Verbandspokal

Verbandspokal
Region  Germany
Current champions 21 regional winners
Most successful team(s) SV Werder Bremen II (20 titles)
2015–16 Verbandspokal

The Verbandspokal (English: Association Cup) is a regional football competition in Germany. There are 21 Verbandspokal competitions which function as qualifying tournaments for the following seasons DFB-Pokal, the premier German Cup competition.[1] While no Verbandspokal winner has ever gone on to win the German Cup two have reached the final. Hertha BSC Amateure won the Berlin Cup in 1992 and went on to lose the 1992–93 DFB-Pokal final against Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Energie Cottbus won the 1996 Brandenburg Cup and went on to lose the 1996–97 DFB-Pokal final against VfB Stuttgart.[2]

Apart from the 21 Verbandspokal champions three more teams are qualified from the regional football association to bring the number of clubs in the first round of the DFB-Pokal to 64. These three teams come from the three regional associations with the most amount of members, these currently being Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Westphalia.[1]

The regional competitions, (plural:Verbandspokale) are generally open to all clubs in the 3. Liga and below, however regional rules vary between associations. 3. Liga clubs have a double chance to qualify for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, through the Verbandspokale and through finishing in the top four in their league. Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs are not permitted to enter as they are already directly qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal.

The finals of the competitions can attract large numbers of spectators, like the 2014 Lower Rhine Cup between MSV Duisburg and TV Jahn Hiesfeld did, which was watched by 24,000 in Duisburg.[3]

As of 2013–14 the SV Werder Bremen II, reserve team of SV Werder Bremen, is the most successful team in any Verbandspokal competition, having won the Bremen Cup twenty times, followed by Tennis Borussia Berlin with sixteen Berlin Cup wins and Holstein Kiel with 15 Schleswig-Holstein Cup wins.

Rules and regulations

Rules and regulations for the Verbandspokale are set by the regional football associations and vary. Bavaria, the largest one, stipulates that reserve teams are not permitted to participate in the Bavarian Cup. Teams from lower divisions always have home advantage, if two teams of the same division are drawn against each other the team drawn first receives home advantage.

Bavarian clubs from the 3. Liga and Regionalliga Bayern, except reserve teams, are obliged to participate in the cup. Clubs from the two Bayernliga divisions and the five Landesliga Bayern divisions play a qualifying round. Additionally, the 24 regional cup winners in Bavaria, the Kreispokale, are also qualified for the first round of the Bavarian Cup. If a game is undecided after regular time a penalty shoot out follows, no extra time is played.[4]

In Lower Saxony, the third-largest association, clubs from the state playing in the 3. Liga, Regionalliga Nord and Oberliga Niedersachsen as well as the four Bezirkspokal winners are qualified for the first round of the Lower Saxony Cup.[5]

History

The areas of the regional football associations and their Verbandspokale.

The longest-running competition of the Verbandspokale is the Berlin Cup, first held in 1907.[6] All other cup competitions originated after the Second World War.

In Southern Germany the South Baden Cup was established in 1945,[7] the Hesse Cup in 1946,[8] the Bavarian Cup in 1947, with a long interruption from 1954 to 1998,[9][10] the North Baden Cup in 1949[11] and the Württemberg Cup in 1950.[12][13]

In Northern Germany the Bremen Cup was established in 1950,[14] the Schleswig-Holstein Cup from 1953,[15] the Hamburg Cup was sporadically played from 1954 and permanently from 1981[16] and the Lower Saxony Cup from 1955.[17]

In the former East Germany the Verbandspokale, in the form of the, Brandenburg Cup,[18] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup, Saxony Cup, Saxony-Anhalt Cup[19] and Thuringia Cup,[20] were established in 1990.

In Western Germany the Lower Rhine Cup was established in 1980,[21] the Westphalia Cup in 1981[22] and the Middle Rhine Cup in 1994.[23]

In South Western Germany the Rhineland Cup was established in 1953, the South West Cup in 1973[24] and the Saarland Cup in 1974.[25]

Current holders

The finals of the 2015–16 Verbandspokal competitions:[26]

