The Hamburger SV won the North German soccer championship for the seventh time.
The North German soccer championship 1928/29 was the 23rd soccer championship held by the North German Sports Association . The winner was the Hamburger SV in the final tournament against Holstein Kiel and Hannover 96 . With this victory, Hamburg qualified for the German soccer championship 1928/29 , in which they reached the quarter-finals after defeating Meidericher SV , which they lost 2-0 to SpVgg Fürth . Holstein Kiel was also allowed to take part in the German soccer championship as runner-up, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by a 6-1 defeat against the1. FC Nürnberg from.
This season was dominated by the football revolution brought about by some of Hamburg's top clubs . The increasing attractiveness of the soccer game had led to an increase in the number of clubs throughout Germany . The associations reacted to the increasing number of clubs by increasingly splitting up the top divisions, so that in northern Germany at the beginning of the 1927/28 season there were eleven formally first-class district leagues in six districts. For the large northern German clubs, especially from Hamburg and Altona as well as Holstein Kiel , this split was completely inadequate. The league games against weak local opponents were neither interesting for the audience, nor did they help to promote performance. In the 1920s, they were often inferior to the southern German clubs around the series champions 1. FC Nürnberg and SpVgg Fürth . In order not to fall further behind, but mainly for financial reasons, some clubs joined forces to form the league club and called the Round of Ten into being as a separate division.
Confronted with a fait accompli, the North German Sports Association reacted and implemented a league reform at the Association Day on March 10, 1929, at the end of which six major leagues were introduced for the 1929/30 season. The 1928/29 season was completely canceled in northern Germany. Only the first matchday had taken place in some districts. The association put together an ad hoc final round, in which, in addition to the first six of the round of ten, one to four teams from the other districts were selected.
Final round of the North German soccer championship
The final round of the North German soccer championship first took place in the knockout system . After the quarter-finals, the four remaining teams played the north German football champions in a round-robin tournament in a single round. In the end, Hamburger SV prevailed and was North German football champions for the seventh time.
qualification
The game was played on March 24th and April 7th, 1929.
Result
Altona 93
6: 2
VfB Comet Bremen
SV Arminia Hanover
3: 2
SV Harburg 1924
Holstein Kiel
6: 1
St. Pauli sports club
Olympia Neumünster
2: 4
Hamburger SV
Eimsbüttel TV
2: 3
SpVgg Hannover 1897
VfB Peine
0: 3
Union 03 Altona
VfL Schwerin
1: 2
Hannover 96
SV Werder Bremen
4: 3 a.d.
Lübeck BV Phönix
Quarter finals
The game was played on April 21, 1929. The original draw for the quarter-finals was met with protests. The association then set a round of points between the eight teams ("round of eight"), which was declared invalid after the first match day. Finally, the quarter-finals originally drawn was played.
Result
Altona 93
3: 1
SV Arminia Hanover
Hamburger SV
3: 1
Union 03 Altona
SpVgg Hannover 1897
0: 8
Holstein Kiel
SV Werder Bremen
0: 2
Hannover 96
Final round
Since three teams were tied at the end of the final round, another play-off round was played.
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