German football championship 1950/51

Final round of the 1951 German soccer championship
master	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Teams	8th
Games	25th
Gates	99  (ø 3.96 per game)
Top scorer	Werner Baßler Horst Eckel Adolf Kallenborn Konrad Winterstein (6 goals each)
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Football league 1950/51 ↓

German football champions in 1951 were 1. FC Kaiserslautern . The Palatinate won the title with a 2-1 victory over Prussia Münster .

Participants in the final round

Hamburger SV	→ Champion of the Oberliga Nord 1950/51
FC St. Pauli	→ Second in the Oberliga Nord 1950/51
1. FC Nuremberg	→ Champion of the Oberliga Süd 1950/51
SpVgg Fürth	→ Second in the Oberliga Süd 1950/51
1. FC Kaiserslautern	→ Champion of the Oberliga Südwest 1950/51
Tennis Borussia Berlin	→ Champion of the contract league Berlin 1950/51
FC Schalke 04	→ Champion of the Oberliga West 1950/51
Prussia Munster	→ Second in Oberliga West 1950/51

Preliminary round

Group 1

date		Result
Sun 06.05.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 2 (1: 0)	SpVgg Fürth
Sun 06.05.	Schalke 04	1: 2 (1: 0)	FC St. Pauli
Sun 13.05.	FC St. Pauli	2: 4 (1: 2)	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sun 13.05.	SpVgg Fürth	0-0	Schalke 04
Sun 20.05.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1: 0 (1: 0)	Schalke 04
Sun 20.05.	SpVgg Fürth	4: 1 (2: 0)	FC St. Pauli
Sun 27.05.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 0 (1: 0)	FC St. Pauli
Sun 27.05.	Schalke 04	2: 1 (1: 0)	SpVgg Fürth
Sun 03.06.	SpVgg Fürth	1: 3 (1: 2)	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sun 03.06.	FC St. Pauli	0: 1 (0: 1)	Schalke 04
Sun 10.06.	Schalke 04	3: 2 (1: 2)	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sun 10.06.	FC St. Pauli	1: 0 (1: 0)	SpVgg Fürth

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6th	4th	1	1	014: 800	1.75	09: 30
2.	FC Schalke 04	6th	3	1	2	007: 600	1.17	07: 50
3.	SpVgg Fürth	6th	1	2	3	008: 900	0.89	04: 80
4th	FC St. Pauli	6th	2	0	4th	006:120	0.50	04: 80

Qualification for the final of the German championship in 1951

Group 2

date		Result
Sun 06.05.	Hamburger SV	3: 2 (0: 1)	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Sun 06.05.	1. FC Nuremberg	1: 2 (0: 2)	Prussia Munster
Sun 13.05.	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2: 3 (1: 2)	1. FC Nuremberg
Sun 13.05.	Prussia Munster	3: 1 (1: 0)	Hamburger SV
Sun 20.05.	Hamburger SV	1: 2 (0: 2)	1. FC Nuremberg
Sun 20.05.	Prussia Munster	2: 3 (0: 1)	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Sun 27.05.	Hamburger SV	5: 1 (1: 0)	Prussia Munster
Sun 27.05.	1. FC Nuremberg	3: 1 (1: 1)	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Sun 03.06.	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0: 1 (0: 0)	Hamburger SV
Sun 03.06.	Prussia Munster	6: 4 (3: 2)	1. FC Nuremberg
Sun 10.06.	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2: 8 (2: 1)	Prussia Munster
Sun 10.06.	1. FC Nuremberg	4: 1 (4: 0)	Hamburger SV

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Prussia Munster	6th	4th	0	2	022:160	1.38	08: 40
2.	1. FC Nuremberg	6th	4th	0	2	017:130	1.31	08: 40
3.	Hamburger SV	6th	3	0	3	012:120	1.00	06: 60
4th	Tennis Borussia Berlin	6th	1	0	5	010:200	0.50	02:10

Qualification for the final of the German championship in 1951

Endgame

pairing	1. FC Kaiserslautern - Prussia Munster
Result	2: 1 (0: 0)
date	June 30, 1951
Stadion	Olympic Stadium , Berlin
spectator	85,000
referee	Adolf Reinhardt ( Stuttgart )
Gates	0: 1 Felix Gerritzen (47.) 1: 1 Ottmar Walter (61.) 2: 1 Ottmar Walter (74.)
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Karl Adam ; Helmut Rasch , Werner Kohlmeyer ; Ernst Liebrich , Werner Liebrich , Heinz Jergens ; Horst Eckel , Fritz Walter , Ottmar Walter , Werner Baßler , Bernhard Fuchs Trainer: Richard Schneider
Prussia Munster	Otto Mierzowski ; Walter Lesch , Alois Schulte ; Josef Rickmann , Kurt Pohnke , Rolf Lezgus ; Felix Gerritzen , Alfred Preißler , Rudolf Schulz , Siegfried Rachuba , Josef Lammers Trainer: Willi Multhaup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ shift? Prussia Münster's sensational 8: 2 at Tennis Borussia - Der Spiegel from June 20, 1951.