Handball FDGB Cup 1978/79 (women)

	Handball FDGB Cup (women)
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Winner:	TSC Berlin

The women's handball FDGB Cup was held for the 9th time in the 1978/79 season. Without losing points, TSC Berlin made the title hat trick perfect in the final tournament in a loop .

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 Leipzig SC Empor Rostock TSC Berlin (TV) SC Magdeburg ASK forward Frankfurt / O. TSG Wismar BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt BSG Halloren Halle BSG Post Magdeburg BSG Chemie “W.-P.-St.” Guben (TV) - defending champion	North season BSG unit / Sirokko Neubrandenburg BSG locomotive Rangsdorf BSG locomotive Wittenberge BSG Motor Middle Magdeburg TSG Calbe HSG PH Magdeburg BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt BSG Empor Brandenburg Gate BSG Unity-Upward Zerbst BSG Post Halberstadt Season south BSG Sachsenring Zwickau HSG DHfK Leipzig BSG locomotive Dresden BSG Wismut Schneeberg BSG Empor Dresden-Mitte BSG Chemie Meißen BSG locomotive Gera BSG progress Weissenfels BSG Progress Cottbus BSG Motor Schönau	Schwerin district BSG construction Boizenburg Potsdam district BSG Motor Falkensee East Berlin BSG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe Frankfurt (Oder) district BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O. Magdeburg district BSG Locomotive Stendal Halle district BSG locomotive hall Dresden district BSG progress / Empor Görlitz Karl-Marx-Stadt district BSG Wismut Aue District of Erfurt BSG unit Mühlhausen District of Suhl BSG Chemie Sonneberg The respective representatives of the districts of Rostock , Neubrandenburg , Leipzig , Cottbus and Gera 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. 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 05.05., 16:00	BSG Progress Cottbus	10: 19	BSG Halloren Halle
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG Empor Dresden-Mitte	08: 16	BSG Post Magdeburg
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG progress / Empor Görlitz	12: 18	BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	18 : 13	BSG locomotive Dresden
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG locomotive hall	12: 15	BSG Motor Schönau
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG Wismut Aue	12 : 11	BSG progress Weissenfels
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG unit Mühlhausen	10 : 90	BSG Chemie Meißen
Sa 05.05., 16:00	HSG DHfK Leipzig	21 : 16	BSG locomotive Gera
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG Post Halberstadt	13: 24	TSG Wismar
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG unit / loft Zerbst	11: 20	BSG Chemie “W.-P.-St.” Guben
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	23 : 17	BSG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG Motor Falkensee		BSG Motor Middle Magdeburg
Sa 05.05., 16:00	TSG Calbe	20 : 13	HSG PH Magdeburg
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG locomotive Wittenberge	14 : 12	BSG locomotive Rangsdorf
Sa 05.05., 16:00	BSG construction Boizenburg	15 : 13	BSG Empor Brandenburg Gate
Sun 06 May, 11:00 am	BSG Chemie Sonneberg	08: 35	SC Magdeburg
Sun 06 May, 11:00 am	BSG Wismut Schneeberg	14: 31	SC Leipzig
Sun 06 May, 11:00 am	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	10: 16	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Sun 06 May, 11:00 am	BSG unit / Sirokko Neubrandenburg	07: 19	TSC Berlin
Sun 06 May, 11:00 am	BSG Locomotive Stendal	09: 21	SC Empor Rostock

^ Locomotive Dresden was subsequently declared the winner
↑ Motor Falkensee moved into the 2nd main round without a fight

