2017–18 Verbandspokal

The 2017–18 Verbandspokal, (English: 2017–18 Association Cup) consisted of twenty one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.[1]

2017–18 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 were 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 qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. Three additional clubs are also qualified for the first round of the German Cup, these being from the three largest state associations, Bavaria, Westphalia and Lower Saxony. The qualified teams were the runners-up of the Lower Saxony Cup. In Bavaria the best-placed Regionalliga Bayern non-reserve team was qualified for DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia a play-off was conducted to determine this club.[1]

On 6 October 2017, it was announced that German broadcaster ARD 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, 21 May 2018.[4]

Competitions

The finals of the 2017–18 Verbandspokal competitions (winners listed in bold):

Cup Date Location Team 1 Result Team 2 Attendance Report
Baden Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Nöttingen 1. CfR Pforzheim 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Karlsruher SC Report
Bavarian Cup[note 1]
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Bayreuth SpVgg Bayreuth 1–3 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 3,762 Report
Berlin Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Berlin BFC Dynamo 2–1 Berliner SC Report
Brandenburg Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Potsdam Babelsberg 03 0–1 Energie Cottbus 9,012 Report
Bremen Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Bremen Blumenthaler SV 0–3 BSC Hastedt Report
Hamburg Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Hamburg Niendorfer TSV 0–2 TuS Dassendorf Report
Hessian Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Stadtallendorf TSV Steinbach 2–0 Hessen Kassel Report
Lower Rhine Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2–1 Rot-Weiss Essen 15,000 Report
Lower Saxony Cup[note 2]
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Drochtersen SV Drochtersen/Assel 5–1 SSV Jeddeloh Report
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Neustrelitz FC Mecklenburg Schwerin 1–2 Hansa Rostock 3,300 Report
Middle Rhine Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Bonn Alemannia Aachen 0–2 (a.e.t.) Viktoria Köln 5,478 Report
Rhineland Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Koblenz TuS Koblenz 0–1 Rot-Weiss Koblenz Report
Saarland Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Spiesen-Elversberg SV Elversberg 1–0 1. FC Saarbrücken Report
Saxony Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Leipzig Chemie Leipzig 1–0 Oberlausitz Neugersdorf 4,999 Report
Saxony-Anhalt Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Magdeburg Lok Stendal 0–1 1. FC Magdeburg 3,803 Report
Schleswig-Holstein Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Flensburg Husumer SV 0–3 Weiche Flensburg Report
South Baden Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Lahr FC 08 Villingen 1–2 SV Linx Report
Southwestern Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Worms Wormatia Worms 3–1 (a.e.t.) Alemannia Waldalgesheim 3,393 Report
Thuringian Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Erfurt Wismut Gera 0–5 Carl Zeiss Jena 2,134 Report
Westphalian Cup[note 3]
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Erndtebrück TuS Erndtebrück 2–4 SC Paderborn 978 Report
Württemberg Cup
(2017–18 season)		 21 May 2018 Stuttgart TSV Ilshofen 0–3 SSV Ulm 3,900 Report

Notes
  1. 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.[5]
  2. As one of the three largest regional associations, Lower Saxony gets an additional DFB-Pokal birth, which goes to the losing cup finalist.[5]
  3. 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.[5]

References
  1. Modus (in German) DFB website – Mode, accessed: 9 April 2015
  2. Spielordnung Archived 2015-01-15 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. "3. Finaltag der Amateure am 21. Mai 2018". dfb.de. 6 October 2017.
  5. "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.
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