ABC 2022: Berlin Architecture Football Tournament a complete success

ABC 2022: Berlin Architecture Football Tournament a complete success

Fourteen Berlin architectural offices competed on 3 September 2022 and played for the coveted tournament victory in the traditional "Architecture Berlin Cup" football tournament. The game was played on the SV Babelsberg pitches. The organiser and defending champion of the tournament was Eike Becker_Architekten. In the semi-finals, Max Dudler's team beat Staab Architekten and Eike Becker's team beat GMP. The exciting final match was finally won by Max Dudler after a penalty shoot-out. The happy winners in the blue jerseys received the winner's trophy and will be responsible for hosting the tournament next year.

The moderator this year was Sven Stöcklein, who commented on the games. Kick-off was shortly after 9 a.m. and the final took place around 6:30 p.m.. With pleasant temperatures and beautiful sunshine, many guests stayed until late in the evening. Hundreds of enthusiastic spectators cheered on their teams and had fun with face painting, goal wall shooting or table football. They enjoyed ice cream from Eiskimo or the Pulled Pork Burger from Gorilla Barbecue. 

For the first time, trophies were awarded for the best jersey (Robert Neun) and for the best fan culture (GMP).

Following the award ceremony and the presentation of the trophy to Max Dudler, Stefana Dilova as DJ provided a relaxed atmosphere in which players and guests ended the evening with cocktails from Bar Zentral. 

Every year since 1992, on the first Saturday in September, fourteen teams of architects compete against the ball to crown the winner of the "ABC - Architektur Berlin Cup". 

It is played in teams with one goalkeeper and seven field players, with at least one child, one woman and one man on small-field pitches. 

The participating architecture firms were:

B-L Barkow Leibinger
Bruno Fioretti Marquez
Eike Becker_Architekten
gmp - Architekten von Gerkan Marg und Partner
GRAFT
Grüntuch Ernst Architekten
KUEHN MALVEZZI
Thomas Müller Ivan Reimann Architekten
Léonwohlhage
Max Dudler
Ortner + Ortner
ROBERTNEUN
Sauerbruch Hutton
Staab Architekten

The Architecture Berlin Cup was supported by:

AIC
Auxalia
Bette GmbH & Co. KG
Carpet Concept
Dornbracht
FSB
Geberit
Grohe
Häfele
hager
Hauraton
HD Wahl GmbH
Hellmich
Hörmann KG Verkaufsgesellschaft
Idealstandard
JUNG
Keuco
LUNOS Lüftungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Mähren AG
MEDICKE GmbH
Monath + Menzel
neuform Türenwerk
NFG Deutschland GmbH
OBJECT CARPET GmbH
Petersen & Tegl
Schöck
Sedus
Solarlux
TECE GmbH
TM Ausbau
Unitedspaces
Velux