2020–21 Verbandspokal

The 2020–21 Verbandspokal (English: 2020–21 Association Cup) consisted of twenty-one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.[1]

2020–21 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 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 winners of the Bavarian Regional League Cup qualified for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia the best-placed Westphalian Regionalliga West team qualified.[1][4][5]

The finals of the Verbandspokal competitions were scheduled to be played on the Amateurs' Final Day (German: Finaltag der Amateure), which was scheduled for 29 May 2021.[6]

By the end of April 2021, a large number of state and regional associations had already cancelled or even annulled their league seasons from the Regionalliga downwards due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. As a result, in several association cup competitions, the final rounds had not even been reached or only the first rounds had been played. Further handling was therefore up to each individual association, which should ultimately determine two finalists or a participant in the DFB-Pokal.[6]

Competitions

The finals of the 2020–21 Verbandspokal competitions (winners listed in bold):

Cup Date Location Team 1 Result Team 2 Attendance Report
Baden Cup[note 1]
(2020–21 season)		 29 May 2021 Pforzheim Waldhof Mannheim 2–1 Astoria Walldorf Report
Bavarian Cup[note 2]
(2020–21 season (regular competition))
(2020–21 season (final rounds))		 27 June 2021 Illertissen FV Illertissen 0–0
(7–8 p)		 Türkgücü München 500 Report
Berlin Cup
(2020–21 season (regular competition))
(2020–21 season (final rounds))		 29 May 2021 Berlin BFC Dynamo 2–1 Berliner AK Report
Brandenburg Cup
(2020–21 season)		 29 May 2021 Luckenwalde Union Fürstenwalde 0–2 SV Babelsberg Report
Bremen Cup
(2020–21 season)		 30 June 2021 Bremen Brinkumer SV 1–2 Bremer SV Report
Hamburg Cup[note 3]
(2020–21 season)		 26 June 2021 Norderstedt Eintracht Norderstedt 1–0 Teutonia Ottensen Report
Hessian Cup
(2020–21 season)		 29 May 2021 Haiger TSV Steinbach Haiger 0–3 Wehen Wiesbaden Report
Lower Rhine Cup
(2020–21 season (regular competition))
(2020–21 season (final rounds))		 29 May 2021 Duisburg Wuppertaler SV 2–1 SV Straelen Report
Lower Saxony Cup[note 4]
(2020–21 season (3. Liga / Regionalliga))
(2020–21 season (amateurs))		 29 May 2021 Hanover SV Drochtersen/Assel 2–2
(3–4 p)		 SV Meppen 150 Report
Abandoned[note 5]
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup
(2020–21 season)		 Abandoned[note 6]
Middle Rhine Cup
(2020–21 season)		 29 May 2021 Bonn Viktoria Köln 2–0 Alemannia Aachen 250 Report
Rhineland Cup[note 7]
(2020–21 season (regular competition))
(2020–21 season (final rounds))		 29 May 2021 Koblenz Rot-Weiß Koblenz 6–1 VfB Linz 100 Report
15 September 2021 Koblenz Rot-Weiß Koblenz 3–0 Hunsrückhöhe Morbach 312 Report
Saarland Cup[note 8]
(2020–21 season (regular competition))
(2020–21 season (final rounds))		 29 May 2021 Spiesen-Elversberg SV Elversberg 1–0 1. FC Saarbrücken Report
Saxony Cup
(2020–21 season)		 29 May 2021 Leipzig Lokomotive Leipzig 1–0 (a.e.t.) Chemnitzer FC Report
Saxony-Anhalt Cup[note 9]
(2020–21 season)		 29 May 2021 Halberstadt Hallescher FC 2–3 1. FC Magdeburg Report
Schleswig-Holstein Cup
(2020–21 season)		 27 June 2021 Malente Phönix Lübeck 1–2 (a.e.t.) Weiche Flensburg 250 Report
South Baden Cup
(2020–21 season)		 27 June 2021 Bahlingen FC 08 Villingen 5–1 Freiburger FC Report
Southwestern Cup
(2020–21 season)		 Abandoned[note 10]
Thuringian Cup[note 11]
(2020–21 season)		 30 June 2021 Meuselwitz Carl Zeiss Jena 4–1 (a.e.t.) FC An der Fahner Höhe 1,005 Report
Westphalian Cup[note 12]
(2020–21 season (regular competition))
(2020–21 season (final rounds))		 29 May 2021 Verl Sportfreunde Lotte 0–1 Preußen Münster Report
Württemberg Cup[note 13]
(2020–21 season)		 29 May 2021 Stuttgart TSG Balingen 0–3 SSV Ulm Report

