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 .