The 1965-66 Gruppenliga season was the fourth season of the Gruppenliga and the first season of the league as the second-level competition in East Germany.
Regular season
Some tables are incomplete.
Northern Group
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
Goals
|
Pts
|
| 1.
|
BSG Chemie Leuna
|
10 |
10 |
- |
-
|
104:13
|
20:00
|
| 2.
|
BSG Chemie Leuna II
|
10 |
6 |
1 |
3
|
036:49
|
13:07
|
| 3.
|
HSG Wissenschaft KMU Leipzig
|
10 |
4 |
1 |
5
|
039:38
|
09:11
|
| 4.
|
SG Dynamo Schierke
|
10 |
4 |
1 |
5
|
016:33
|
09:11
|
| 5.
|
BSG Einheit Ballenstedt
|
10 |
3 |
1 |
6
|
010:36
|
07:13
|
| 6.
|
WSG Rudolf Harbig Dessau
|
10 |
1 |
- |
9
|
011:47
|
02:18
|
Western Group
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
Goals
|
Pts
|
| 1.
|
ASG Vorwärts Oberhof
|
4 |
3 |
- |
1
|
27:07
|
06:02
|
| 2.
|
BSG Stahl Brotterode
|
2 |
2 |
- |
-
|
24:05
|
04:00
|
| 3.
|
BSG Motor Weimar
|
4 |
2 |
- |
2
|
12:25
|
04:04
|
| 4.
|
BSG Lok Meiningen
|
1 |
- |
- |
1
|
02:11
|
00:02
|
| 5.
|
BSG Empor Ilmenau
|
3 |
- |
- |
3
|
08:25
|
00:06
|
Eastern Group
- Group 1
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
Goals
|
Pts
|
| 1.
|
SG Boxberg
|
5 |
5 |
- |
-
|
51:04
|
10:00
|
| 2.
|
SG Dynamo Malchin
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
1
|
33:19
|
07:03
|
| 3.
|
BSG Aktivist Knappenrode-Lohsa
|
5 |
2 |
1 |
2
|
25:23
|
05:05
|
| 4.
|
BSG Motor Bad Muskau
|
5 |
2 |
- |
3
|
26:23
|
04:06
|
| 5.
|
BSG Traktor Groß Düben
|
5 |
2 |
- |
3
|
18:33
|
04:06
|
| 6.
|
BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt
|
5 |
- |
- |
5
|
11:62
|
00:10
|
- Group 2
ESG Zittau II was forced to withdraw from the league.
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
Goals
|
Pts
|
| 1.
|
ESG Zittau
|
3 |
3 |
- |
-
|
27:03
|
06:00
|
| 2.
|
SG Drespo Dresden
|
3 |
2 |
- |
1
|
27:09
|
04:02
|
| 3.
|
BSG Einheit Geising
|
3 |
1 |
- |
2
|
08:19
|
02:04
|
| 4.
|
BSG Einheit Görlitz
|
3 |
- |
- |
3
|
02:33
|
00:06
|
It is not known if a series between the two Eastern group winners was contested.
Southern Group
- Group 1
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
Goals
|
Pts
|
| 1.
|
BSG Aufbau Schönheide
|
3 |
3 |
- |
-
|
24:03
|
06:00
|
| 2.
|
BSG Traktor Eibenstock
|
1 |
- |
- |
1
|
03:07
|
00:02
|
| 3.
|
BSG Traktor Oberwiesenthal
|
1 |
- |
- |
1
|
00:03
|
00:02
|
| 4.
|
BSG Vater Jahn Annaberg-Buchholz
|
1 |
- |
- |
1
|
00:14
|
00:02
|
- Group 2
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
Goals
|
Pts
|
| 1.
|
ASG Vorwärts Crimmitschau
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
-
|
49:06
|
05:01
|
| 2.
|
SG Dynamo Klingenthal
|
4 |
2 |
1 |
1
|
36:26
|
05:03
|
| 3.
|
TSG Muldental Wilkau-Haßlau
|
1 |
- |
- |
1
|
05:12
|
00:02
|
| 4.
|
BSG Fortschritt Lichtenstein
|
2 |
- |
- |
2
|
01:47
|
00:04
|
ASG Vorwarts Crimmitschau defeated BSG Aufbau Schönheide in the Southern final.
Gruppenliga Championship
- Final
|
– |
ASG Vorwärts Crimmitschau |
??
|
|
|
|
|
- Semifinals
|
– |
|
|
| (Group ?) |
|
(Group ?) |
|
|
– |
ASG Vorwärts Crimmitschau |
|
| (Group ?) |
|
(Southern Group) |
|
Relegation (Oberliga – Gruppenliga)
| SC Einheit Dresden |
– |
ASG Vorwärts Crimmitschau |
6:10
|
| (Last in Oberliga) |
|
(Gruppenliga champion) |
|
Vorwarts declined promotion to the DDR-Oberliga, so SC Einheit Dresden retained its spot in the league.
References
- Müller, Stephan (2000). Deutsche Eishockey Meisterschaften. Print on Demand. ISBN 3-8311-0997-4.