Association of Brandenburg Ball Game Clubs

Association of Brandenburg Ball Game Clubs

Founded	April 29, 1911
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The Association of Brandenburg Ball Game Clubs ( VBB for short ) is a former football association from Berlin . It was founded on April 29, 1911 through the merger of the Association of Berliner Ballspielvereine (also VBB), Märkischer Fußball-Bund (MFB) and Association of Berlin Athletics Associations (VBAV) and existed until 1933. During this time, the VBB was the umbrella organization for all football clubs from Berlin and the province of Brandenburg .

history

1911: foundation

Before 1911, there had almost always been several competing regional football associations in Berlin, each of which played championships. This led to Berlin taking a special position in the German Football Association (DFB) compared to other regions. Not all of its associations belonged to the DFB, but Berlin was able to send two teams to the final round of the German soccer championship at times .

The strongest of the three Berlin football associations still in existence in 1911, the Association of Berliner Ballspielvereine , had applied to the DFB to only recognize one football association for Berlin in future. At its extraordinary Bundestag in the spring of 1911, the DFB had accepted the application and determined that a merger had to come about by Whitsun that year. Shortly afterwards - under the mediation and direction of the 1st chairman of the DFB Gottfried Hinze - the Association of Berliner Ballspielvereine , the Märkische Fußball-Bund and the Verband Berliner Athletik-Vereine joined forces to form the Association of Brandenburg Ballspielvereine . The new VBB was the twelfth football association in just 21 years in the former capital .

The more or less forced merger led to tensions within the new association immediately after it was founded, so that board members and clubs of the smaller former associations MFB and VBAV stayed away from the meetings. The main point of dispute was sparked by the division into classes for the new 1911/12 season, in which the member clubs of the old VBB were clearly favored. As a result, a number of clubs did not join the Association of Brandenburg Ball Game Clubs.

The first class was divided into two seasons with ten clubs each. All nine clubs of the former VBB that belonged to the top division in the 1910/11 season ( Viktoria 89 , Preussen , Union 92 , Hertha 92 , Britannia 92 , Alemannia 90 , Berliner BC , Minerva 93 and Tennis Borussia ) were for the new 1st class qualified. The MFB was only awarded three places, which were occupied by the three leading clubs Tasmania 1900 , North-Northwest and Forward 90 . The VBAV only got one automatic seat, which was taken by its master Berliner SC .

The remaining seven places were awarded through qualifying matches. The two best-placed clubs in each of the four seasons of the 2nd class of the old VBB, of which all four champions ( Rapide 93 , Charlottenburg Triton , Favorit 96 and Concordia 95 ) and two runners-up ( Union Charlottenburg and Germania 88 ) made it up, were eligible to participate . From the MFB, FC Viktoria Spandau and SC Germania Spandau took part in the qualifying games in 1904 , in which only Viktoria could prevail. In contrast, the two representatives of VBAV, Charlottenburger SC and Westen 05 Charlottenburg, failed in the decisive games.

1911–1919: Restrictions due to the First World War

The first season brought Viktoria 89 and BFC Preussen as the respective season winners. Prussia won the playoffs for the title of Berlin soccer champions 2-1. But Viktoria was also able to take part in the final round of the German championship , as one was set as the defending champion. In the final round, however, the future champion Holstein Kiel was too strong for both teams in the quarter (Prussia) and semi-finals (Viktoria). In the years that followed, Berlin's dominance at the imperial level could not be continued and that although the merger of the three Berlin associations actually led to a pooling of forces.

From the 1912/13 season, the championship was held in a relay with ten teams, which is why the last five clubs from the two seasons of the first class were relegated in the preseason. As a result, there were no promoters from the 2nd class that year. Viktoria 89 finished the season as Berlin champions, while defending champion Prussia was only eighth. A year later, Berlin's BC was at the top of the table. Both teams did not get past the semi-finals in their respective finals and failed at the later champions: Viktoria 1913 at VfB Leipzig , the BBC 1914 at SpVgg Fürth .

