Handball FDGB Cup 1978/79

	Handball FDGB Cup
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Winner:	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.

The men's handball FDGB Cup was held for the 9th time in the 1978/79 season. At the final tournament in Rostock , ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt / O. to win the title unbeaten.

Participating teams

The following 40 teams had qualified for the FDGB Cup:

DDR-Oberliga the 10 clubs of the 1978/79 season	GDR League of 20 clubs in the 1978/79 season	District cup representatives for the 10 clubs from the 1977/78 season
SC Empor Rostock SC Magdeburg (TV) SC Leipzig ASK forward Frankfurt / O. BSG Post Schwerin SC Dynamo Berlin BSG Wismut Aue BSG ZAB Dessau BSG Chemie Premnitz BSG Motor Eisenach (TV) - defending champion	North season BSG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg ASK forward Frankfurt / O. II SG Dynamo / Motor Staßfurt HSG PH Potsdam BSG Post Schwerin II BSG locomotive RAW Cottbus TSG Calbe SG Stahl Brandenburg / Kirchmöser SC Dynamo Berlin II SG Lok / Motor Süd-Ost Magdeburg Season south SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt SG Dynamo Suhl-Mitte BSG unit Halle-Neustadt BSG Chemie Piesteritz SC Leipzig II BSG miner's lamp Zwickau BSG Wismut Aue II HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg SC Magdeburg II BSG top jersey Apolda	Rostock district HSG Science Rostock Schwerin district BSG tractor Schwaan Potsdam district BSG Chemistry Premnitz II East Berlin BSG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg II Frankfurt (Oder) district BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt Magdeburg district BSG locomotive Blumenberg Leipzig district BSG LVB Leipzig Dresden district BSG Chemie Radebeul Karl-Marx-Stadt district BSG miner's lamp Zwickau II Gera district BSG locomotive Gera The respective representatives of the districts of Neubrandenburg , Halle , Cottbus , Erfurt and Suhl could not qualify for the handball FDGB Cup 1978/79 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, with the representatives of the handball GDR league being set. 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 19.05., 2.30 p.m.	BSG miner's lamp Zwickau II	21: 29	SC Leipzig II
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG tractor Schwaan	14: 29	BSG Chemie Premnitz
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	SG Stahl Brandenburg / Kirchmöser	20: 26	SC Dynamo Berlin
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	SG Lok / Motor Süd-Ost Magdeburg	18: 22	BSG Post Schwerin
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	HSG PH Potsdam	12:22 pm	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	SG Dynamo / Motor Staßfurt	18: 25	SC Empor Rostock
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	ASK forward Frankfurt / O. II	23 : 17	SC Dynamo Berlin II
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	HSG Science Rostock	15: 21	BSG Post Schwerin II
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	18 : 17	BSG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg II
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG Chemistry Premnitz II	25:25; 7m : 2: 4	BSG locomotive Blumenberg
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg	21 : 13	TSG Calbe
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	SG Dynamo Suhl-Mitte	24: 26	SC Leipzig
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG Chemie Piesteritz	23: 27	BSG Motor Eisenach
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG unit Halle-Neustadt	18 : 14	BSG ZAB Dessau
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG locomotive Gera	21: 33	BSG Wismut Aue
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG LVB Leipzig	17: 27	SC Magdeburg
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG Chemie Radebeul	17: 20	SC Magdeburg II
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG Wismut Aue II	27: 29	BSG locomotive RAW Cottbus
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg	21: 23	SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt
Sat May 19, 4:00 pm	BSG miner's lamp Zwickau	26 : 22	BSG top jersey Apolda

