FC Nürnberg it was the second national championship, having won the competition in the previous season as well.

It was part of Nuremberg's most successful era where the club won five titles in eight seasons from 1920 to 1927, missing out on a sixth one in the inconclusive 1922 championship.

For Vorwärts Berlin it marked the club's sole German championship final.

[2][3] Nuremberg's Luitpold Popp was the top scorer of the 1921 championship with five goals.

[4] Seven clubs qualified for the knock-out competition, nominally the champions of each of the seven regional football championships.