# 1930 German football championship

The 1930 German football championship, the 23rd edition of the competition, was won by Hertha BSC, defeating Holstein Kiel 5–4 in the final.
For Hertha it was the fifth consecutive final the club played in and the first championship the club won, having lost all four previous finals. Hertha would go on to win the 1931 final as well and thereby become only the second club, after 1. FC Nürnberg, to defend its title. For Holstein Kiel it was the third and last appearance in the final, having lost the 1910 one and won two years later in 1912, both against Karlsruher FV.
The final itself equaled the then-record of goals scored, nine, set in 1903. Hertha fell behind twice in the game, 0–2 and 2–3, before Hans Ruch scored the winning ninth goal of the game in the 87th minute.
1. FC Nürnberg's Josef Schmitt was the top scorer of the 1930 championship with seven goals.
Sixteen clubs 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 |
| Beuthener SuSV 09 | South Eastern German champions |
| Sportfreunde Breslau | South Eastern German runners-up |
| Hertha BSC | Brandenburg champion |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | Brandenburg runners-up |
| Dresdner SC | Central German champions |
| VfB Leipzig | Central German cup winner |
| Holstein Kiel | Northern German champions |
| Arminia Hannover | Northern German runners-up |
| Schalke 04 | Western German champions |
| VfL 06 Benrath | Western German runners-up |
| SpVgg Sülz 07 | Western German third placed team |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Southern German champions |
| SpVgg Fürth | Southern German runners-up |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Southern German additional qualifier |

## Competition
### Round of 16

The round of 16, played on 18 May 1930:
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Dresdner SC | 8–1 | VfB Königsberg |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | VfL 06 Benrath |
| Schalke 04 | 6–2 | SV Arminia Hannover |
| Hertha BSC | 3–2 | Beuthen 09 |
| Holstein Kiel | 4–3 | VfB Leipzig |
| Sportfreunde Breslau | 0–7 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| SpVgg Fürth | 4–1 | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| Titania Stettin | 2–4 | SpVgg Köln/Sülz 07 |

### Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 1 June 1930, with the replay held on 9 June:
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Dresdner SC | 5–4 | SpVgg Fürth |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 6–2 | Schalke 04 |
| Holstein Kiel | 4–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| SpVgg Köln/Sülz 07 | 1–1 | Hertha BSC |

#### Replay

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Hertha BSC | 8–1 | SpVgg Köln/Sülz 07 |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 15 June 1930:
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Hertha BSC | 6–3 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Holstein Kiel | 2–0 | Dresdner SC |

### Final

The final, played on 22 June 1930:
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Hertha BSC | 5–4 | Holstein Kiel |