German field handball championship 1939/40

The German field handball championship 1939/40 was the 19th German field handball championship . Due to the beginning of the Second World War on September 1, 1939, gaming operations were suspended for the time being. From December 1939, games were held again in the individual area classes (formerly Gauligen). Numerous military pro clubs , including the defending champion and three-time field handball champion MTSA Leipzig , withdrew from games due to the war. There were now 19 division classes, the winners of which qualified for the championship finals. For the first time since 1934 the handball championship was played entirely in the knockout system .

The Lintforter SpV won the final on July 7, 1940 against the police SV Magdeburg with 9: 6 and thus became German field handball champions for the first time.

Participants in the final round

society	Qualified as
VfL Koenigsberg	Master of division class I East Prussia
Reichsbahn SG Stettin	Master of area class II Pomerania
Askanischer TV Berlin	Master of division class III Berlin-Brandenburg
LSV Reinecke Brieg	Master of Division IV Silesia
Sportfreunde Leipzig	Master of division class V Saxony
Police SV Magdeburg	Master of area class VI middle
SV Hamburg Police	Master of the area class VII Nordmark
TuRa Gröpelingen	Master of division class VIII Lower Saxony
PSV Recklinghausen	Master of division class IX Westphalia
Lintforter SpV	Master of division class X Niederrhein
TSV Alemannia Aachen	Master of division class XI Middle Rhine
TSV Bettenhausen	Master of the area class XII Hessen
SA-KSG Frankfurt	Master of area class XIII Southwest
SV Waldhof Mannheim	Master of Division XIV Baden
TSV Süßen 1883	Master of division class XV Württemberg
Reichsbahn SG Munich	Master of division class XVI Bavaria
Vienna AC	Master of division class XVII Ostmark
NSTG Aussig	Master of division class XVIII Sudetenland
TV Danzig-Neufahrwasser	Master of the area class XIX Danzig-West Prussia

Elimination round

date		Result
June 2, 1940	TV Danzig-Neufahrwasser	8:11	VfL Koenigsberg
June 2, 1940	Reichsbahn SG Stettin	2:11	Askanischer TV Berlin
June 2, 1940	LSV Reinecke Brieg	4: 8	Sportfreunde Leipzig

Preliminary round

date		Result
June 9, 1940	Lintforter SpV	9: 6	PSV Recklinghausen
June 9, 1940	SA-KSG Frankfurt	11:13 a.m.	TSV Alemannia Aachen
June 9, 1940	Askanischer TV Berlin	13: 7	VfL Koenigsberg
June 9, 1940	Police SV Magdeburg	25: 5	NSTG Aussig
June 9, 1940	SV Waldhof Mannheim	8: 1	TSV Bettenhausen
June 9, 1940	TuRa Gröpelingen	9: 8	SV Hamburg Police
June 9, 1940	Reichsbahn SV Munich	9: 6	TSV Süßen 1883
June 9, 1940	Sportfreunde Leipzig	14: 9	Vienna AC

Intermediate round

date		Result
June 16, 1940	Lintforter SpV	10: 4	TuRa Gröpelingen
June 16, 1940	SV Waldhof Mannheim	10: 7	TSV Alemannia Aachen
June 16, 1940	Askanischer TV Berlin	6: 7	Police SV Magdeburg
June 16, 1940	Reichsbahn SV Munich	7:10	Sportfreunde Leipzig

Semifinals

date		Result
June 23, 1940	Lintforter SpV	6: 2	SV Waldhof Mannheim
June 23, 1940	Police SV Magdeburg	8: 6	Sportfreunde Leipzig

final

Lintforter SpV		Police SV Magdeburg
	July 7, 1940 in Halle (Saale) ( Horst-Wessel-Kampfbahn ) Result: 9: 6 (4: 4) Spectators: 8,000 Referees: Jung (Dresden)
	Heinz Körvers - Fritz Seigner, Jakob Brüntgens, Johannes Mumot, Ludwig Wolcziniak, Hennes Meister, Frank Oleniczak, Gerd Brüntgens , Außeneck , Adamek, Hans Grosch,	Neat - Knackmuß, Knopf, Krüger, Masella, Kunze, Karsten, Böttcher, Fischer, Thielecke, Reimann
	1: 0 Brüntgens 2: 2 Brüntgens 3: 3 Adamek 4: 3 Brüntgens 5: 5 Grosch 6: 5 Master 7: 6 Adamek 8 : 6 Outside corner 9: 6 Oleniczak	1: 1 Thielecke 1: 2 Thielecke 2: 3 Thielecke 4: 4 Thielecke 4: 5 Böttcher 6: 6 Böttcher

swell

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