{"id":1295,"date":"2022-03-21T11:22:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T10:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/story\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:57:57","slug":"story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/en\/story\/","title":{"rendered":"Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-a93934ecd89fbb8a9566d39e89cd3725 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1jdgt7y-6dd5fd7e9928ab896f22572400e05462\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l1jdgt7y-6dd5fd7e9928ab896f22572400e05462 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:14px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1jdgt7y-6dd5fd7e9928ab896f22572400e05462 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><b>The tournament is named after Walther Bensemann<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-366 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Walther-Bensemann-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Walther-Bensemann-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Walther-Bensemann.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\"><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\"><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Walther Bensemann<\/span><\/strong> (* 1873 in Berlin; \u2020 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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-622 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Walther-Bensemann-jung-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Walther-Bensemann-jung-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Walther-Bensemann-jung.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>As the publisher of <strong>Kicker<\/strong> , 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.<\/p>\n<p>In 1933, Bensemann had to leave Germany and <strong>kicker<\/strong> because of his Jewish origins and his cosmopolitan attitude. He died impoverished in Montreux in 1934 at the age of 61.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1jdih4p-cd36c2f69f6bdcf6429b7a26362c08d1\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l1jdih4p-cd36c2f69f6bdcf6429b7a26362c08d1{\nheight:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l1jdih4p-cd36c2f69f6bdcf6429b7a26362c08d1 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1jdiyb0-1ec1faf7995fff7a86fed25b446f8e3b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Waypoints<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Participation in founding associations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1887 FC Montreux<\/p>\n<p>1889-1899 International Football Club (Karlsruhe), Karlsruher FV, AS Strasbourg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern Munich (both the forerunners)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Organization of international games<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1893 1st international game in Germany against a Swiss team<\/p>\n<p>1898 1st international match against French team (in Paris)<\/p>\n<p>1899 &#8220;original international matches&#8221; against the English national team<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">German Football Association<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1900 co-founder and namesake of the German Football Association<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">England (1901 &#8211; 1914)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1901-1914 stay in England; Experiencing World War I from Germany and losing friends on both sides<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-376\" src=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Erster-Kicker-Cover-1920-1-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Erster-Kicker-Cover-1920-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Erster-Kicker-Cover-1920-1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kicker<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded Kicker in 1920 and published it until 1933<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Exile<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1933-1934 went into exile in Montreux after the Nazis seized power<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1jdlmdt-7317b04f172acd0f4c4297fe65b94c9a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l1jdlmdt-7317b04f172acd0f4c4297fe65b94c9a{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l1jdlmdt-7317b04f172acd0f4c4297fe65b94c9a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-tnc6-984a5f35555a287b1348242987727d03 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_two_fifth  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-l0tmyzol-f9bb1cecfc0d59d1f992a105977b0278 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><b>History of the tournament<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Foundation: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">1934 by Albert Mayer, Dr. Ivo Schricker (FIFA Secretary General), Dori K\u00fcrschner (Trainer Grashoppers Zurich), Georges Singer (President AS Strasbourg)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First held: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">1937<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous events<\/strong> : <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">31<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1mcfu-2d19b6617540f7e7d94816b81d44b49b av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l16no7aw-2b82a0773a80b59754724dfff049632f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l16no7aw-2b82a0773a80b59754724dfff049632f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l16no7aw-2b82a0773a80b59754724dfff049632f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l16no7aw-2b82a0773a80b59754724dfff049632f av-styling- av-hover-grow av-hide-overflow avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-359 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-359 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bensemann-Turnierplakat-e1648227174828.jpg\" alt='' title='Bensemann tournament poster'  height=\"642\" width=\"455\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-154zu-eaf0f11a0f1b8f79a7153f7aae80a117 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l16o3e9a-7873fbcb6ccd70e4448edb02df940328\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l16o3e9a-7873fbcb6ccd70e4448edb02df940328{\nheight:75px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l16o3e9a-7873fbcb6ccd70e4448edb02df940328 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l16noeeb-23018fdbd1790c18dbf07f2ad8ea9606 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Previous winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5-time winners<\/strong> Birmingham City<\/li>\n<li><strong>4-time winner<\/strong> Wacker Vienna<\/li>\n<li><strong>3-time winners<\/strong> AC Bologna<\/li>\n<li><strong>2-time winner<\/strong> FC Casale, RSC Anderlecht<\/li>\n<li><strong>1-time winners<\/strong> Slavia Prague, CS International, Queen&#8217;s Park Rangers, Austria Vienna, AC Legnano, Deportivo Mirandes, Juventus Turin, 1. FC Cologne, Rapid Vienna, Standard Li\u00e8ge, VfL Bochum, AC Como, 1. FC Nuremberg, FC Bologna, Karlsruher FV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Story - Bensemann-Cup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Walther Bensemann (*1873 in Berlin \u2020 1934 in Montreux) is regarded as one of the most important pioneers in German football history, both for the early phase when the first clubs were founded and for the phase in which the game was popularized during the Weimar Republic.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/en\/story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Story - 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