The league also covered small parts of the neighbouring Prussian Province of Hanover.

Eintracht Braunschweig's chairman Johannes Runge had been the driving force behind the creation of the new association.

Spielklasse Herzogtum Braunschweig qualified directly for the German football championship play-off.

In 1920, the new Südkreisliga was created as the new top division of football in the eastern part of today's Lower Saxony, covering Brunswick, the city state of Bremen, as well as the Province of Hanover.

[5] Just one season later, however, the Südkreisliga (later renamed Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig) was reformed again, this time covering a smaller area including Brunswick and the southern part of Hanover.