1922 German football championship

The 1922 German football championship, the 15th edition of the competition, saw no champion determined after the first final ended in a two-all draw and the replay in a one-all draw. Hamburger SV was initially awarded the title because the other finalist, 1. FC Nürnberg had eventually been reduced to seven players in the replay, below the required number of eight, causing an abandonment. Hamburg was awarded the title but Nuremberg successfully protested. Hamburg launched a counter-protest and was eventually awarded the title but then declined the championship, leaving the 1921–22 season without an official champions. It was the second and last time, after 1904, that a German championship concluded without a champion.[1][2]

1922 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Dates21 May – 6 August
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsNo champion declared
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Ludwig Breuel
Otto Harder
Luitpold Popp
Karl Schneider [de]
Hans Semmler
Heinrich Träg
(3 goals each)
← 1921
1923 →

Of the two finalists Hamburg went on to win the championship the following season while Nuremberg, champions of 1920 and 1921 would win the 1924 edition by defeating Hamburg in the final, followed by another title in 1925, making the two clubs the dominant force of the first six post-First World War seasons.[3][4][5]

Six players finished as joint top scorers of the 1922 championship, all with three goals each.[6]

Eight clubs qualified for the knock-out competition, nominally the champions of each of the seven regional football championships and the previous seasons German champion. However both the Baltic and the South Eastern German championships were later awarded to different teams, VfB Königsberg and Sportfreunde Breslau, than the ones qualified for the German championship.[1]

Qualified teams

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The teams qualified through the regional championships:[1]

Club Qualified as
Titania Stettin Baltic championship representative
Viktoria Forst South Eastern German championship representative
SV Norden-Nordwest Brandenburg champion
SpVgg Leipzig Central German champions
Hamburger SV Northern German champions
TG Arminia Bielefeld Western German champions
FC Wacker München Southern German champions
1. FC Nürnberg Defending champions

Competition

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Quarter-finals

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SpVgg Leipzig0 – 31. FC Nürnberg
Popp   65', 69'
Träg   76'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Cornelius

SV Norden-Nordwest1 – 0Viktoria Forst
Montag   85'
Platz des BFC Viktoria, Berlin
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Chemnitz

Hamburger SV5 – 0Titania Stettin
Harder   5', 25'
Schneider   30', 60'
Breuel   63'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Niederberger

Wacker München5 – 0TG Arminia Bielefeld
Semmler   9', 31', 36'
Schaffer   50' (pen.)
Nebauer   72'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Koppehel

Semi-finals

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1. FC Nürnberg1 – 0SV Norden-Nordwest
Böß   10'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kiemeyer

Hamburger SV4 – 0Wacker München
Breuel   25', 32'
Harder   62'
Flohr   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Bauwens

Final

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Hamburger SV2 – 2 (a.e.t.)1. FC Nürnberg
Rave   19'
Flohr   86'
Report Träg   20'
Popp   30'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Bauwens
  • Match abandoned after 189 minutes due to darkness.

Replay

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Hamburger SV1 – 1 (a.e.t.)1. FC Nürnberg
Schneider   69' Report Träg   48'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bauwens
HAMBURGER SV
    Hans Martens
    Albert Beier
    Rudi Agte
    Hans Flohr
    Hans Krohn
    Walter Kolzen
    Asbjørn Halvorsen
    Karl Schneider
    Hans Rave
    Otto Harder
    Ludwig Breuel
Manager:
  A. W. Turner
1. FC Nürnberg
    Heinrich Stuhlfauth
    Luitpold Popp   105'
    Anton Kugler   75'
    Gustav Bark
    Reitzenstein
    Carl Riegel
    Emil Köpplinger
    Heinrich Träg   100'
    Hans Sutor
    Wolfgang Strobel
    Willy Böß   18'
Manager:
  Gyula Bíró
  • Replay abandoned due to Nuremberg having only seven players remaining. The championship was initially awarded to Hamburg, but following a series of protests, the club later declined the title.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "German championship 1922". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ "DEUTSCHE MEISTER" [German champions]. dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ^ "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Hamburger SV » Steckbrief" [Hamburger SV honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ^ "1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief" [1. FC Nürnberg honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.

Sources

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  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 160 to 178 – German championship
  • Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
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