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The Baltic football championship (German: ''Baltische Fußball Meisterschaft'') was the highest association football competition in the Prussian provinces of East Prussia, Pomerania and West Prussia. The competition was disbanded in 1933. It should not be confused with the Baltic Cup, a competition for the national teams of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Instead, the competition was named after the Baltic Sea, its clubs mostly based on the shore of this sea. ==Overview== German football was, from its beginnings, divided into regional associations, each of which carried out their own championship matches. These often pre-dated the national German championship. With the inception of the latter in 1903, the former became qualifying tournaments. Regional championships still held a high value for the local clubs. These regional championships were:〔''kicker Almanach 1990'' Yearbook of German football 1990, publisher: kicker, published: 1989, page: 241-42, accessed: 1 June 2009〕 * Southern German football championship - ''formed in 1898'' * Brandenburg football championship - ''formed in 1898'' * Central German football championship - ''formed in 1902'' * Western German football championship - ''formed in 1903'' * March football championship - ''existed from 1903 to 1911'' * Northern German football championship - ''formed in 1906'' * South Eastern German football championship - ''formed in 1906'' * Baltic football championship - ''formed in 1908'' Regional championships were suspended with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. At the end of the Second World War, some resumed, but in league format. Others, such as the Baltic championship, completely disappeared, especially if the territories they were held in were no longer part of Germany. With the South West German football championship, a new regional competition also appeared in 1945. Ultimately, with the formation of the Fußball-Bundesliga, regional championships ceased altogether. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baltic football championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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