What if?

What if Bayern Munich had won?

Real result: FC Augsburg beat Bayern Munich 1–0 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by January 30, 2015, 300 days later, after 9 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Dortmund → Leverkusen → Wolfsburg → Hertha → Augsburg → Wolfsburg → Schalke → Köln → Wolfsburg

What if Hamburger SV had won?

Real result: Werder Bremen beat Hamburger SV 3–2 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by September 17, 1983, 231 days later, after 6 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Arminia Bielefeld → Gladbach → Frankfurt → Stuttgart → Hamburg → Bayer 04 Leverkusen

What if Bayern Munich had won?

Real result: Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Bayern Munich 2–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by May 12, 1990, 406 days later, after 11 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Stuttgarter Kickers → Waldhof Mannheim → Frankfurt → FC Kaiserslautern → Bochum → Bayern → Stuttgart → Bremen → Fortuna Dusseldorf → Frankfurt → Bayern

What if Bayer Leverkusen had won?

Real result: RB Leipzig beat Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by December 21, 2024, 112 days later.

The alternate belt: Bremen

What if Bayern Munich had won?

Real result: VfL Wolfsburg beat Bayern Munich 4–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by May 9, 2015, 99 days later, after 1 reign that never happened.

The alternate belt: Gladbach

What if Eintracht Frankfurt had won?

Real result: Karlsruher SC beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by March 6, 1993, 125 days later.

The alternate belt: Bayern

What if Bayer Leverkusen had won?

Real result: Karlsruher SC beat Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by September 28, 1990, 216 days later, after 9 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Köln → Bremen → Frankfurt → Gladbach → Bochum → 08 Homburg → Bochum → Hamburg → Bremen

What if RB Leipzig had won?

Real result: Werder Bremen beat RB Leipzig 2–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by September 27, 2020, 498 days later, after 8 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Schalke → Hoffenheim → Mainz → Augsburg → Leipzig → Frankfurt → Dortmund → Bayern

What if Borussia Mönchengladbach had won?

Real result: SC Freiburg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by November 1, 2025, 203 days later, after 2 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Dortmund → Bayern

What if SC Freiburg had won?

Real result: Eintracht Frankfurt beat SC Freiburg 3–1 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by November 1, 2025, 168 days later, after 2 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Augsburg → Bayern

What if Eintracht Frankfurt had won?

Real result: Bayer Leverkusen beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by October 4, 2025, 22 days later, after 1 reign that never happened.

The alternate belt: Union Berlin

What if Bayer Leverkusen had won?

Real result: Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by February 13, 2026, 104 days later, after 1 reign that never happened.

The alternate belt: Dortmund

What if Bayern Munich had won?

Real result: FC Augsburg beat Bayern Munich 2–1 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by February 28, 2026, 35 days later.

What if FC Augsburg had won?

Real result: 1. FSV Mainz 05 beat FC Augsburg 2–0 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Bayer Leverkusen, not Bayern Munich.

The alternate belt: Leipzig → Stuttgart → Dortmund → Leverkusen → Augsburg → Union Berlin → Leverkusen

What if 1. FSV Mainz 05 had won?

Real result: Borussia Dortmund beat 1. FSV Mainz 05 4–0 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Bayer Leverkusen, not Bayern Munich.

The alternate belt: Freiburg → Dortmund → Gladbach → Augsburg → Union Berlin → Leverkusen

What if Borussia Dortmund had won?

Real result: Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 3–2 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Bayer Leverkusen, not Bayern Munich.

The alternate belt: Leverkusen → Augsburg → Union Berlin → Leverkusen