Notes
  1. On 3 May 2021, the Baden Football Association decided to cancel the semi-finals and remove the remaining amateur teams from the competition, leaving Waldhof Mannheim and Astoria Walldorf to compete in the final.[7]
  2. As one of the three largest regional associations, Bavaria gets an additional DFB-Pokal berth, which goes to the winners of the Bavarian Regional League Cup.[4]
  3. The Hamburg Cup was abandoned on 25 May 2021. The highest-ranked team from Hamburg was supposed to be awarded the DFB-Pokal berth; however, the 2020–21 Regionalliga Nord season was annulled, which meant that Eintracht Norderstedt, Teutonia Ottensen and Altona 93 were equally ranked. Since Altona 93 declined to participate in a play-off, only a single play-off match was held between Eintracht Norderstedt and Teutonia Ottensen.[8]
  4. 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.[9]
  5. The amateurs' path of the Lower Saxony Cup was abandoned on 19 May 2021. VfL Oldenburg was awarded the DFB-Pokal berth after a draw between the remaining participants.[10]
  6. The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup was abandoned on 20 May 2021. Greifswalder FC was awarded the DFB-Pokal berth.[11]
  7. On 4 May 2021, the Rhineland Football Association announced that, since the cup season could not be completed until 30 June, a qualification match for the DFB-Pokal spot would be played between the top-ranked remaining team, Rot-Weiß Koblenz, and another team decided by draw between the remaining teams that are allowed and willing to participate in the match. The result of the draw was that Koblenz's opponent would be VfB Linz.[12][13] The remainder of the cup season was to be completed by August, originally 24 July; however, the winner would not qualify for the DFB-Pokal.[14]
  8. On 21 April 2021, the Saarland Football Association has decided to cancel the remaining regularly scheduled cup matches and have SV Elversberg, FC 08 Homburg and 1. FC Saarbrücken play for the title. In a draw, SV Elversberg was given a bye to the final while Homburg and Saarbrücken played a semi-final match to decide the second finalist.[15]
  9. On 24 April 2021, the Saxony-Anhalt Cup was paused and would be continued in 2021–22 starting with the round of 16. The 3. Liga teams Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg played a "qualification match" to determine the DFB-Pokal participant.[16] On 28 May 2021, this decision was overturned by the association court.[17] The dispute was settled on 23 June 2021, allowing Magdeburg to participate in the DFB-Pokal.[18]
  10. The Southwestern Cup was abandoned on 14 June 2021. 1. FC Kaiserslautern was awarded the DFB-Pokal berth.[19]
  11. On 19 April 2021, the football season in Thuringia was abandoned and annulled. The Thuringian Football Association (TFV) originally decided that the cup final is to be played between the only two remaining teams that were allowed to train at that moment, Carl Zeiss Jena and ZFC Meuselwitz.[20] However, on 4 May 2021, this decision was overturned by the TFV sports court.[21] It was then decided to finish the season with 16 teams until 30 June 2021.[22]
  12. As one of the three largest regional associations, Westphalia gets an additional DFB-Pokal berth, which goes to the best-placed Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West.[5]
  13. On 4 May 2021, the remaining amateur teams were removed from the competition, letting SSV Ulm advance to the final. Stuttgarter Kickers and TSG Balingen played a semi-final match to determine the second finalist.[23]

