The 1940

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, the 33rd edition of the competition, was won by

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, the club's fifth German championship, by defeating

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1–0 in the final. Both clubs would continue to be strong sides during the

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editions of the German championship with Schalke making a losing appearance in the 1941 final before winning again in 1942 while Dresden was crowned German champions in 1943 and 1944.(West) Germany -List of champions
rsssf.org, accessed: 27 December 2015 Schalke's 16–0 win over

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in the group stages was the highest win in the history of the German championship as well as the most goals scored in a game.

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became the 1940 championships top scorer with 14 goals, a new record that would be broken the following year by Schalke's Hermann Eppenhoff when he scored 15 goals. The eighteen 1939–40

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champions, the same number as in 1939,''kicker Allmanach 1990'', page: 243-245 competed in a group stage with the four group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1940 championship final. The groups were divided into three with four clubs and one with six clubs with the latter, in turn, subdivided into two groups of three teams each and a final of these group winners to determine the overall group champions.German championship 1940
rsssf.org, accessed: 26 December 2015 In the following season, the German championship was played with twenty clubs. From there it gradually expanded further through a combination of territorial expansion of

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and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years, reaching a strength of thirty-one in its last completed season, 1943–44.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the

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season:

Competition

Group 1

Group 1A

Group 1A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Ostpreußen and Pommern:

Group 1B

Group 1B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Ostmark, Schlesien and Sudetenland:

Group 1 final

Group 2

Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mitte, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Sachsen:

Group 3

Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Westfalen:

Group 4

Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Baden, Südwest and Württemberg:

Semi-finals

Two of the four clubs in the 1940 semi-finals had reached the same stage in the previous season, Dresdner SC and FC Schalke 04, while Rapid Wien replaced Admira Wien and SV Waldhof Mannheim

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in comparison to 1939: , align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3, 14 July 1940

Third place play-off

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Replay

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Final

References

Sources

* ''kicker Allmanach 1990'', by

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, page 164 & 177 - German championship

External links

German Championship 1939–40
at weltfussball.de

at RSSSF {{1939–40 in European football (UEFA) 1

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