1966–67 Gruppenliga season

The 1966-67 Gruppenliga season was the fifth season of the Gruppenliga and the second season of the league as the second-level competition in East Germany.

Regular season

Group 1

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	SG Dynamo Malchin	3	3	-	-	43:01	06:00
2.	BSG Traktor Dargun	3	1	1	1	05:13	03:03
3.	BSG Einheit Teterow	3	1	-	2	04:19	02:04
4.	BSG Traktor Schönebeck	3	-	1	2	03:22	01:05

Group 2

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	BSG Chemie Leuna	10	10	-	-	87:16	20:00
2.	HSG Wissenschaft KMU Leipzig	10	6	1	3	57:37	13:07
3.	BSG Einheit Ballenstedt	10	6	-	4	26:25	12:08
4.	SG Dynamo Schierke	10	4	-	6	30:33	08:12
5.	HSG TH Chemie Merseburg	10	1	2	7	21:69	04:16
6.	WSG Rudolf Harbig Dessau	10	1	1	8	11:52	03:17

Group 3

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	ASG Vorwärts Crimmitschau	6	6	-	-	70:06	12:00
2.	BSG Aufbau Schönheide	6	3	-	3	34:24	06:06
3.	SG Dynamo Klingenthal	6	3	-	3	22:33	06:06
4.	BSG Traktor Eibenstock	6	-	-	6	06:69	00:12

Group 4

Group A

BSG Aktivist Knappenrode-Lohsa withdrew prior to the start of the season.

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	SG Boxberg	7	7	-	-	132:12	14:00
2.	BSG Traktor Groß Düben	6	3	-	3	030:46	06:06
3.	BSG Motor Bad Muskau	7	3	-	4	052:39	06:08
4.	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	4	1	-	3	007:36	02:06
5.	BSG Stahl Rietschen	4	-	-	4	004:92	00:08

No other games were played.

Group B

Other intended participants SG Drespo Dresden, BSG Einheit Geising and BSG Einheit Görlitz withdrew prior to the start of the season.

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	SG Dynamo Zittau	11	1	-	-	07:03	02:00
2.	SG Dynamo Zittau II	2	1	-	1	11:10	02:02
3.	BSG Einheit Niesky	11	-	-	1	03:08	00:02

¹The missing match in the table between SG Dynamo Zittau and BSG Einheit Niesky (17:1) was considered a friendly match due to poor conditions.

In the Eastern group final SG Boxberg defeated SG Dynamo Zittau 5:1 and 6:3. The second match was stopped early due to an injury suffered by the Zittau goalkeeper.

Group 5

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	BSG Motor Weimar	3	2	-	1	24:06	04:02
2.	ASG Vorwärts Oberhof	1	1	-	-	05:02	02:00
3.	BSG Einheit Oberhof	1	1	-	-	04:03	02:00
4.	BSG Stahl Brotterode	1	-	-	1	02:05	00:02
5.	BSG Lok Meiningen	1	-	-	1	01:10	00:02
6.	BSG Empor Ilmenau	1	-	-	1	01:11	00:02

No other games were played.

Gruppenliga Championship

The group winners SG Dynamo Malchin, ASG Vorwarts Crimmitschau, and BSG Motor Weimar declined to participate in the Championship.

Final

BSG Chemie Leuna	–	SG Boxberg	3:9
(Group 2 winner)		(Group 4 winner)

Leuna declined to play the second leg.

Relegation (Oberliga – Gruppenliga)

SC Einheit Dresden	–	SG Boxberg	7:20–07:3
(Last in Oberliga)		(Gruppenliga champion)

Relegation (Gruppenliga – Bezirksliga)

It is unknown if relegation games took place in other districts as well.

BSG Traktor Eibenstock	–	BSG Traktor Oberwiesenthal	??
(Last in Gruppenliga Group 3)		(Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt champion)

BSG Traktor Oberwiesenthal started the following season in the Gruppenliga. Other Bezirksliga teams to make the Gruppenliga were:

• BSG Aktivist Knappenrode-Lohsa (Bez. Cottbus)
• SG Drespo Dresden (Bez. Dresden)
• BSG Einheit Geising (Bez. Dresden)

References

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