The 1962

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was the culmination of the

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season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1961–62.

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were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final, having previously reached the final in 1960, where they lost to Hamburger SV.(West) Germany -List of champions
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, where ''Köln'' lost to

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in the preliminary round. Runners-up

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made its twelfth and last appearance in the national title game, having won the previous years championship. The format used to determine the German champion was similar to the one used in the 1961 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of ''West'' and ''North'' having to play a qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final. In previous years, a home-and-away round had been played in the group stages but because of the

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, where Germany participated in, the schedule was reduced, as had been the case in previous world cup years.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the

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season:

Competition

Qualifying round

Group 1

Group 2

Final

References

Sources

* ''kicker Allmanach 1990'', by kicker, page 165 & 177 - German championship 1962

External links

German Championship 1961-62
at Weltfussball.de

at RSSSF.com
German championship 1962
at Fussballdaten.de {{DEFAULTSORT:German Football Championship 1962

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