Hamburger SV was initially awarded the title because the other finalist, 1.

FC Nürnberg had eventually been reduced to seven players in the replay, below the required number of eight, causing an abandonment.

Hamburg launched a counter-protest and was eventually awarded the title but then declined the championship, leaving the 1921–22 season without an official champions.

[1][2] Of the two finalists Hamburg went on to win the championship the following season while Nuremberg, champions of 1920 and 1921 would win the 1924 edition by defeating Hamburg in the final, followed by another title in 1925, making the two clubs the dominant force of the first six post-First World War seasons.

[3][4][5] Six players finished as joint top scorers of the 1922 championship, all with three goals each.