FDGB-Pokal

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The FDGB-Pokal was the primary national football cup competition in East Germany, organized by the Free German Trade Union Federation until German reunification.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct football competition
football cup competition
national cup competition
abbreviationMeaning Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs East German Cup NERFINISHED
ceasedBecauseOf German reunification
competitionFormat single-elimination
competitionType knockout tournament
confederation UEFA (via East Germany) NERFINISHED
continentalQualification UEFA Cup Winners' Cup NERFINISHED
country East Germany NERFINISHED
eligibility DDR-Liga clubs
DDR-Oberliga clubs
lower-division East German clubs
endYear 1991
finalVenue Berlin NERFINISHED
Stadion der Weltjugend NERFINISHED
Stadion des Friedens NERFINISHED
firstEditionSeason 1949–50
genderCategory men's football
governingBody East German Football Association NERFINISHED
governingPoliticalSystem socialist state
languageOfName German
lastEditionSeason 1990–91
levelOnPyramid national
location German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED
mainCityForFinals East Berlin NERFINISHED
mostSuccessfulClub 1. FC Magdeburg NERFINISHED
mostSuccessfulClubTitles 7
namedAfter Free German Trade Union Federation NERFINISHED
notableClubWinner BFC Dynamo NERFINISHED
Carl Zeiss Jena NERFINISHED
Dynamo Dresden NERFINISHED
organizer Free German Trade Union Federation NERFINISHED
organizerAbbreviation FDGB NERFINISHED
participationType club teams
region East Germany NERFINISHED
relatedCompetition DDR-Oberliga NERFINISHED
DFB-Pokal NERFINISHED
roundsIncluded final
quarter-finals
semi-finals
sport association football
startYear 1949
status defunct
successorCompetition DFB-Pokal NERFINISHED
teamSport football
timePeriod Cold War era NERFINISHED
trophyType cup

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FSV Zwickau wonCompetition FDGB-Pokal