Gauliga Weser-Ems
Gauliga Weser-Ems | |
Association | Football department |
First edition | 1942 |
Last event | 1945 |
Teams | 10 (1942/43) 24 (1943/44) 25 (1944/45) |
Record champions | SpVgg Wilhelmshaven (2) |
Qualification for | German soccer championship |
region | Free State of Prussia , Free State of Oldenburg , Bremen |
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The Gauliga Weser-Ems was one of the highest leagues in German football during the National Socialist era .
history
The league was created in 1942 together with the Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig as the successor to the Gauliga Lower Saxony . In the league, ten teams played for the championship title in the first season, which guaranteed participation in the German championship. In 1943 the championship was divided into the groups Oldenburg-Friesland , Bremen and Osnabrück , the winners of which played the Gauliga champions. A year later, the championship was canceled prematurely during the group phase due to the war.
Gaumeister 1942–1944
season | Gaumeister Weser-Ems |
Cutting off German championship |
German champions |
---|---|---|---|
1942/43 | SpVgg Wilhelmshaven | Round of 16 | Dresdner SC |
1943/44 | SpVgg Wilhelmshaven | Round of 16 | Dresdner SC |
1944/45 | canceled due to the war |
literature
- Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 1: From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga. 1890 to 1963. German championship, Gauliga, Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1 .
- Hardy Greens: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 7: Club Lexicon . AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-147-9 .