2014–15 Verbandspokal
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | 21 regional winners |
The 2014–15 Verbandspokal, (English: 2014–15 Association Cup) consisting of twenty one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, is the qualifying competition for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.[1]
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 were qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. Three additional clubs were 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 team was the runners-up of the Lower Saxony Cup while, in Bavaria and Westphalia, the best-placed Regionalliga Bayern and Oberliga Westfalen non-reserve team qualified for DFB-Pokal.[1]
Of the twenty two teams qualified for the DFB-Pokal through the Verbandspokale, eighteen were knocked out in the first round. Three clubs,
Finals
The 2014–15 Verbandspokal finals with the winners qualified for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal:[5]
| Verbandspokal | Date | Location | Home | Away | Result | Attendance | Report |
| Bavarian Cup(2014–15 season) | 20 May 2015 | Weiden | SpVgg SV Weiden | SpVgg Unterhaching | 2–2 (5–6 pen) | 2,200 | Report |
Berlin Cup
|
20 May 2015 | Berlin | BFC Dynamo
|
SV Tasmania Berlin | 1–0 | 6,914 | Report |
Brandenburg Cup
|
6 May 2015 | Fürstenwalde | Union Fürstenwalde
|
Energie Cottbus
|
2–3 | 3,424 | Report |
Bremen Cup
|
25 May 2015 | Bremen | Brinkumer SV | Bremer SV | 1–5 | Report | |
| Hamburg Cup | 25 May 2015 | Hamburg | HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst
|
Condor Hamburg
|
2–0 | Report | |
Hesse Cup
|
13 May 2015 | Kassel | KSV Hessen Kassel | VfB Gießen | 2–1 | 6,100 | Report |
| Lower Rhine Cup | 14 May 2015 | Essen | Rot-Weiss Essen | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0–0 aet (6–5 pen) | 18,500 | Report |
| Lower Saxony Cup | 13 May 2015 | Meppen | SV Meppen¶ | VfL Osnabrück | 0–0 (4–5 pen) | Report | |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup | 13 May 2015 | Greifswald | TSG Neustrelitz | F.C. Hansa Rostock
|
0–1 | 4,500 | Report |
| Middle Rhine Cup | 14 May 2015 | Bonn | Bonner SC | FC Viktoria Köln | 1–4 | 6,193 | Report |
North Baden Cup
|
20 May 2015 | Langensteinbach
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FC Nöttingen | SV Spielberg | 3–2 | 3,421 | Report |
| Rhineland Cup | 3 June 2015 | Polch | SpVgg Burgbrohl | FSV Salmrohr | 1–1 (3–5 pen) | 2,081 | Report |
| Saarland Cup | 13 May 2015 | Rehlingen | SV Elversberg | FC Homburg
|
2–1 aet | 4,000 | Report |
| Saxony Cup | 13 May 2015 | Zwickau | FSV Zwickau | Chemnitzer FC | 0–2 | 3,615 | Report |
| Saxony-Anhalt Cup | 13 May 2015 | Halle | VfL Halle 96
|
Hallescher FC | 0–6 | 12,855 | Report |
| Schleswig-Holstein Cup | 15 July 2015 | Lübeck | VfB Lübeck‡ | Holstein Kiel | 1–0 | Report | |
| South Baden Cup | 20 May 2015 | Emmendingen | Freiburger FC | Bahlinger SC | 0–3 | 3,500 | Report |
South West Cup
|
13 May 2015 | Offenbach | FK Pirmasens | FV Dudenhofen | 1–0 aet | 2,500 | Report |
Thuringia Cup
|
13 May 2015 | Meuselwitz | ZFC Meuselwitz | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1–2 aet | 3,871 | Report |
Westphalia Cup
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14 May 2015 | Verl | SC Verl | Sportfreunde Lotte | 0–0 aet (3–4 pen) | 1,600 | Report |
| Württemberg Cup | 6 May 2015 | Stuttgart | SSV Reutlingen
|
FV Ravensburg | 2–1 | 3,658 | Report |
- Winners in bold.
- ¶The three largest regional associations were allowed to send an additional team. In Lower Saxony this was the losing finalist of the cup. In Bavaria and Westphalia this place went to the best non-reserve team of the Würzburger Kickers, and the Oberliga Westfalen, TuS Erndtebrück.
- ‡ As Holstein Kiel was already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through its 3. Liga place VfB Lübeck was qualified regardless of the outcome of the final.
Clubs by league
The clubs qualified for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal by league:[6]
| League | Level | Clubs |
| 3. Liga[7] | 3 | |
| Regionalliga Nord[8] | 4 | SV Meppen, VfB Lübeck |
| Regionalliga Nordost[9] | BFC Dynamo
| |
| Regionalliga Südwest[10] | KSV Hessen Kassel, SV Elversberg, FK Pirmasens, FC Nöttingen | |
| Regionalliga West[11] | Rot-Weiß Essen, FC Viktoria Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte
| |
| Oberliga Baden-Württemberg[12] | 5 | SSV Reutlingen, Bahlinger SC
|
| Oberliga Hamburg[13] | HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst
| |
| Bremen-Liga[14] | Bremer SV | |
| Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar[15] | FSV Salmrohr |
- Clubs who qualified as runners-up in italics
References
- ^ a b Modus (in German)DFB website – Mode, accessed: 9 April 2015
- ^ Spielordnung Archived 2015-01-15 at the Wayback Machine (in German) BFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015
- ^ Spielordnung (in German) NFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 13 November 2015
- kicker.de– 2014–15 Verbandspokal finals, accessed: 8 April 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 14 May 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 9 April 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 9 April 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 14 May 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 14 May 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 15 May 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 7 May 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 27 May 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 27 May 2015
- kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 2015
External links
- Official DFB website (in German) The German Football Association
- Fussball.de (in German) Official results website of the DFB