German championship in field hockey 1940 (men)
In the 1939/40 season , a German championship in men's field hockey was held for the fourth time. The organizer was the National Socialist Reich Association for Physical Exercise after the German Hockey Association was dissolved on October 22, 1933. Berliner SV 1892 became German field hockey champions by winning the final in Berlin against defending champions TV Sachsenhausen 1857.
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Eleven teams had qualified for the finals through the regional championships. Therefore, three preliminary round games were necessary. The remaining five teams were seeded for the quarter-finals. Unless otherwise stated, the games took place on the grounds of the first-mentioned club.
Preliminary round
TV Sachsenhausen 1857 - TSG 78 Heidelberg 3-0
Nuremberg HTC - 1. SSV Ulm 1928 2-0
Leipziger SC - TV Wenigenjena 0-0 after extra time / drawing of lots for Jena
Quarter finals
Uhlenhorster HC - DHC Hannover 2: 0
Rot-Weiß Köln - DS Düsseldorf 3: 1
Leipziger SC - Berliner SV 1892 0: 1
TV Sachsenhausen 1857 - Nuremberg HTC 2: 0
Semifinals
Berliner SV 1892 - Uhlenhorster HC 7: 2
TV Sachsenhausen 1857 - Red-White Cologne renounced without a fight for Sachsenhausen / Cologne
final
Berliner SV 1892 - TV Sachsenhausen 1857 5: 0
Individual evidence
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- German Hockey Yearbook 1958/59 , Verlag Schmidt & Dreisilker Düsseldorf, 1958