Cup Date Location Team 1 Result Team 2 Attendance Report
Baden Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 FC Astoria Walldorf SpVgg Neckarelz
Bavarian Cupa
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 SpVgg Unterhaching Würzburger Kickers Report
Berlin Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Berlin SV Lichtenberg 47 BFC Preussen Report
Brandenburg Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Luckenwalde FSV 63 Luckenwalde SV Babelsberg 03 Report
Bremen Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Bremen Bremer SV Blumenthaler SV Report
Hamburg Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Hamburg Eintracht Norderstedt Altonaer FC von 1893
Hessian Cup
(2015–16 season)		 4 May 2016 Haiger SV Wehen Wiesbaden 1–2 Kickers Offenbach Report
Lower Rhine Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Essen Rot-Weiss Essen Wuppertaler SV
Lower Saxony Cupb
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Barsinghausen 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder SV Drochtersen/Assel Report
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Neustrelitz Hansa Rostock FC Schönberg 95 Report
Middle Rhine Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Bonn SC Fortuna Köln FC Viktoria Köln Report
Rhineland Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 SG HWW Niederroßbach Eintracht Trierc
Saarland Cup
(2015–16 season)		 4 May 2016 Dillingen/Saar SV Elversberg 0–1 FC 08 Homburg Report
Saxony Cup
(2015–16 season)		 10 May 2016 Aue FC Erzgebirge Aue FSV Zwickaud Report
Saxony-Anhalt Cup
(2015–16 season)		 18 May 2016 Halle (Saale) 1. FC Magdeburg Hallescher FC
Schleswig-Holstein Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Lübeck VfB Lübeck ETSV Weiche Flensburg Report
South Baden Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Offenburg SV Oberachern FC 08 Villingen
Southwestern Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Römerberg SC Hauenstein TSV Schott Mainz Report
Thuringian Cup
(2015–16 season)		 FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Einheit Rudolstadt or FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Westphalian Cupe
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen SG Wattenscheid 09 Report
Württemberg Cup
(2015–16 season)		 28 May 2016 Stuttgart FSV 08 Bissingen FV Ravensburg Report
Notes
Winners in bold
a As one of the three largest regional associations, Bavaria gets and additional DFB-Pokal birth, which goes to the best non-reserve team of the Regionalliga Bayern.[27]
b As one of the three largest regional associations, Lower Saxony gets an additional DFB-Pokal birth, which goes to the losing cup finalist.[27]
c As combined football sections of clubs like SG HWW Niederroßbach are not allowed entrance to the DFB-Pokal, Eintracht Trier qualified regardless of the outcome of the final.[28]
d As FC Erzgebirge Aue already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through its 3. Liga place, FSV Zwickau qualified regardless of the outcome of the final.
e As one of the three largest regional associations, Westphalia gets and additional DFB-Pokal birth, which goes to the winner of a play-off between the best-placed team in the Regionalliga West and the winner of the Oberliga Westfalen.[27]

Clubs by league

The clubs qualified for the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal by league:[27]

League Level Clubs
Regionalliga Nord 4 SV Drochtersen/Assel
Regionalliga Nordost FSV Zwickau
Regionalliga Südwest FC 08 Homburg, Kickers Offenbach
Niedersachsenliga 5 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder
Note
Clubs who qualified as runners-up in italics

Broadcasting

In February 2016 it was announced that German broadcaster ARD for the first time would show all 21 Verbandspokal finals live in a conference as well as live stream them and that all finals would be played on the same date, 28 May 2016.[29]

References

  1. 1 2 Modus (German) DFB website: Modus, accessed: 17 January 2015
  2. ↑ Historie (German) DFB website: History, accessed: 17 January 2015
  3. ↑ Hiesfeld schnuppert am Pokal-Coup (German) Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, published: 16 May 2014, accessed: 18 January 2015
  4. ↑ Spielordnung (German) BFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 18 January 2015
  5. ↑ Spielordnung (German) NFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 18 January 2015
  6. ↑ Berliner Pokalendspiele 1907–2006 (German) www.die-fans.de: Berlin Cup finals since 1907, accessed: 17 January 2015
  7. ↑ Ehrentafel Südbadische Pokalsieger (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  8. ↑ Hessenpokal (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  9. ↑ Endspiele um den Bayerischen Pokal (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  10. ↑ Die Endspiele (German) BFV website: Cup finals since 1998, accessed: 18 January 2015
  11. ↑ Ehrentafel Nordbadische Pokalsieger (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  12. ↑ wfv-Pokal-Ergebnisse der Herren seit 1951 (German) Württemberg Football Association website, accessed: 17 January 2015
  13. ↑ Some sources state 1945 but the WFV website lists cup finals from 1950–51 onwards.
  14. ↑ Bremen: Meister und Pokalsieger (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  15. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein: Meister und Pokalsieger (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  16. ↑ Hamburg: Meister und Pokalsieger (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  17. ↑ Niedersachsen: Meister und Pokalsieger (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  18. ↑ Geschichte: 1991 (German) Brandenburg Football Associarion website: History 1991, accessed: 17 January 2015
  19. ↑ Saxony-Anhalt Cup statistics (German) Saxony-Anhalt Football Association, accessed: 17 January 2015
  20. ↑ Ehrentafel der Verbandspokalsieger Thüringens (German) DSFS, accessed: 17 January 2015
  21. ↑ Endspiele und Titelgewinner im Niederrheinpokal (German) Lower Rhine Football Association website, accessed: 17 January 2015
  22. ↑ Pokalsieger auf Verbandsebene seit 1982 (German) Football and Athletics Association of Westphalia website, accessed: 17 January 2015
  23. ↑ FVM-Pokalsieger Herren (German) Middle Rhine Football Association website, accessed: 17 January 2015
  24. ↑ Sieger des Verbandspokals seit 1973 (German) South West Football Association website, accessed: 17 January 2015
  25. ↑ Geschichte des Pokals (German) www.saarlandpokal.de, accessed: 17 January 2015
  26. ↑ Landespokal (German) kicker.de – 2015–16 Verbandspokal finals, accessed: 8 April 2015
  27. 1 2 3 4 "Die Wege in den DFB-Pokal" [The ways to qualify to the German Cup]. kicker.de (in German). kicker (sports magazine). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  28. ↑ "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  29. ↑ "ARD überträgt alle Landespokal-Endspiele" [ARD will broadcast all State Cup finals]. kicker.de (in German). kicker (sports magazine). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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