The 1943

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, the 36th edition of the competition, was won by

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, the club's first-ever championship, won by defeating

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in the final.(West) Germany -List of champions
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champions, four more than in the previous season,''kicker Allmanach 1990'', page: 243-245 competed in a single-leg knock out competition to determine the national champion.German championship 1943
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and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years. The 1943 championship marked the end of the golden era of

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which had reached the semi-finals of each edition of the national championship from 1932 to 1942 and won the competition in 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1942 while losing the final in 1933, 1938 and 1941. In 1943 defending champions Schalke was knocked out in the quarter finals by

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, thereby ending the clubs quest for a twelfth consecutive semi-finals appearance.

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of FC Schalke 04 and

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of 1. FC Saarbrücken were the joint top scorers for the 1943 championship with five goals each, the lowest for any top scorer since 1925. For Kalwitzki it was the third and last time, after 1937 and 1939, to finish as top scorer. Dresdner SC became the last club to be awarded the '' Viktoria'', the annual trophy for the German champions from 1903 to 1944. The trophy disappeared during the final stages of the war, did not resurface until after the

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and was put on display at the DFB headquarters in

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until 2015, when it was moved to the new ''

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'' in

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. Dresdner SC completed the 1942–43 season unbeaten, finishing the

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with 18 wins out of 18 games, and winning all five games in the championship to claim the title.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the

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season: * Gauliga champions LSV Adler Deblin were replaced by SG Warschau. * Stuttgarter Kickers and VfB Stuttgart finished on equal points and the same goal average and were therefore declared joint champions but only VfB advanced to the German championship.

Competition

Qualifying round

First round

, SpVgg Wilhelmshaven,

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and Westende Hamborn received a bye for the first round. , align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3, 2 May 1943

Replay

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Round of 16

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was disqualified and replaced by SV Neufahrwasser in the quarter finals.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

References

Sources

* ''kicker Allmanach 1990'', by

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, page 164 & 177 - German championship

External links

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at weltfussball.de

at RSSSF {{1942–43 in European football (UEFA) 1

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