<P> With the introduction of the European Cup in 1955--56 the West German champions participated in this competition while the East German champions entered from 1957--58 onward . While the possibility existed that teams from the two Germany's could be drawn against each other this did not happen until the 1973--74 edition when Dynamo Dresden met FC Bayern Munich in the second round and lost 7--6 on aggregate . After the draw for the second round anticipation for the first ever - encounter of the two champions and the "true German championship". The first leg in Munich was not a sell - out but the return leg in Dresden saw 300,000 ticket requests . </P> <P> In the same season 1 . FC Lokomotive Leipzig eliminated Fortuna Düsseldorf in the third round of the UEFA Cup and from there encounters between clubs from the East and West become more common in UEFA club competitions . Apart from these encounters the 1985--86 European Cup Winners' Cup third round - second leg game between Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Dynamo Dresden is still well - remembered . Dresden had won the first leg 2--0 at home and led 3--1 at half time in Uerdingen when the latter scored six unanswered goals to win the tie 7--5 on aggregate, a game often dubbed the Miracle of the Grotenburg, named after Uerdingen's stadium . The game was voted as the greatest football match of all time by German magazine 11 Freunde . Another high - profile encounter was the return leg of the European Cup tie between SV Werder Bremen and Berliner FC Dynamo in which the latter had won the first leg 2--0 but lost 5--0 in Bremen . </P> <P> On national team level West Germany played its first post-war international on 22 November 1950 against Switzerland in Stuttgart, while East Germany played their first game against Poland on 21 September 1952 in Warsaw and its 293rd and last on 12 September 1990 against Belgium in Brussels . The two sides met just once on senior national team level, on 22 June 1974, in a group game of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, held in West Germany . The game in Hamburg, in front of 62,000, was won 1--0 by the guest team courtesy to a goal by Jürgen Sparwasser . East Germany finished the tournament in sixth place while West Germany won the FIFA World Cup . For the East it was the only participation while the West won the 1954 and 1990 editions as well . The two countries never met again at this level despite West Germany frequently requesting a rematch but the East declining, despite strong interest from East German players, coaches and fans . With the German reunification a special game between the two former countries was planned for 21 November 1990 in Leipzig but was cancelled after a fatal shooting of a supporter at a game between FC Sachsen Leipzig and FC Berlin by the police on 3 November . West and East Germany had been drawn against each other for the qualifying of the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship but the latter was withdrawn because of the German reunification . </P> <P> At Olympic Games level the East German and West German Olympic teams first encountered each other in the qualifying competition for the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament where East Germany won its home game 3--0 while West Germany won theirs 2--1, resulting in the East advancing to the games where the team won a bronze medal . The two met again at the 1972 Summer Olympics, held in Munich, West Germany, with East Germany winning this game as well, 3--2, and eventually winning another bronze medal . While the East German team consisted of top - level players from the DDR - Oberliga the West German team was an amateur side . The East German team would also win the gold medal in 1976 and a silver medal in the following games in 1980 . </P>

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