The German club cup championship in 1936 , popularly known as the Tschammer cup after the then "Reichssportführer" and initiator of the competition Hans von Tschammer und Osten , was the second edition of a national soccer cup competition in Germany . A total of 5291 teams, including 4112 regional league clubs, took part in the competition. As in the previous year, the competition was divided into four phases and carried out in the same way. In two sections, the district league and district league teams first played for qualification for the main round, in which the Gauligists also intervened in the competition. Again 64 teams qualified for the final round.
In the final, which only took place on January 3, 1937, VfB Leipzig and FC Schalke 04 faced each other. In front of 70,000 spectators in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the huge favorite Schalke 04 lost 2-1 to the outsider from Leipzig.
In the constellation of fifth in the Gauliga Sachsen (VfB Leipzig) against the third in the German championship (Schalke 04), the Knappen went into the game as the clear favorite. The people of Leipzig, who came to Berlin with a large following, were not impressed by this. With their three-man storm, they immediately took the initiative and unsettled the surprised Schalke defense. Unexpectedly, the otherwise sovereign Schalke goalkeeper Mellage also made an unsafe impression. His mistake in the 20th minute initiated the defeat for the favorite. He could not hold a 16-meter shot, so that Leipzig center forward May could shoot his team in the lead. With this VfB gained security, the defense was closed and with Wöllner they had a safe goalkeeper behind them. The Saxon storm could swirl unhindered, and consequently the 2-0 for Leipzig fell in the 31st minute. Again May was involved in the goal, he had passed the ball into the barrel of his left winger Gabriel, who was charging forward. Eleven minutes later, Schalke found hope again when right wing striker Kalwitzki was able to shorten to 1: 2 with a direct shot. In the second half, Schalke 04 initially determined the game, but apart from good midfield actions, the decisive urge to move forward was missing. The VfB renounced any showmanship and let the ball run the English way. After an hour the Leipzig got the upper hand again, as the Schalke players increasingly had to struggle with poor fitness. VfB Leipzig was able to secure its lead until the final whistle, which was almost drowned in the thunderous applause of the audience.
Matthias Weinrich, Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 6: German Cup history since 1935. Pictures, statistics, stories, constellations. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-89784-146-0 , pp. 20-27.
VfB Leipzig - FC Schalke 04
