The Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1949 (English: Championship of the Eastern Zone) was the second association football championship in what was to become East Germany. As in the previous season, it was played in a one-leg knock-out format with ten participating teams. Each of the five Länder—Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt—sent two representatives. Unlike the previous season, none of the regional championships was ended early, even if the participants for the championship had already been determined. Last year's winner SG Planitz did not qualify, but finalists SG Freiimfelde Halle – renamed ZSG Union Halle – reached the final again, this time beating Fortuna Erfurt to win their first championship.

Teams qualified for the play-offs

<!-- Not necessarily part of the article, but may be formatted later. # Regional championships Statistics of [Ostzonenmeisterschaft](https://bliptext.com/articles/ddr-oberliga) in the [1949](https://bliptext.com/articles/1949) season. ## Mecklenburg-Vorpommern West : East : SG Wismar Süd 14 11- 2- 1 24 68- 8 SG Greifswald 14 9- 4- 1 22 38-18 SG Schwerin 14 11- 0- 3 22 43-17 SG Bergen 14 9- 3- 2 21 36-21 SG Güstrow 14 8- 1- 5 17 41-26 SG Neubrandenburg 14 8- 4- 2 20 47-20 SG Neustadt Glewe 14 6- 5- 3 17 36-22 SG Ribnitz 14 6- 1- 7 13 27-26 SG Hagenow 14 5- 1- 8 11 32-46 SG Rostock Süd 14 4- 4- 6 12 19-29 SG Parchim 14 4- 2- 8 10 21-43 SG Stralsund 14 3- 4- 7 10 32-37 SG Rostock West 14 3- 1-10 7 19-63 SG Altentreptow 14 3- 3- 8 9 22-36 Polizei Rostock 14 2- 0-12 4 27-62 SG Ückermünde 14 1- 1-12 3 17-51 Final Competition : SG Wismar Süd 6 4- 2- 0 10 20- 8 SG Schwerin 6 3- 1- 2 7 13-10 SG Greifswald 5 2- 0- 3 4 8-13 SG Bergen 5 0- 1- 4 1 8-18 ## Brandenburg West : East : SG Babelsberg 18 30 84-23 SG Grube Marga 18 29 64-14 Polizei Brandenburg 18 24 72-42 Rotweiß Cottbus 18 26 50-17 SG Luckenwalde Süd 18 22 47-31 SG Großräschen 18 23 47-34 SG Brandenburg West 18 21 56-43 SG Kiekebusch 18 23 34-25 SG Eberswalde Nord 18 20 46-35 SG Guben-Mitte 18 20 47-35 ZSG Henningsdorf 18 16 52-61 SG Slamen 18 19 42-54 SG Fürstenwalde 18 14 36-69 SG Forst-Mitte 18 15 41-34 ZSG Wittenberge 18 13 29-58 SG Schipkau 18 15 44-54 Polizei Potsdam 18 11 40-65 SG Hörlitz 18 5 17-66 SG Bernau 18 9 31-66 SG Frankfurt-West/Oder 18 5 30-83 SG Grube Marga during the season changed to Franz-Mehring Marga Final : SG Babelsberg - Franz Mehring Marga 4-1 0-2 2-1 ## Saxony-Anhalt South : North : SG Freiimfelde Halle18 28 57-28 Blau Weiß Stendal 18 29 41-19 Sport-Union Dessau 18 25 44-25 SG Schönebeck-Altstadt 18 22 32-19 SG Weißenfels Süd 18 20 38-27 SG Magdeburg-Altstadt 18 21 41-25 Eintracht Bernburg 18 20 38-30 Sportfreunde Burg 17 19 35-24 SG Sandersdorf 18 19 32-28 SG Hötensleben 18 19 34-32 SG Köthen Süd 18 18 33-28 Fortuna