References
  1. Modus (in German) DFB website – Mode. Retrieved 9 April 2015
  2. Spielordnung Archived 15 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) BFV website: Rules & Regulations. Retrieved 8 April 2015
  3. Spielordnung (in German) NFV website: Rules & Regulations. Retrieved 8 April 2015
  4. "Regionalliga Bayern: Ligapokal-Modus und Terminplan fix" [Regionalliga Bayern: League Cup mode and schedule established]. bfv.de (in German). Bavarian Football Association. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. "Krombacher Westfalenpokal wird mit Dritt- und Regionalligisten fortgesetzt" [Krombacher Westphalian Cup is continued with 3. Liga and Regionalliga teams]. flvw.de (in German). Westphalian Football and Athletics Association. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. "Finaltag der Amateure – es wird viele Verlierer geben" [Amateurs' Final Day – there will be many losers]. mdr.de (in German). Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. "Pokal in Baden: Finale steigt zwischen Mannheim und Walldorf" [Cup in Baden: Final will be played between Mannheim and Walldorf]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  8. "Entscheidungsspiele zur Teilnahme am DFB-Pokal" [Play-off matches for the participation in the DFB-Pokal]. hfv.de (in German). Hamburg Football Association. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. "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.
  10. "Kein Losglück: Arminia Hannover und die Krähen dürfen nicht im DFB-Pokal ran" [No luck of the draw: Arminia Hannover and the Crows won't start in the DFB-Pokal]. sportbuzzer.de (in German). Sportbuzzer. 31 May 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  11. "Landespokal in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wird abgebrochen" [State cup in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is being abandoned]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  12. "Geänderte Pläne zum Rheinlandpokal: Gegner von RW Koblenz wird ausgelost" [Changed plans for the Rhineland Cup: RW Koblenz's opponent will be drawn]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  13. "TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz trifft im Entscheidungsspiel um den Einzug in den DFB-Pokal auf den VfB Linz" [TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz plays against VfB Linz in the qualification match for the DFB-Pokal]. fv-rheinland.de (in German). Rhineland Football Association. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  14. "Weitere Runden im Bitburger Rheinlandpokal und der Teilnehmer am DFB-Pokal der Frauen werden ausgelost" [Further rounds in the Bitburger Rhineland Cup and the women's DFB-Pokal participant will be drawn]. fv-rheinland.de (in German). Rhineland Football Association. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  15. "Sparkassen-Pokal Saar: SV Elversberg steht im Finale" [Sparkassen-Pokal Saar: SV Elversberg is in the final]. saar-fv.de (in German). Saarland Football Association. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  16. "Sachsen-Anhalt friert den Landespokal ein" [Saxony-Anhalt freezes the state cup]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  17. "Verwirrung um den Sachsen-Anhalt-Pokal: Gericht kippt Verbandslösung" [Confusion around the Saxony-Anhalt Cup: Court overturns association's solution]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  18. "FSA Landespokal der Herren: SV Graf Zeppelin 09 Abtsdorf e.V. und der Fußballverband Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. einigen sich auf einen Vergleich" [FSA Men's State Cup: SV Graf Zeppelin 09 Abtsdorf e.V. and the Saxony-Anhalt Football Association e.V. agree on settlement]. fsa-online.de (in German). Saxony-Anhalt Football Association. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  19. "SWFV meldet den 1. FCK als Teilnehmer am DFB-Pokal" [SWFV enters 1. FCK as DFB-Pokal participant]. swfv.de (in German). Southwest German Football Association. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  20. "Punktspielsaison wird annulliert – Pokalfinale heißt FC Carl Zeiss Jena vs. ZFC Meuselwitz" [Competitive season will be annulled – Cup final is FC Carl Zeiss Jena vs. ZFC Meuselwitz]. tfv-erfurt.de (in German). Thuringian Football Association. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  21. "Sportgericht entscheidet: Der Thüringen-Pokal braucht einen neuen Modus" [Sports court decides: The Thuringian Cup needs a new mode]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  22. "Landespokal wird mit Achtelfinale und 16 Mannschaften fortgesetzt" [State cup will be continued with round of 16 and 16 teams]. tfv-erfurt.de (in German). Thuringian Football Association. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  23. "Württemberg-Pokal: Ulm, Kickers und Balingen noch im Rennen" [Württemberg Cup: Ulm, Kickers and Balingen still in the race]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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