The 2016–17 Verbandspokal, (English: 2016–17 Association Cup) consisted of 21 men's German association football regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, which serve as qualifying competition for the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal (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 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 are the runners-up of the Lower Saxony Cup. In Bavaria the best-placed Regionalliga Bayern non-reserve team was qualified for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia a play-off is conducted to determine this club.
On 2 November 2016, 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, 25 May 2017.
Competitions The finals of the 2016–17 Verbandspokal competitions:
Cup Date Location Team 1 Result Team 2 Attendance Report Baden Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Sinsheim SG HD-Kirchheim 0–5 FC Nöttingen Report Bavarian Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen 0–1 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 2,485 Report Berlin Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Berlin FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin 1–3 Berliner FC Dynamo Report Brandenburg Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus 2–0 FSV 63 Luckenwalde 7,667 Report Bremen Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Bremen Leher TS 0–0(9–8 pen.) Bremer SV Report Hamburg Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Hamburg Eintracht Norderstedt 2–1 (a.e.t.) SV Halstenbek-Rellingen Report Hessian Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Wiesbaden SV Rot-Weiß Hadamar 1–1 (a.e.t.)(3–4 pen.) SV Wehen Wiesbaden Report Lower Rhine Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Essen Rot-Weiss Essen 0–2 MSV Duisburg 17,000 Report Lower Saxony Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück 1–0 Lüneburger SK Hansa Report Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Neustrelitz F.C. Hansa Rostock 3–1 MSV Pampow 2,708 Report Middle Rhine Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Bonn SC Fortuna Köln 0–1 Bonner SC 6,643 Report Rhineland Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Salmtal Eintracht Trier 1–2 TuS Koblenz 4,112 Report Saarland Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Homburg SV Elversberg 2–3 1. FC Saarbrücken Report Saxony Cup(2016–17 season) 24 May 2017 Leipzig 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1–2 Chemnitzer FC 6,800 Report Saxony-Anhalt Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg 1–0 VfB Germania Halberstadt 7,134 Report Schleswig-Holstein Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Kiel SV Eichede 2–4 Holstein Kiel 2,808 Report South Baden Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Villingen VfR Hausen 1–6 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen Report Southwestern Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Pirmasens Wormatia Worms 1–2 SV Morlautern 2,410 Report Thuringian Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Erfurt FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen 0–1 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 8,807 Report Westphalian Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Paderborn SC Paderborn 07 3–1 Sportfreunde Lotte 4,142 Report Württemberg Cup(2016–17 season) 25 May 2017 Stuttgart Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen 3–1 Stuttgarter Kickers 5,150 Report Notes Winners in bold
References
External links Official DFB website The German Football Association Fussball.de Official results website of the DFB