East German rugby union championship

East German rugby union championship

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1952
Ceased	1990
Country	East Germany
Most titles	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf (27)

The East German rugby union championship was a rugby union competition in the German Democratic Republic, commonly referred to as East Germany. The competition was first held in 1952 and had its last edition in 1990, being terminated by the events of the German reunion.

Competition

The competition was carried out via the DDR Rugby-Oberliga, which consisted of, for a large part of its live time, eight clubs. Below it sat the 2. Liga, the second division.^[1]

The competition was carried out in a home-and-away season, a final was not played.

Participating clubs

The number of rugby clubs in East Germany was never large and the Rugby-Oberliga had, at times, even first and reserve teams playing in it. The following clubs played in the league and championship and some stage:^[1]

BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf, now SV Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby ^[2]
SC DHfK Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC Leipzig ^[3]
ASK Vorwärts Berlin, rugby department defunct
BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC Leipzig ^[3]
BSG Stahl Leegebruch, club defunct
BSG Stahl Brandenburg, rugby department now SG Stahl Brandenburg Rugby ^[4]
BSG Post Berlin, rugby department now RK 03 Berlin ^[1]
Dynamo Potsdam, became Polizei SV Potsdam, club defunct ^[5]
Empor Velten, now Veltener RC
Ingenieurschule Hennigsdorf, club defunct
BSG Lok Berlin
BSG Gastronom Leipzig, rugby department now part of RC Leipzig ^[3]
BSG Lok Falkensee
Dynamo Dresden, rugby department defunct

Winners

The East German championship was held from 1952 to 1990, with the Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby as the most successful team, winning 27 championships:.^[2]^[6]

Season	Winner	Runner-Up
1952	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1953	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1954	DHfK Leipzig
1955	DHfK Leipzig
1956	SC Vorwärts Berlin
1957	DHfK Leipzig
1958	DHfK Leipzig
1959	not held
1960	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1961	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1962	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1963	DHfK Leipzig
1964	BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig
1965	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1966	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1967	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1968	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1969	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1970	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1971	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1972	BSG Stahl Leegebruch
1973	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1974	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1975	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1976	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1977	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1978	BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1979	BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1980	BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1981	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1982	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1983	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1984	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1985	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1986	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1987	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
1988	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	BSG Stahl Brandenburg
1989	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	BSG Post Berlin
1990	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	BSG Post Berlin

Winners by number of titles

Club	Championships
BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	27
DHfK Leipzig	5
BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig	4
BSG Stahl Leegebruch	1
SC Vorwärts Berlin	1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Post SV Berlin Rugby - Archiv Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Chronik 30 Jahre - History of Post SV Berlin Rugby, accessed: 11 April 2010
^ ^a ^b Rugby in Hennigsdorf - Eine Chronologie (in German) Stahl Hennigsdorf website - club history, accessed: 10 April 2010
^ ^a ^b ^c Rugby beim TSV 1893 Leipzig-Wahren (in German) TSV 1893 Leipzig-Wahren website, accessed: 15 April 2010
^ Geschichte Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Stahl Brandenburg Rugby - History, accessed: 11 April 2010
^ Die Geschichte unserer Männer (in German) Rugby department website - History, accessed: 6 April 2010
^ Rugby - DDR - Meisterschaften (in German) sport-komplett.de, accessed: 10 April 2010