2nd main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	BSG Wismut Aue	51 : 50	SC Leipzig II	32:28	19:22
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	BSG unit Halle-Neustadt	45 : 42	BSG Motor Eisenach	28:23	17:19
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	BSG Chemie Premnitz	50 : 37	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	20:13	30:24
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	BSG Rotation Prenzlauer Berg	43: 54	SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt	20:33	23:21
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	ASK forward Frankfurt / O. II	32: 36	BSG Post Schwerin	19:15	13:21
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	BSG miner's lamp Zwickau	41: 62	SC Magdeburg	21:28	20:34
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	BSG locomotive Blumenberg	31: 79	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	15:38	16:41
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	SC Dynamo Berlin	55 : 32	SC Magdeburg II	27:18	28:14
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	BSG Post Schwerin II	25: 61	SC Empor Rostock	14:28	11:33
Sat May 26th / Sat June 2nd	SC Leipzig	62 : 32	BSG locomotive RAW Cottbus	29:12	33:20

3rd main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
Sat June 9th / Fri June 15th	BSG Post Schwerin	38: 39	SC Dynamo Berlin	26:19	12:20
Sat June 9th / Fri June 15th	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	54 : 31	BSG Wismut Aue	26:13	28:18
Sat June 9th / Fri June 15th	BSG unit Halle-Neustadt	36: 53	SC Leipzig	20:25	16:28
Sat June 9th / Fri June 15th	BSG Chemie Premnitz	27: 45	SC Empor Rostock	15:24	12:21
Sat June 9th / Fri June 15th	SG Dynamo Halle-Neustadt	37: 57	SC Magdeburg	25:26	12:31

Finals

The final round took place from July 3 to 7, 1979 in the Rostock sports and congress hall.

Games

1st matchday:

date		Result
Tue 03.07., __: __	SC Leipzig	17: 20	SC Dynamo Berlin
Tue 03.07., __: __	SC Magdeburg	26: 37	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Free of play:	SC Empor Rostock

2nd matchday:

date		Result
Wed 04.07., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	23 : 19	SC Leipzig
Wed 04.07., __: __	SC Dynamo Berlin	16: 19	SC Magdeburg
Free of play:	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.

3rd matchday:

date		Result
Thu 05.07., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	23 : 22	SC Dynamo Berlin
Thu 05.07., __: __	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	27 : 21	SC Leipzig
Free of play:	SC Magdeburg

4th matchday:

date		Result
Fri 0July 6th, __: __	SC Dynamo Berlin	20: 26	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Fri 0July 6th, __: __	SC Magdeburg	27 : 26	SC Empor Rostock
Free of play:	SC Leipzig

5th matchday:

date		Result
Sa 07.07., __: __	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	29 : 22	SC Empor Rostock
Sa 07.07., __: __	SC Leipzig	26 : 24	SC Magdeburg
Free of play:	SC Dynamo Berlin

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	4th	4th	0	119: 890	+30	08-00
2.	SC Empor Rostock	4th	2	2	094:970	−3	04: 40
3.	SC Magdeburg	4th	2	2	096: 105	−9	04: 40
4th	SC Dynamo Berlin	4th	1	3	078:850	−7	02: 60
5.	SC Leipzig	4th	1	3	083:940	−11	02: 60

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

FDGB cup winner

1.	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
	Goal: Jochen Beßler , Dietmar Hübscher , Torsten Kostros Field players: Joachim Pietzsch (5 / -) , Bernd Ast (11/7), Klaus Gruner (22/1), Hans-Georg Beyer (24 / -), Dietmar Schmidt (14 / -), Hans Engel (17 / - ), Walter Smuch (12 / -), Volker Musick , Norbert Nowak (7 / -), Klein (1 / -), Roland Kuck (6 / -) - (goals / 7 m)(C) Trainer: Waldemar Pappusch

List of goalscorers

The top scorer of the final tournament was Lothar Doering from SC Leipzig with 30 goals.

	player	society	Goals / 7m
1.	Lothar Doering	SC Leipzig	30/ 14
2.	Günter Dreibrodt	SC Magdeburg	27/ 06
3.	Hans-Georg Beyer	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	24 / 0-
4th	Frank-Michael Wahl	SC Empor Rostock	23 / 0-
5.	Klaus Gruner	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	22/ 01
6th	Ingolf Wiegert	SC Magdeburg	20 / 0-

literature

New Germany . No. 103-159, 1979 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Berlin.
Handball . Sportverlag Berlin , ISSN 0138-1296 (issues from the 1978–1979 season).