Halberstadt 18 18 37-28 SG Allstedt 18 16 39-49 SG Oschersleben 18 17 36-46 SG Baalberge 18 14 49-52 Sportfreunde Salzwedel 18 15 25-43 SG Röitzsch 18 13 19-38 SG Hadmersleben 17 9 16-42 SG Belgem 18 7 24-68 SH Ilsenburg 18 9 27-46 Sport-Union Dessau during season changed Blau-Weiß Stendal changed into SG Eintracht Stendal into SG Dessau Nord Eintracht Bernburg during season changed into SG Bernburg Süd SG Freiimfelde Halle changed into ZSG Union Halle Final : SG Freiimfelde Halle - Blau Weiß Stendal 2-0 ## Thuringia Region I : Region II : SG Altenburg Nord 14 9- 3- 2 21 46-17 SG Fortuna Erfurt 14 10- 1- 3 21 45-19 SG Steinach 14 9- 1- 4 19 41-17 Rheinmetall Sömmerda 14 7- 3- 4 17 31-25 SG Weida 14 7- 4- 3 18 27-16 SG Jena-Stadion 14 6- 3- 5 15 26-18 SG Wurzbach 14 7- 3- 4 17 32-24 Eintracht Weimar 14 5- 4- 5 14 22-19 SG Gera-Pforten 14 7- 2- 5 16 40-26 SG Bleicherode 14 5- 2- 7 12 19-40 SG Schalkau 14 5- 2- 7 12 28-31 Union Erfurt 14 3- 5- 6 11 17-15 SG Triebes 14 3- 1-10 7 25-40 Olympia Apolda 14 5- 1- 8 11 17-27 SG Probstzella 14 1- 0-13 2 18-86 SG Uder/Eichsfeld 14 5- 1- 8 11 14-28 Union Erfurt changed into Pels Erfurt Region III : Champions competition : Vorwärts Gotha 14 8- 5- 1 21 43-24 SG Werra Breitungen 14 9- 2- 3 20 32-20 SG Fortuna Erfurt 2 1- 1- 0 3 4- 2 SG Suhl 12 6- 4- 2 16 29-20 SG Altenburg-Nord 2 1- 0- 1 2 6- 4 Kaiserode Tiefenort 14 6- 4- 4 16 27-18 Vorwärts Gotha 2 0- 1- 1 1 2- 6 SG Sonderhausen 14 5- 3- 6 13 28-35 SG Langensalza 12 4- 2- 6 10 24-25 SG Steinbach-Hallenb.13 3- 2- 8 8 18-31 Vorwärts Mühlhausen 14 1- 1-12 3 24-52 (table not completely correct) ## Saxony Leipzig (top 5) Ostsachsen (top 5) SG Leipzig-Leutzsch 25 45 104-21 SG Zittau 20 30 61-30 SG Wurzen 25 40 66-19 SG Kamenz 20 25 59-31 SG Markkleeberg 25 40 74-38 SG Löbau 20 25 60-42 SG Leipzig-Probstheida 25 37 68-35 SG Hoyerswerda 20 25 51-36 SG Thekla 25 35 85-37 SG Weißwasser 20 24 45-33 SG Leipzig Leutzsch changed into Industrie Leipzig Westsachsen (top 5) SG Planitz 22 40 SG Plauen-Süd 22 34 SG Lauter 22 29 SG Cainsdorf SG Aue Chemnitz Dresden region I: SG Chemnitz-Nord region I: play off SG Hartha SG Friedrichstadt Dresden - SG Striesen 7-1 SG Gablenz region II: play off region II: SG Meerane Mickten Dresden - SG Meißen 3-1 SG SG Chemnitz West SG Lichtenstein final : SG Meerane - SG Chemnitz-Nord final : SG Friedrichstadt Dresden - Mickten Dresden 2-2 and 3-1 3-1 1-2 3-2 Championship of Sachsen SG Friedrichstadt Dresden 4 3- 0- 1 6 13- 7 Industrie Leipzig 4 3- 0- 1 6 8- 5 SG Meerane 4 3- 0- 1 6 8- 6 SG Planitz 4 0- 1- 3 1 3- 7 SG Zittau 4 0- 1- 3 1 2- 9 Necessary extra competition between 1st 3 SG Friedrichstadt Dresden 2 2- 0- 0 4 4- 2 SG Meerane 2 1- 0- 1 2 5- 5 Industrie Leipzig 2 0- 0- 2 0 2- 4 -->

Play-offs

Qualifying round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final