Crown Prince Cup
The Kronprinzenpokal (also Kronprinzpokal ) refers to individual sports competitions from different sports. The best known include bobsleigh (since 1907) and soccer (since 1908). The Kronprinzenpokal in football was the first German cup competition of the DFB , which the regional associations of the time held. After the abolition of the monarchy in Germany as a result of the First World War , the Crown Prince's Cup was renamed the Federal Cup in 1919 .
etymology
With Crown Prince is usually the last German Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia called. He was a sports enthusiast who also occasionally drove bobsleigh and played soccer.
trophy
The cup was donated by Crown Prince Karl Friedrich at the Bundestag of the DFB from February 1st to 2nd, 1908 . It is silver and has two extra-long handles . At the top at the edge are the areas (associations) numbered by name and in Roman numerals. Below it, separated by lines, reads: His Imperial and Royal Highness Wilhelm, Crown Prince of the German Empire and of Prussia (this is written in German Kurrentschrift ) donated this cup in 1908 as a challenge prize for football competitions between the representative teams of the regional associations of the German Football Association (in block letters).
Soccer
Since the 1908/09 season there has been a competition for representative games for the association selection teams. It was the first ever German soccer cup competition, as the Tschammer Cup was only introduced in 1935. A tournament for soldiers' teams was played from August 19 to 23, 1915. In 1915/16 this tournament was not held and from 1916/17 the original mode of association selection was carried out again (thus earlier than the German championship). After the end of the monarchy, the Crown Prince Cup was renamed the Federal Cup in 1919 during the ongoing competition .
In contrast to friendly matches or club football, only Reich German players were allowed to play, i.e. no foreign players. This implementation provision for the Crown Prince's Cup was retained after 1919.
Participating associations
The following regional associations of the German Football Association took part in the Crown Prince's Cup:
- Association of Southern German Football Associations , from 1914 Southern German Football Association
- Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs
- North German Football Association
- Southeast German Football Association
- West German game association
- Baltic Lawn Sports Association, from 1910 Baltic Lawn and Winter Sports Association
- Association of Berlin Ball Game Clubs
- Märkischer Football Association
The two last-named associations merged in 1911 to form the Association of Brandenburg Ball Game Clubs .
Finals and winners
- 1909 Central Germany - Berlin 3-1, April 19, 1909 Mariendorf near Berlin , Viktoria-Platz
- 1910 Southern Germany - Berlin 6-5, April 10, 1910 Mariendorf, Viktoria-Platz
- 1911 Northern Germany - Southern Germany 4: 2, May 25, 1911 Mariendorf, Viktoria-Platz
- 1912 Southern Germany - Brandenburg 6: 5, February 18, 1912 Mariendorf, Union 92-Platz
- 1913 West Germany - Brandenburg 5-3, June 8, 1913 Berlin-Grunewald , German Stadium
- 1914 North Germany - Central Germany 2-1, February 22, 1914 Berlin-Grunewald, German Stadium
- 1915 Bavaria Army Corps (soldiers' team), 23 August 1915 Magdeburg , Viktoria-Platz
- 1916 not held
- 1917 Northern Germany - Southern Germany 2-1, April 8, 1917 Berlin-Gesundbrunnen , Schebera-Platz
- 1918 Brandenburg - Northern Germany 3-1, May 19, 1918 Mariendorf, Viktoria-Platz
literature
- German football (1900–1920) (= Dr. Alfredo Pöge [Hrsg.]: Libero Spezial Deutsch . D 3). International Federation of Football History & Statistics , 1992.
Web links
- Kronprinzenpokal information on the website of the DFB.
- Ralf Klee, Broder-Jürgen Trede: Kick it like Kronprinz. In: Contemporary History. on: Spiegel-Online. May 29, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The lawn sport , Berlin, VI. Year, February 5, 1908, category: General sporting overview.
- ↑ This provision was included in the DFB statutes by 1913 at the latest, cf. Lawn sport , XI. Volume, No. 1 from January 1, 1913, page 21; previously were Camillo Ugi and Edwin Dutton has already been used.