# 1934 German football championship

The 1934 German football championship, the 27th edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04 by defeating 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 in the final. It was Schalke's first championship, with five more titles to follow until 1942 and a seventh one in 1958. For Nuremberg, with five German championships to its name at the time, it marked the first time it lost a final but the club would go on to win its next title, the 1936 edition, after defeating Schalke in the semi-finals.
Schalke won the 1934 championship final late in the game after Nuremberg had gone 1–0 ahead In the 54th minute. Schalke equalised in the 87th and scored the winning goal three minutes later through Ernst Kuzorra.
Waldhof Mannheim's Otto Siffling became the top scorer of the 1934 championship with eleven goals, the first player to score double-digit figures since interception of the competition in 1903.
Under the new Gauliga system, introduced after the Nazis came to power in 1933, the sixteen 1933–34 Gauliga champions competed in a group stage of four groups of four teams each, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1934 championship final. While the number of teams in the competition, sixteen, had remained the same as in the previous seasons, the modus had changed compare to 1933, when all games were played in the knock-out format and the competition was shorter.

## Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1933–34 Gauliga season:
| Club | Qualified from |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | Gauliga Baden |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Gauliga Bayern |
| Viktoria 89 Berlin | Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg |
| Borussia Fulda | Gauliga Hessen |
| Wacker Halle | Gauliga Mitte |
| Mülheimer SV | Gauliga Mittelrhein |
| VfL 06 Benrath | Gauliga Niederrhein |
| SV Werder Bremen | Gauliga Niedersachsen |
| Eimsbütteler TV | Gauliga Nordmark |
| Preußen Danzig | Gauliga Ostpreußen |
| Viktoria Stolp | Gauliga Pommern |
| Dresdner SC | Gauliga Sachsen |
| Beuthener SuSV 09 | Gauliga Schlesien |
| Kickers Offenbach | Gauliga Südwest |
| Schalke 04 | Gauliga Westfalen |
| Union Böckingen | Gauliga Württemberg |

## Competition
### Group 1

Group 1 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Ostpreußen, Pommern and Schlesien:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | V89 | BEU | STO | DAN |
| 1 | Viktoria Berlin | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 2.667 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 5–2 | 4–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Beuthener SuSV | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0.923 | 7 | | 1–4 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Viktoria Stolp | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 4 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Preußen Danzig | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0.333 | 1 | | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |

### Group 2

Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Nordmark, Niedersachsen, Niederrhein and Westfalen:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | S04 | BEN | SVW | ETV |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2.286 | 8 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | VfL Benrath | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1.091 | 7 | | 0–2 | — | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 0.647 | 5 | | 2–5 | 2–2 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Eimsbütteler TV | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0.765 | 4 | | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | — |

### Group 3

Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Baden, Mittelrhein, Südwest and Württemberg:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | WMA | MUS | KOF | BOE |
| 1 | Waldhof Mannheim | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3.167 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 6–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Mülheimer SV | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 0.722 | 6 | | 1–1 | — | 4–4 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Kickers Offenbach | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.875 | 5 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Union Böckingen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0.714 | 4 | | 2–4 | 6–2 | 6–3 | — |

### Group 4

Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Hessen, Mitte and Sachsen:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | FCN | DRE | FUL | WHA |
| 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2.500 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Dresdner SC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2.286 | 9 | | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 7–2 |
| 3 | Borussia Fulda | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.700 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Wacker Halle | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 0.400 | 2 | | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | — |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 17 June 1934 |||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | Viktoria 89 Berlin |
| Schalke 04 | 5–2 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 24 June 1934 |||
| Schalke 04 | 2–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg |