1959–60 East German Liga season

The 1959-60 East German 1. Liga season was the eighth season of the second-level competition in East Germany. 11 teams, divided into two groups, participated in the league, with the top team in each group qualifying for the Liga Championship, which was won by SC Empor Rostock. This won them a spot in the Relegation round of the DDR-Oberliga.

Regular season

Group 1

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt	9	8	1	-	83:32	17:01
2.	BSG Aufbau Schönheide	9	6	-	3	35:32	12:06
3.	SC Turbine Erfurt	10	4	1	5	70:57	09:11
4.	ASK Vorwärts Crimmitschau	6	2	2	2	22:18	06:06
5.	BSG Wismut Wilkau-Haßlau	8	1	-	7	24:64	02:14
6.	SC Chemie Halle	6	1	-	5	15:50	02:10

Group 2

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	SC Empor Rostock	7	7	-	-	62:11	14:00
2.	SC Dynamo Berlin II	7	5	-	2	46:17	10:04
3.	BSG Lok Zittau	8	5	-	3	32:22	10:06
4.	HSG Wissenschaft TH Dresden	6	2	-	4	13:33	02:08
5.	HSG Wissenschaft KMU Leipzig	6	-	-	6	05:75	00:12

Liga Championship

SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt	–	SC Empor Rostock	4:50–06:60–04:8
(Group 1 winner)		(Group 2 winner)

Relegation (Oberliga – 1. Liga)

ASK Vorwärts Erfurt	–	SC Empor Rostock	2:90–02:6
(Last in Oberliga)		(1. Liga winner)

References

• Müller, Stephan (2000). Deutsche Eishockey Meisterschaften. Print on Demand. ISBN 3-8311-0997-4.