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1908 German football championship

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Date
  
7 June 1908

Attendance
  
4,000

Referee
  
Otto Götzel

1908 German football championship

Event
  
German football championship

Venue
  
Germania-Platz Tempelhof, Berlin

The 1908 German football championship, the sixth edition of the competition, was won by Viktoria 89 Berlin, defeating Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1 in the final.

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For Viktoria 89 Berlin it was the first national title, having lost the previous seasons final to Freiburger FC. The club would make another losing appearance in the final in the following season before winning its second title in 1911. For the Stuttgarter Kickers it was the clubs sole appearance in the championship final.

Viktoria's Willy Worpitzky and Stuttgart's Rudolf Ahorn were the top scorers of the 1908 championship with four goals each.

Eight clubs qualified for the competition played in knock-out format, the champions of each of the seven regional football championships and the defending German champions.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the regional championships:

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 3 May 1908, with the replay played on 17 May:

  • 1 declared void.
  • Replay

    Semi-finals

    The semi-finals, played on 17 and 24 May 1908:

    References

    1908 German football championship Wikipedia