# 1929 German football championship

The 1929 German football championship, the 22nd edition of the competition, was won by SpVgg Fürth, defeating Hertha BSC 3–2 in the final.
For SpVgg Fürth it was the third national championship after wins in 1914 and 1926 but the club would never again appear in the final after 1929. It was the last highlight of the decade after the First World War that saw seven of the ten national championships go to Middle Franconian clubs 1. FC Nürnberg and SpVgg Fürth. For Hertha BSC it marked the fourth consecutive final loss, the only club to do so. Hertha had previously lost the 1926 final to Fürth as well but would go on to win back-to-back championships in 1930 and 1931.
Hertha's Hanne Sobek was the top scorer of the 1929 championship with six goals.
Sixteen club qualified for the knock-out competition, two from each of the regional federations plus an additional third club from the South and West. In all cases the regional champions qualified and almost all of the runners-up, except in Central Germany where the second spot went to the regional cup winner. In the West the third spot went to the third placed team of the championship while, in the South, the third spot was determined in a separate qualifying competition for runners-up and third placed teams.

## Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the regional championships:
| Club | Qualified as |
| VfB Königsberg | Baltic champions |
| Titania Stettin | Baltic runners-up |
| Preussen Hindenburg | South Eastern German champions |
| Breslauer SC 08 | South Eastern German runners-up |
| Hertha BSC | Brandenburg champion |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | Brandenburg runners-up |
| Dresdner SC | Central German champions |
| Wacker Leipzig | Central German cup winner |
| Hamburger SV | Northern German champions |
| Holstein Kiel | Northern German runners-up |
| Schalke 04 | Western German champions |
| Meidericher SV | Western German runners-up |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Western German third placed team |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Southern German champions |
| FC Bayern Munich | Southern German runners-up |
| SpVgg Fürth | Southern German additional qualifier |

## Competition
### Round of 16

The round of 16, played on 9 and 16 June 1929:
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 3–0 | Dresdner SC |
| Holstein Kiel | 1–6 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Wacker Leipzig | 1–5 | Schalke 04 |
| Meidericher SpV | 2–3 | Hamburger SV |
| Preussen Hindenburg | 1–8 | Hertha BSC |
| VfB Königsberg | 1–2 | SC Breslau 08 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 5–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 3–2 | Titania Stettin |

### Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 30 June 1929:
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–1 | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| Schalke 04 | 1–4 | Hertha BSC |
| SC Breslau 08 | 4–3 | FC Bayern Munich |
| Hamburger SV | 0–2 | SpVgg Fürth |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 7 July 1929, with the replay played on 21 July:
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Hertha BSC | 0–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| SpVgg Fürth | 6–1 | SC Breslau 08 |

#### Replay

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Hertha BSC | 3–2 | 1. FC Nürnberg |

### Final

SPVGG FÜRTH :
| | Hans Neger |
| | Hans Hagen |
| | Paul Röschke |
| | Ludwig Leinberger |
| | Konrad Krauß |
| | Urbel Krauß |
| | Georg Kießling |
| | Karl Rupprecht |
| | Andreas Franz |
| | Georg Frank |
| | Heinrich Auer |
| Manager: ||||
| Hans Krauß ||||
HERTHA BSC :
| | Paul Gehlhaar |
| | Emil Domscheidt |
| | Willi Völker |
| | Gerhard Schulz |
| | Hanne Sobek |
| | Ernst Müller |
| | Otto Leuschner |
| | Otto Fritze |
| | Hans Ruch |
| | Bruno Lehmann |
| | Willi Kirsei |
| Manager: ||||
| Richard Girulatis ||||