The 1950 German football championship, the 40th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1949–50 football season in Germany. VfB Stuttgart won their first championship in a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was the third championship after the end of World War II.(West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015
VfB Stuttgart appeared in their second final, having lost to Schalke 04 in 1935. Losing finalists Kickers Offenbach appeared in a championship final for the first time.
For the first time 16 teams competed for the title, including the runners-up of the Berlin championship. However, East German side Union Oberschöneweide did not receive a travel permit, like SG Planitz two years earlier. Their players nevertheless traveled to Kiel to play Hamburger SV and eventually founded SC Union 06 Berlin. Originally, the first three teams from the DDR-Oberliga had been slated to appear in the championship, but the two football associations eventually could not agree on a mode of play and their places were given to West German Oberliga sides.
Qualified teams The clubs qualified through the 1949–50 Oberliga season: Club Qualified from Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions FC St. Pauli Oberliga Nord runners-up VfL Osnabrück Oberliga Nord 3rd place Borussia Dortmund Oberliga West champions Preußen Dellbrück Oberliga West runners-up Rot-Weiss Essen Oberliga West 3rd place STV Horst-Emscher Oberliga West 4th place 1. FC Kaiserslautern Oberliga Südwest champions SSV Reutlingen 05 Oberliga Südwest runners-up TuS Koblenz Oberliga Südwest 3rd place SpVgg Fürth Oberliga Süd champions VfB Stuttgart Oberliga Süd runners-up Kickers Offenbach Oberliga Süd 3rd place VfR Mannheim Oberliga Süd 4th place Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadtliga Berlin champions Union Oberschöneweide Stadtliga Berlin runners-up
Competition
Round of 16
Replay
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Replay
Final
VFB STUTTGART Otto Schmid Josef Ledl Richard Steimle Erich Retter Erwin Läpple Robert Schlienz Ernst Otterbach Karl Barufka Otto Baitinger Walter Bühler Rolf BlessingManager: Georg WurzerKICKERS OFFENBACH Josef Schepper Willi Magel Ferdinand Emberger Heinrich Baas Kurt Schreiner Gerhard Kaufhold Horst Buhtz Albert Wirsching Wilhelm Weber Anton Picard Willi KeimManager: Paul Oßwald
References
External links 1949-50 at Weltfussball.de German championship 1950 at Fussballdaten.de