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
CountryGermany
Dates21 May – 6 August
Teams8
ChampionsNo champion declared
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Ludwig Breuel
Otto Harder
Luitpold Popp
Karl Schneider
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

The teams qualified through the regional championships:[1]

ClubQualified as
Titania StettinBaltic championship representative
Viktoria ForstSouth Eastern German championship representative
SV Norden-NordwestBrandenburg champion
SpVgg LeipzigCentral German champions
Hamburger SVNorthern German champions
TG Arminia BielefeldWestern German champions
FC Wacker MünchenSouthern German champions
1. FC NürnbergDefending 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'
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
  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
  1. "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
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