1951 DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey) season

The 1951 DDR-Oberliga season was the third season of the DDR-Oberliga, the top level of ice hockey in East Germany. Four teams participated in the league, and BSG Ostglas Weißwasser won the championship.
It was held from November 30 to December 17, 1950, at the newly-constructed Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle. The championship was completed before Christmas to allow cycling events to take place at the venue in January.
==Regular season==
;Scores
Team 1 	Score 	Team 2
Ostglas 	8 - 3 	Textil
Empor 	4 - 8 	Frankenhausen
Textil 	6 - 4 	Empor
Frankenhausen	2 - 4 	Ostglas
Frankenhausen	11 - 4	Textil
Ostglas 	6 - 2 	Empor
Ostglas 	6 - 2 	Textil
Empor 	3 - 3 	Frankenhausen
Textil 	10 - 3	Empor
Ostglas 	4 - 3 	Frankenhausen
Frankenhausen	11 - 3	Textil
Empor 	3 - 5 	Ostglas
;Table
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	BSG Ostglas Weißwasser 	6 	6	0	0	33:15	12:0
2. 	SG Frankenhausen 	6 	3	1	2	38:22	7:5
3. 	BSG Textil Pleißengrund Crimmitschau	6 	2	0	4	28:43	4:8
4. 	BSG Empor Berlin 	6 	0	1	5	19:38	1:11
==Qualification 1951-52==
;Saxony Championship
Played from January 16-22, 1951, in Geising.
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	BSG KWU Dresden 	4 	3	1	0	21:6 	7
2. 	SG Schönheide 	4 	3	0	1	11:4 	6
3. 	BSG Grubenlampe Zwickau	4 	2	1	1	14:9 	5
4. 	Leipziger Auswahl 	4 	1	0	3	11:18	2
5. 	BSG Nagema Chemnitz 	4 	0	0	4	6:26 	0
;Saxony-Anhalt Championship
The competition was first held on January 27-28, and finished in a deadlock, with each team winning a game. Due to difficulties with their lineup, SG Schierke was unable to compete in the replay.
*1/29: BSG Chemie Granschütz - SG Ballenstedt 3:1 - final replay @ Schierke
;Thuringia Championship
Southern Group
*BSG KWU Erfurt - BSG Motor Eisenach 5:1
*BSG Lok Meiningen - SG Oberhof 7:2
*BSG Lok Meiningen - BSG Vorwarts Langensalza 12:2
*BSG Lok Meiningen - Eisenach 6:0
*SG Oberhof - BSG Vorwarts Langensalza 4:2
Northern Group
*BSG Mechanik Gera - BSG Motor Weimar 4:0
*BSG Mechanik Gera - HSG Friedrich-Schiller Universitat 10:1
*BSG Mechanik Gera - BSG Textil Apolda 3:0
*BSG Textil Apolda - Jena 4:0
*BSG Textil Apolda - Weimar 3:0
*Weimar - Jena 4:3 OT
*Jena - Weimar 3:0
BSG Harzer Holzindustrie Benneckenstein withdrew. BSG Textil Apolda won. 
;Overview
For the upcoming season, it was decided to expand the league to six teams. In addition to the set of four league teams from this season, a tournament between the regional champions of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and the representative of East Berlin was to be played on October 3 and 4, 1951, to decide who would fill the other two places. 
As in previous years, there were no championships in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg. After BSG Chemie Granschütz and the BSG Forstrichtt Apolda (formerly BSG Textil Apolda), the champions of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, respectively, did not compete, the teams from Berlin (SG DVP Berlin) and Saxony (BSG Einheit Dresden Süd - formerly BSG KWU Dresden) earned league places automatically. 
Apolda was later allowed to participate in the league, so its size was further increased to seven teams. Previously, the two Berlin teams played in Berlin in a playoff game for the right to participate in the promotion round to DDR-Oberliga. Berliner Bar won the game and joined the Oberliga for 1951-52.
*6/8/51: Einheit Berliner Bär 6 - SG DVP Berlin 2 (1:0, 2:2, 3:0)
==References==
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==External links==
*East German results 1949-1970
Category:1951 in ice hockey