1922 German football championship

Football tournament season
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)
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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]

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

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

Quarter-finals

SpVgg Leipzig0 – 31. FC Nürnberg
Popp 65', 69'
Träg 76'
HWG-Stadion am Zoo, Halle
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'
Telegrafenkaserne, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Koppehel

Semi-finals

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.)
Stadion am Riederwald, Frankfurt
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Bauwens

Final

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

Replay

Hamburger SV1 – 1 (a.e.t.)1. FC Nürnberg
Schneider 69' Report Träg 48'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bauwens
HAMBURGER SV
  Germany Hans Martens
  Germany Albert Beier
  Germany Rudi Agte
  Germany Hans Flohr
  Germany Hans Krohn
  Germany Walter Kolzen
  Norway Asbjørn Halvorsen
  Germany Karl Schneider
  Germany Hans Rave
  Germany Otto Harder
  Germany Ludwig Breuel
Manager:
England A. W. Turner
1. FC Nürnberg
  Germany Heinrich Stuhlfauth
  Germany Luitpold Popp downward-facing red arrow 105'
  Germany Anton Kugler downward-facing red arrow 75'
  Switzerland Gustav Bark
  Germany Reitzenstein
  Germany Carl Riegel
  Germany Emil Köpplinger
  Germany Heinrich Träg Red card 100'
  Germany Hans Sutor
  Germany Wolfgang Strobel
  Germany Willy Böß Red card 18'
Manager:
Hungary 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

  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

  • 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

External links

  • German Championship 1921–22 at weltfussball.de (in German)
  • German Championship 1922 at RSSSF
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