During the duration of the First World War , gaming operations could continue, but the loss of players who had volunteered or were called up to serve in the war was enormous. The big clubs were able to cope with this due to their player potential, whereas smaller clubs that had only a few teams and players had to withdraw from the championship games. Even at the beginning of the war, the sports newspapers were filled with reports of deaths and injuries to active players on the front lines. In the course of the war these communications increased significantly. Up to and including the 1916/17 season, the top Berlin / Brandenburg division continued to operate with ten clubs; in the last two years of the war, the number of squadrons was increased to 18 clubs each. In both years the championship was canceled prematurely because of the advanced season, without all the point games had been played.

In the 1918/19 season, the BFC Hertha was excluded from playing after the preliminary round for violating the amateur regulations and all second round games were scored for the respective opponent.

1919–1924: Changes to the regulations

For the first post-war season in 1919/20, the 18 league was replaced by four district classes with a total of 26 clubs. The top three clubs in each district qualified for the championship round, which was prematurely abandoned when the champions were determined. The remaining clubs took part in a round in the so-called cup class. This was also canceled prematurely after the winner had been determined. In 1920/21 the final round was played in two seasons with six clubs each, the champions were determined in two final games of the two group winners. After two years the format was changed again and the four circular leagues were replaced by two association leagues. The group winners then faced each other in two finals.

Vorwärts 90 and Union Oberschöneweide reached the final of the German championship in 1921 and 1923, respectively, but lost both finals (Vorwärts against 1. FC Nürnberg with 0: 5, Union against Hamburger SV with 0: 3).

1924–1933: Hertha BSC dominated

From the 1924/25 season, Hertha BSC began to dominate Berlin football. Six years earlier, BFC Hertha had been banned from playing after violating amateur regulations. After a merger with the financially better off Berliner SC to form Hertha BSC in 1923, Hertha developed into a football player across Germany. Between 1925 and 1931 Hertha won all of Berlin's championship titles and reached the final six times in a row in the German championship finals from 1926 to 1931. But it was not until 1930 (5: 4 against Holstein Kiel ) and 1931 (3: 2 against 1860 Munich ) that the title could be brought to the Spree.

From the 1930/31 season the Pomerania district belonged to Berlin / Brandenburg. In the three following seasons, the master of Pomerania took part in the finals for the championship of Berlin / Brandenburg. In some seasons, the VBB Cup winner was also qualified for this final round.

1933: dissolution

After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, the DFB and all regional football associations were dissolved and replaced by the Football and Football District Office. Instead of the VBB, the Gau Berlin-Brandenburg stepped with the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg as the top division. Eleven clubs from the former VBB and one club from Cottbus qualified for the Gauliga. The clubs from Pomerania were combined in their own district.

Master of the Association of Brandenburg Ball Game Clubs

society	title	year
Hertha BSC	11	1915, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933
Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89	3	1913, 1916, 1919
SC Union Oberschöneweide	2	1920, 1923
BFC Prussia	1	1912
Berlin BC	1	1914
Forward 90 Berlin	1	1921
SV north-northwest	1	1922
BTuFC Alemannia 90 Berlin	1	1924
Tennis Borussia Berlin	1	1932

VBB Association Cup

From 1920 until its dissolution in 1933, the VBB played an association cup. First, the cup was played in 1920 in a 14-team league. But in 1923 there was an annual competition in the knockout system . Like the championship, this competition was dominated by Hertha BSC. The Herthaners were able to win the cup five times.

The VBB in the Crown Prince and Federal Cup

In the crown prince's cup (which became the federal cup after the fall of the monarchy in November 1918 ), the VBB reached the finals in Berlin twice in 1912 and 1913. In 1912 the final against the South German Football Association was just lost 5-6, a year later they lost 3: 5 against the West German Football Association . It was not until 1918 that VBB were able to win the competition 3-1 after extra time against the North German Football Association in the fifth attempt . It wasn't until 1929 that the Brandenburgers reached the final again and beat northern Germany with a 2-1 advantage. The following year, both national teams faced each other again in the final, but this time Northern Germany used its home advantage and sent the Brandenburgers home with a 2-0 defeat.

The VBB in the fighting game cup

From 1922 onwards, the Fighting Game Cup was held every four years for national teams from regional associations. In 1930 Brandenburg reached the final and beat the representation of southeast Germany in Breslau 2-1.

Web links

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