2019–20 Verbandspokal

The 2019–20 Verbandspokal, (English: 2019–20 Association Cup) consists of twenty-one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.[1]

2019–20 Verbandspokal
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All clubs from the 3. Liga and below could enter the regional Verbandspokale, subject to the rules and regulations of each region. Clubs from the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga could not enter but were instead directly qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams are not permitted to take part in the DFB-Pokal or the Verbandspokale. The precise rules of each regional Verbandspokal are laid down by the regional football association organising it.[2][3]

All twenty-one winners will qualify for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. Three additional clubs will also qualify for the first round of the German Cup, these being from the three largest state associations, Bavaria, Westphalia and Lower Saxony. The Lower Saxony Cup will be split into two paths, one for teams from the 3. Liga and the Regionalliga Nord and one for the teams from lower leagues. The winners of both paths qualified for the DFB-Pokal. In Bavaria the best-placed Regionalliga Bayern non-reserve team qualifies for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia a play-off will be conducted to determine this club.[1]

Competitions

The finals of the 2019–20 Verbandspokal competitions (winners listed in bold):

Cup Date Location Team 1 Result Team 2 Attendance Report
Baden Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Bavarian Cup[note 1]
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Berlin Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Berlin
Brandenburg Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Luckenwalde
Bremen Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Bremen
Hamburg Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Hamburg
Hessian Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Lower Rhine Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Lower Saxony Cup[note 2]
(2019–20 season (3. Liga / Regionalliga))
(2019–20 season (amateurs))		 23 May 2020
23 May 2020
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Middle Rhine Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Bonn
Rhineland Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Koblenz
Saarland Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Saxony Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Saxony-Anhalt Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Schleswig-Holstein Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Lübeck VfB Lübeck SV Todesfelde
South Baden Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Southwestern Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Alemannia Waldalgesheim
Thuringian Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Westphalian Cup[note 3]
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020
Württemberg Cup
(2019–20 season)		 23 May 2020 Stuttgart

Notes
  1. As one of the three largest regional associations, Bavaria gets an additional DFB-Pokal berth, which goes to the best non-reserve team of the Regionalliga Bayern.[4]
  2. As one of the three largest regional associations, Lower Saxony gets an additional DFB-Pokal berth, which goes to the winner of the second cup path.[5]
  3. As one of the three largest regional associations, Westphalia gets an additional DFB-Pokal berth, 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.[4]

References
  1. Modus (in German) DFB website – Mode, accessed: 9 April 2015
  2. Spielordnung Archived 15 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) BFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015
  3. Spielordnung (in German) NFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015
  4. "Die Wege in den DFB-Pokal" [The ways to qualify to the German Cup]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. "Reform im Krombacher-Niedersachsenpokal" [Reform in the Krombacher Lower Saxony Cup]. nfv.de (in German). Lower Saxony Football Association. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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