The 1949 German football championship, the 39th edition of the German football championship, was the culmination of the 1948–49

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season in

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were crowned champions for the first time after a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was both sides' first appearance in the final. The tournament was expanded so that ten teams were to take part in the final stage which was played as a one-leg knock-out tournament, with the matches played on neutral ground. The five regional Oberliga winners, along with

and Wormatia Worms, automatically qualified for the quarter finals, while the remaining three teams played qualifying rounds to clinch the eighth place. The 1949 championship was the first to see a new trophy for the champions awarded. The pre-

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trophy, the '' Viktoria'', had disappeared during the final stages of the war and would not resurface until after the

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. The new trophy, the '' Meisterschale'', was not ready for the 1948 season but was finished in time to be awarded to the 1949 champions.Die "Viktoria"
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Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1948–49 Oberliga season:

Competition

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Replay

Quarter-finals

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Replays

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Semi-finals

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Replay

Third place play-off

Final

References

External links

1948-49
at Weltfussball.de

at RSSSF.com
German championship 1949
at Fussballdaten.de {{1948–49 in European football (UEFA) 1948–49 in German football German football championship seasons