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.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 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.
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.
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 Karlsruher SC Report Bavarian Cup(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(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 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 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(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
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References
External links Official DFB website The German Football Association Fussball.de Official results website of the DFB