The tournament is named after Walther Bensemann

Walther Bensemann (* 1873 in Berlin; † 1934 in Montreux, Switzerland in exile) is considered one of the most important pioneers in German football history, both for the early phase of the first club foundations and for the phase of popularization of the game during the Weimar Republic.

At the same time, his person gains outstanding importance through his persistent, lifelong campaigning for sport and football to make a contribution to cross-border understanding for European unification and peace.

As the publisher of Kicker , he fought eloquently for international encounters, a cosmopolitan society and the idea of European unification. He received some harsh criticism for this from German nationalist forces in the DFB.

In 1933, Bensemann had to leave Germany and kicker because of his Jewish origins and his cosmopolitan attitude. He died impoverished in Montreux in 1934 at the age of 61.