02.	Katrin Kruger	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	23
03.	Marion Tietz	TSC Berlin	20th
	Kornelia Elbe	SC Magdeburg	20th
05.	Waltraud Kretzschmar	SC Leipzig	17th
	Sabine Röther	SC Empor Rostock	17th

literature

• New Germany . No. 113-154, 1978 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Berlin.
• Handball . Sportverlag Berlin , ISSN  0138-1296 (issues of the 1977–1978 season).