Crown Prince Cup 1917/18

The 1917/18 Kronprinzenpokal was the eighth 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 first time was Brandenburg's selection, which won the final against northern 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 14, 1917	West Germany	3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1) n.v.	Southern Germany	Düsseldorf , place of the DSC
October 14, 1917	Central Germany	1: 3 (1: 2)	Southeast Germany	Leipzig , SpVgg sports park
October 14, 1917	Northern Germany	7: 0 (3: 0)	Northeast Germany	Kiel , Holstein Square

BYE: Brandenburg

Semifinals

date		Result		Stadion
March 29, 1918	Northern Germany	3: 0 (2: 0)	West Germany	Hamburg , Victora-Platz
March 31, 1918	Brandenburg	6: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2) n.v.	Southeast Germany	Berlin , Hertha-Platz

final

pairing	Brandenburg - Northern Germany
Result	3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1) n.v.
date	May 19, 1918
Stadion	Viktoria-Platz , Mariendorf (near Berlin)
spectator	8,000
referee	Fritz Kiemeyer ( Leipzig )
Gates	0: 1 Hohmann (76th), 1: 1 Golze (80th), 2: 1 Trotschinsky (95th), 3: 1 Fritzsche (112th)
Brandenburg	Karl Panten ( BFC Vorwärts 1890 ) - August Weber ( BTC Borussia ), Willi Golze ( BFC Berolina 1885 ) - Otto Völker ( BFC Preussen ), Karl Tewes ( BTuFC Viktoria 1889 ), Arthur Marohn (BTuFC Viktoria 1889) - Simon Leiserowitsch (BTC Borussia), Albert Seipp ( SC Union Oberschöneweide ), Walter Fritzsche (BFC Vorwärts 1890), Adolf Trotschinsky (SC Minerva 93 Berlin ), Otto Klippenstein ( SC Wacker 04 Tegel )
Northern Germany	Charly Pohl ( SC Victoria Hamburg ) - Bey (SC Victoria Hamburg), Otto Buckendahl ( Braunschweiger FC Eintracht ) - Hugo Fick ( FV Holstein Kiel ), Ernst Eikhof (SC Victoria Hamburg), Walter Krause (SC Victoria Hamburg) - Koch (SC Victoria Hamburg), Hohmann (FV Holstein Kiel), Adolf Jäger (Altonaer FC 1893), Imke ( Hannoverscher SV 96 ), Franz Esser (FV Holstein Kiel)

The winning team

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

Brandenburg

Goal : Karl Panten (BFC Vorwärts 1890) (1 / -), Albert Weber (BFC Vorwärts 1890) (1 / -) Defense : August Weber (BTC Borussia) (2 / -), Willi Golze (BFC Berolina 1885) (2/1) Midfield : Willi Freitag (BFC Alemannia 1890) (1 / -), Arthur Marohn (BTuFC Viktoria 1889) (2 / -), Karl Tewes (BTuFC Viktoria 1889) (2 / -), Otto Völker (BFC Preussen) (1 / -) Sturm : Walter Fritzsche (BFC Forward 1890) (1/1), Franz Grampe (BFC Hertha 1892) (1 / -), Otto Klippenstein (SC Wacker 04 Tegel) (1 / -), Emil Krüger (BFC Hertha 1892) ( 1/5), Simon Leiserowitsch (BTC Borussia) (2/1), August Reeb (BTuFC Viktoria 1889) (1 / -), Albert Seipp (SC Union Oberschöneweide) (2 / -), Adolf Trotschinsky (SC Minerva 1893) (1/1) Trainer : -

Most successful goalscorer

player	society	Gates
Emil Kruger	BFC Hertha 1892	5

literature

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