2nd main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt	48 : 27	BSG unit Mühlhausen	27:16	21:11
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	BSG locomotive Wittenberge	32 : 23	BSG Motor Falkensee	17: 90	15:14
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	BSG Post Magdeburg	45 : 24	BSG construction Boizenburg	22:12	23:12
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	BSG locomotive Dresden	28: 30	HSG DHfK Leipzig	17:10	11:20
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	TSG Wismar	39 : 18	BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	18:12	21: 60
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	TSG Calbe	16: 55	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	12:29	04:26
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	TSC Berlin	43 : 29	BSG Wismut Aue	19: 80	34:12
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	BSG Motor Schönau	24: 62	SC Leipzig	12:31	12:31
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	BSG Chemie “W.-P.-St.” Guben	18: 42	SC Magdeburg	9: 9	09:33
Sat May 12th / Sat May 19th	BSG Halloren Halle	26: 34	SC Empor Rostock	17:15	09:19

3rd main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
Sat May 26th / Sat 0June 2nd	TSC Berlin	52 : 18	BSG Post Magdeburg	27: 60	25:12
Sat May 26th / Sat 0June 2nd	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	34 : 24	TSG Wismar	17:10	17:14
Sat May 26th / Sat 0June 2nd	SC Magdeburg	50 : 23	BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt	29:12	21:11
Sat May 26th / Sat 0June 2nd	HSG DHfK Leipzig	18: 55	SC Leipzig	08:28	10:27
Sat May 26th / Sat 0June 2nd	SC Empor Rostock	54 : 24	BSG locomotive Wittenberge	27:10	27:14

Finals

The final round took place from 26. bis the thirtieth June 1979 in loop instead.

Games

1st matchday:

date		Result
Tue 26.06., __: __	SC Magdeburg	20 : 16	SC Leipzig
Tue 26.06., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	19 : 17	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Free of play:	TSC Berlin

2nd matchday:

date		Result
Wed June 27th, __: __	TSC Berlin	16 : 11	SC Empor Rostock
Wed June 27th, __: __	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	15: 16	SC Magdeburg
Free of play:	SC Leipzig

3rd matchday:

date		Result
Thu 28.06., __: __	TSC Berlin	14 : 12	SC Magdeburg
Thu 28.06., __: __	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	14 : 13	SC Leipzig
Free of play:	SC Empor Rostock

4th matchday:

date		Result
Fri 29.06., __: __	TSC Berlin	17 : 12	SC Leipzig
Fri 29.06., __: __	SC Empor Rostock	16 : 11	SC Magdeburg
Free of play:	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.

5th matchday:

date		Result
Sa 30.06., __: __	TSC Berlin	22 : 17	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
Sa 30.06., __: __	SC Leipzig	15 : 15	SC Empor Rostock
Free of play:	SC Magdeburg

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	TSC Berlin	4th	4th	0	0	069:520	+17	08-00
2.	SC Empor Rostock	4th	2	1	1	061:590	+2	05: 30
3.	SC Magdeburg	4th	2	0	2	059:610	−2	04: 40
4th	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	4th	1	0	3	063:700	−7	02: 60
5.	SC Leipzig	4th	0	1	3	056:660	−10	01: 70

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

FDGB cup winner

1.	TSC Berlin
	Goal: Renate Rudolph , Martina Horn , Heike Esser Field players: Sabine Fritz (4 / -), Magrit Jirsch (4/2), Roswitha Krause (12 / -), Kristina Richter (22/3), Eveline Apler (3/1), Evelyn Matz (11 / -), Viola Kitschke (3 / -), Gabriele Koch (9/4), Iris Träger , Monika Galle (1 / -) - (Tore / 7 m) Trainer: Kurt Lauckner

List of goalscorers

The top scorer of the final tournament was Kristina Richter from TSC Berlin and Erika Seering from SC Empor Rostock with 22 goals each.

	player	society	Goals / 7m
01.	Kristina Richter	TSC Berlin	22/ 03
01.	Erika Seering	SC Empor Rostock	22/ 11
03.	Kornelia Kunisch	SC Magdeburg	20/ 06

literature

New Germany . No. 103-153, 1979 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Berlin.
Handball . Sportverlag Berlin , ISSN 0138-1296 (issues from the 1978–1979 season).

[1] Locomotive Dresden was subsequently declared the winner

[2] Motor Falkensee moved into the 2nd main round without a fight