Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden
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| Country |
 Germany
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| State | |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Folded | 1933 |
| Replaced by | Gauliga Württemberg Gauliga Baden |
| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| Last champions |
Baden: Phönix Karlsruhe Württemberg: Stuttgarter Kickers(1932–33) |
Baden: Phönix Karlsruhe
The Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden was the highest association football league in the German states of Württemberg and Baden and the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.
The league was formed in 1923, after a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt, Hesse. It replaced the Kreisliga Südwest and the Kreisliga Württemberg as the highest leagues in the region.
The league started out with eight clubs from the two states and the Prussian province in the region, but without clubs from the Ulm, who were playing in the Bezirksliga Bayern and Mannheim, who played in the Bezirksliga Rhein instead. The eight clubs played each other in a home-and-away round with the top team advancing to the Southern German championship, which in turn was a qualification tournament for the German championship.
For the second and third seasons, 1924–25 and 1925–26, the modus remained unchanged.
For the 1926-27 season, the league was expanded to ten teams. The top team was again qualified for the finals. The runners-up of the Bezirksligas in the south from then on also played a championship round to determine a third team from the region to go to the German finals with the Karlsruher FV from the region qualifying for this.
After this season, the league was split into a Württemberg and a Baden group, the first having nine and the second eight teams. No final was played between the two group winners as both went on to the Southern German championship. The second and third placed team of each division would also advance to the separate round of the runners-up like in the previous season.
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