Crown Prince Cup 1916/17

The Kronprinzenpokal 1916/17 was the seventh edition of the soccer cup competition, in which the teams selected from the regional associations of the German Football Association competed against each other. The winner for the third time was the selection of Northern Germany, which won the final against Southern Germany.

Participating associations

Northeast Germany	Baltic Lawn and Winter Sports Association
Southeast Germany	Southeast German Football Association
Brandenburg	Association of Brandenburg Ball Game Clubs
Central Germany	Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs
Northern Germany	North German Football Association
West Germany	West German game association
Southern Germany	Association of South German Football Associations

Quarter finals

date		Result		Stadion
October 8, 1916	Southeast Germany	1: 2 (1: 0)	Central Germany	Wroclaw , SC Silesia Square
October 8, 1916	Northeast Germany	1: 6 (0: 1)	Brandenburg	Szczecin , Minerva Square
October 8, 1916	Northern Germany	7: 0 (5: 0)	West Germany	Hamburg , Victora-Platz

BYE: Southern Germany

Semifinals

date		Result		Stadion
November 12, 1916	Brandenburg	0: 4 (0: 3)	Northern Germany	Berlin , Hertha-Platz
November 12, 1916	Central Germany	0: 0 a.d.	Southern Germany	Leipzig , Connewitz Sports Park

Repetition:

date		Result		Stadion
December 10, 1916	Southern Germany	4: 0 (2: 0)	Central Germany	Fürth , SpVgg square

final

pairing	Northern Germany - Southern Germany
Result	2: 1 (2: 1)
date	April 8, 1917
Stadion	Schebera-Platz , Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
spectator	6,000
referee	Curt von Paquet ( Berlin )
Gates	0: 1 Philipp (5th, penalty ), 1: 1 Lüdecke (15th), 2: 1 Buckendahl (22nd)
Northern Germany	Walter Gamerdinger ( FC Union 03 Altona ) - Buchmann ( Eimsbütteler TV ), Waldemar Gilge ( Altonaer FC 1893 ) - Hugo Fick ( FV Holstein Kiel ), Theo Frahm ( SC Sperber Hamburg ), Schmincke ( Bremer SC 1891 ) - Faust ( Hannoverscher SV 96 ), Adolf Jäger (Altonaer FC 1893), Otto Buckendahl ( Braunschweiger FC Eintracht ), Oskar Lüdecke (Altonaer FC 1893), Fritz Lange ( FC Arminia Hannover )
Southern Germany	Bauer ( MTV Munich ) - Ludwig Philipp ( 1. FC Nürnberg ), Josef Bruglachner ( VfR Mannheim ) - Georg Rottenberger ( SpVgg Fürth ), Schäfer ( FC Pfalz Ludwigshafen ), Ludwig Perz ( FA Bayern in Munich SC ) - Karl Huber ( TSV Munich 1860 ), Willi Häußler ( FC Stuttgarter Cickers ), Max Schäfer (FC Stuttgarter Cickers), Leonhard Seiderer (SpVgg Fürth), Hermann Richter (SpVgg Fürth)

The winning team

Below is the winning team with the players' stakes and goals.

Northern Germany

Goal : Walter Gamerdinger (FC Union 03 Altona) (3 / -) Defense : Buchmann (Eimsbütteler TV) (3 / -), Waldemar Gilge (Altonaer FC 1893) (3 / -) Midfield : Hugo Fick (FV Holstein Kiel) (3 / -), Theo Frahm (SC Sperber Hamburg) (3 / -), Schmincke (Bremer SC 1891) (3 / -) Attack : Ludwig Breuel (SC Sperber Hamburg) (1/1), Otto Buckendahl (Braunschweiger FC Eintracht) (1/1), Faust (Hannoverscher SV 96) (3 / -), Godemann (Eimsbütteler TV) (1 / -) , Kurt Hilbert (Altonaer FC 1893) (1/3), Adolf Jäger (Altonaer FC 1893) (2/1), Fritz Lange (FC Arminia Hannover) (3/5), Walter Lorenz (Eimsbütteler TV) (2/1 ), Oskar Lüdecke (Altonaer FC 1893) (1/1) Trainer : -

Most successful goalscorer

player	society	Gates
Fritz Lange	FC Arminia Hannover	5

literature

• German football (1900–1920) (= Dr. Alfredo Pöge [Hrsg.]: Libero Spezial Deutsch . D 3). International Federation of Football History & Statistics , 1992.