The 2018–19 Verbandspokal, (English: 2018–19 Association Cup) consisted of twenty-one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.Modus DFB website – Mode, accessed: 9 April 2015
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.Spielordnung BFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015Spielordnung NFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015
All twenty-one winners 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 Lower Saxony Cup was 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 qualified for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia a play-off was conducted to determine this club.
Competitions The finals of the 2018–19 Verbandspokal competitions (winners listed in bold):
Cup Date Location Team 1 Result Team 2 Attendance Report Baden Cup(2018–19 season) 26 May 2019 Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC 5–3 Waldhof Mannheim 7,367 Report Bavarian Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Aschaffenburg Viktoria Aschaffenburg 0–3 Würzburger Kickers 6,033 Report Berlin Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–1 Viktoria Berlin 2,712 Report Brandenburg Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Rathenow Optik Rathenow 0–1 Energie Cottbus 1,991 Report Bremen Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Bremen FC Oberneuland 1–0 Bremer SV Report Hamburg Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Hamburg Eintracht Norderstedt 1–2 TuS Dassendorf 2,936 Report Hessian Cup(2018–19 season) 25 June 2019 Baunatal KSV Baunatal 1–8 Wehen Wiesbaden Report Lower Rhine Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Wuppertal Wuppertaler SV 1–2 KFC Uerdingen 10,500 ReportLower Saxony Cup(2018–19 season (3. Liga / Regionalliga))(2018–19 season (amateurs)) 22 May 2019 Drochtersen SV Drochtersen/Assel 1–0 SV Meppen 3,000 Report 25 May 2019 Hanover TuS Bersenbrück 2–3 Atlas Delmenhorst 1,800 Report Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Neustrelitz Torgelower FC Greif 1–4 Hansa Rostock 2,565 Report Middle Rhine Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Bonn Alemannia Aachen 3–1 Fortuna Köln 6,645 Report Rhineland Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Bad Neuenahr FSV Salmrohr 2–2 TuS Koblenz 2,715 Report Saarland Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Elversberg SV Elversberg 1–2 1. FC Saarbrücken 6,213 Report Saxony Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Chemnitz Chemnitzer FC 2–0 FSV Zwickau 11,638 Report Saxony-Anhalt Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Halberstadt Germania Halberstadt 0–2 Hallescher FC 1,624 Report Schleswig-Holstein Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Lübeck VfB Lübeck 1–0 Weiche Flensburg 3,771 Report South Baden Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Pfullendorf FC 08 Villingen 3–1 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen 3,085 Report Southwestern Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Pirmasens 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 Wormatia Worms 7,343 Report Thuringian Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Erfurt Preußen Bad Langensalza 0–5 Wacker Nordhausen 2,667 Report Westphalian Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Rödinghausen SV Rödinghausen 2–1 SC Wiedenbrück 1,490 Report Württemberg Cup(2018–19 season) 25 May 2019 Stuttgart TSV Essingen 0–2 SSV Ulm 3,370 Report
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References
External links Official DFB website The German Football Association Fussball.de Official results website of the DFB