Tournament held on two occasions between clubs from Austria and Bavaria during World War II (when Austria was part of the Deutsches Reich). The Austrian clubs played against the Bavarian clubs but not against each other (and neither did the Bavarian clubs). In both tournaments, all Austrian clubs finished with a positive record while no Bavarian club managed to do so.
The first edition was organised following discussions between leading
representatives of Austrian and Bavarian football to deepen their relationship,
which found the full support of the Reich's sports leader Hans von Tschammer
und Osten. Thus, after the regional German championships were finished the
five leading teams behind the champions of Bavaria (TSV 1860 München) and
Austria (SK Rapid Wien, who went on to win the German Championship) played
against each other in the format described above.
The two regions received
points for the final ranks of their representatives, with first place worth
10 points, second place 9, and so on; as Austrians club finished first to fifth,
they won this particular ranking with 40 points against Bavaria's 15.
The winning club received the Alpenpreis donated by the regional political
leaders Wagner and Baldur von Schirach, and its players a week's holiday with
their families. The players from First Vienna FC chose to spend their week in
Kiefersfelden near Kufstein.
After the war a similar tournament was apparently started in 1958 but abandoned after a few matches due to meagre attendances, apparently caused by the superiority of the Austrian sides. Instead the Cup of the Alps involving Italian and Swiss clubs was started in 1960 and gradually extended to clubs from France and (West) Germany (with clubs from mountainous regions such as Bretagne and the Ruhrgebiet winning it) but never to clubs from Austria.
1941 First Vienna FC 1942 FK Austria Wien
NB: when two matches were played on the same day in the same town, they
were organised as double-headers; attendances and scorers indicated
whenever available.
[Apr 27]
Wacker 3-0 Augsburg
[att: 11000]
Wiener SC 0-0 1.FC Nürnberg
[att: 13000]
Jahn 2-0 Admira
[att: 6000]
[May 4]
Admira 7-2 BC Augsburg
[att: 8000]
Wacker 2-0 Fürth
[Kucharski 38, Walzhofer 60pen; att: 10000]
Jahn 2-2 Austria
[att: 5000]
[May 11]
Fürth 4-1 Admira
[Sieber, Fiederer, Bimsner, Basler; Ondrak; att: 10000]
1.FC Nürnberg 0-3 Vienna
[Decker (2), Bortoli; att: 10000]
[May 25]
BC Augsburg 1-1 Wiener SC
[att: 5000]
Jahn 3-1 Wacker
[att: 5000]
Admira 4-1 Bayern
[att: 12000]
Austria 4-0 Fürth
[Stroh 28, 48, Neumer 36, Jerusalem 81; att: 12000]
[Jun 1]
Wacker 2-4 1.FC Nürnberg
[att: 15000]
Vienna 7-0 Jahn
[Holeschovsky (3), Decker (2), Bortoli, Lechner; att: 15000]
BC Augsburg 3-6 Austria
[Jun 2]
Bayern 1-2 Wiener SC
[Jun 22]
BC Augsburg 0-2 Vienna
[Artmann, Decker; att: 2500]
[Jun 29]
Austria 2-1 1.FC Nürnberg
[att: 8000]
Vienna 4-2 Fürth
[Decker (2 (1 pen)), Fischer (2); Basler (2); att: 8000]
[Jul 6]
Wiener SC 3-1 Jahn
[att: 8000]
Austria 4-2 Bayern
[att: 8000]
[Jul 12]
Bayern 0-1 Vienna
[Bortoli]
[Aug 17]
Bayern 1-1 Wacker
Fürth 0-5 Wiener SC
[Epp (3), Karczmarski, Jelinek; att: 10000]
1.FC Nürnberg 0-4 Admira
[att: 10000]
Final Table:
1.First Vienna FC 5 5 0 0 17- 2 10
2.FK Austria Wien 5 4 1 0 18- 8 9
3.Wiener Sport-Club 5 3 2 0 11- 3 8
4.Admira Wien 5 3 0 2 16- 9 6
5.SC Wacker Wien 5 2 1 2 9- 8 5
6.Jahn Regensburg 5 2 1 2 8-13 5
7.1.FC Nürnberg 5 1 1 3 5-11 3
8.SpVgg. Fürth 5 1 0 4 6-16 2
9.FC Bayern München 5 0 1 4 5-12 1
10.BC Augsburg 5 0 1 4 6-19 1
Reported Final Table: 1.FK Austria Wien 4 4 0 0 14- 4 8 2.Grazer AK 4 3 0 1 9- 5 6 3.First Vienna FC 4 3 0 1 9- 6 6 4.Wiener Sport-Club 4 2 1 1 15- 6 5 5.SpVgg. Fürth 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4 6.Jahn Regensburg 4 1 0 3 4-12 2 7.BC Augsburg 4 0 1 3 6-17 1 8.FC Bayern München 4 0 0 4 4-12 0 NB: total goal difference -1
Sources: [Vie 54], http://www.kleeblatt-chronik.de/ (for 1941), [Sch 04] (for 1942)
Thanks to John van Enckevort
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