<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had been drawn against each other for the qualifying of the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship but the latter was withdrawn because of the German reunification .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> 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>
who won more world cups east or west germany
who won more world cups east or west germany
West Germany
West Germany