1950 DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey) season

The 1950 East German Championship season was the second season of ice hockey in East Germany. It was contested in 1950 as part of the first Winter Sports Championship. Six teams participated in the tournament, and SG Frankenhausen won the championship.
Regional champions from Saxony, Thuringia, East Berlin, and Saxony-Anhalt qualified to participate in the competition. No regional competitions were staged in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg, so the second and third placed squads in Saxony were awarded slots in the championship.
The competition was held in Schierke, and was originally slated to be contested from February 9-12, but was postponed to March 2-4 due to inclement weather conditions.
==Regional Championships==
;Berlin Championship
Won by Empor Berlin as the only team entered.
;Saxony Championship
Played from January 19-22 in Geising.
*SG Frankenhausen - BSG Textil Pleißengrund Crimmitschau 6:1
*SG Frankenhausen - BSG Kristall Weißwasser 2:1
*BSG Kristall Weißwasser - BSG Textil Pleißengrund Crimmitschau 3:1
;Saxony-Anhalt Championship
Played from January 28-29 in Schierke.
*SG Schierke - Halle 2:0 - semifinal
*SG Schierke - SG Granschütz 3:2 OT - final
SG Ballenstedt did not compete.
;Thuringia Championship
The single-elimination championship was slated to be played from January 8-9 in Oberhof. The ice melted after the first day of play.
*BSG Textil Apolda - BSG Otto Schott Jena 11:2
*BSG RAW Meiningen - SG Oberhof 5:1
*BSG RFT Gera - ZSG BMW Eisenach 7:2
*BSG KWU Erfurt - BSG Waggonbau Weimar 12:0
The remaining games were played on January 25 in Erfurt.
*BSG KWU Erfurt - BSG Textil Apolda 5:2
*BSG RAW Meiningen - BSG RFT Gera 3:2 OT
*BSG Textil Apolda - BSG RFT Gera 9:4 - 3rd place
*BSG KWU Erfurt - BSG RAW Meiningen 5:2 - final
==First round==
SG Frankenhausen - KWU Erfurt 	15:8 OT (5:0, 1:5, 1:2, 8:1)
Kristall Weißwasser - Textil Crimmitschau	7:3 (0:0, 5:1, 2:2)
Empor Berlin - SG Schierke 	17:1 (5:0, 5:0, 7:1)
==Final round==
Scores: Empor - Kristall 5:4, Frankenhausen - Kristall 7:4, Frankenhausen - Empor 4:1 (0:1, 2:0, 2:0)
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	SG Frankenhausen 	2 	2	0	0	11:5 	4
2. 	BSG Empor Berlin 	2 	1	0	1	6:8 	2
3. 	BSG Kristall Weißwasser	2 	0	0	2	8:12 	0
==4th-6th place==
Scores: Textil - Erfurt 9:4, Textil - Schierke 11:1
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Puts
4. 	BSG Textil Crimmitschau	2 	2	0	0	20:5 	4
5. 	BSG KWU Erfurt 	11	0	0	1	4:9 	0
6. 	SG Schierke 	11	0	0	1	1:11 	0
1Game between SG Schierke and BSG KWU Erfurt was not contested due to poor weather conditions.
==Qualification 1951==
For season 1951, the establishment of a league of six teams was decided by the federation. In addition to the five winners of this year's championship a qualifying round was held to fill the sixth slot, which was held by SG Schierke. In order for the league to have a representative from Saxony-Anhalits ranks, the elimination tournament with SG Schierke, BSG MAS Granschütz and BSG KWU Halle consisted exclusively with teams from that region. As the reigning national champion in Saxony-Anhalt, the SG Schierke staked its claim to sixth place and refused to participate in protest of the Qualification. The only game of this tournament ultimately was won by Granschütz against Halle 9:6 in 2OT (5:5 after regulation, 1:1, 3:0) on December 10, 1950. In the end, neither team, nor fifth placed BSG KWU Erfurt took part in the league next year, and it operated with only four teams.
==References==
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==External links==
*East German results 1949-1970
Category:1950 in ice hockey