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
Country	Germany
Dates	21 May – 6 August
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	No champion declared
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	25 (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

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

21 May 1922

SpVgg Leipzig	0 – 3	1. FC Nürnberg
		Popp 65', 69' Träg 76'

HWG-Stadion am Zoo, Halle

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Cornelius

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21 May 1922

SV Norden-Nordwest	1 – 0	Viktoria Forst
Montag 85'

Platz des BFC Viktoria, Berlin

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Chemnitz

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21 May 1922

Hamburger SV	5 – 0	Titania Stettin
Harder 5', 25' Schneider 30', 60' Breuel 63'

Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Niederberger

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21 May 1922

Wacker München	5 – 0	TG Arminia Bielefeld
Semmler 9', 31', 36' Schaffer 50' (pen.) Nebauer 72'

Telegrafenkaserne, Karlsruhe

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Koppehel

Semi-finals

4 June 1922

1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 0	SV Norden-Nordwest
Böß 10'

Sportpark Ronhof, Fürth

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kiemeyer

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4 June 1922

Hamburger SV	4 – 0	Wacker München
Breuel 25', 32' Harder 62' Flohr 65' (pen.)

Stadion am Riederwald, Frankfurt

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Bauwens

Final

18 June 1922

Hamburger SV	2 – 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

6 August 1922

Hamburger SV	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Nürnberg
Schneider 69'	Report	Träg 48'

Probstheidaer Stadion, Leipzig

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.