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.
All clubs from the Regionalliga 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.
All twenty-one winners qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season.
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) 16 June 2018 Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC 3–0 Amicitia Viernheim Report Bavarian Cup(2017–18 season) 31 May 2018 Frensdorf SV Frensdorf 0–0 FC Forstern 450 Report Berlin Cup(2017–18 season) 20 May 2018 Berlin Blau-Weiß Berlin 1–4 Viktoria Berlin Report Brandenburg Cup(2017–18 season) 21 May 2018 Hohen Neuendorf Forst Borgsdorf 2–5 FSV Babelsberg 273 Report Bremen Cup(2017–18 season) 21 May 2018 Bremen ATS Buntentor 1–2 TuS Schwachhausen Report Hamburg Cup(2017–18 season) 10 May 2018 Hamburg Bramfelder SV 2–1 FC St. Pauli Report Hessian Cup(2017–18 season) 10 June 2018 Bad Camberg Jahn Calden 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Report Lower Rhine Cup(2017–18 season) 10 May 2018 Moers GSV Moers 0–0 Borussia Bocholt Report Lower Saxony Cup(2017–18 season) 3 June 2018 Barsinghausen Hannover 96 2–0 VfL Jesteburg Report Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup(2017–18 season) 10 June 2018 Schwerin FSV Schwerin 2–4 1. FC Neubrandenburg 150 Report Middle Rhine Cup(2017–18 season) 31 May 2018 Düren Vorwärts Spoho Köln 1–1 Alemannia Aachen 346 Report Rhineland Cup(2017–18 season) 13 May 2018 Schweich SV Holzbach 1–1 1. FFC Montabaur 100 Report Saarland Cup(2017–18 season) 10 May 2018 Eppelborn DJK Saarwellingen 0–1 1. FC Riegelsberg Report Saxony Cup(2017–18 season) 21 May 2018 Leipzig Phoenix Leipzig 1–2 Fortuna Dresden 650 Report Saxony-Anhalt Cup(2017–18 season) 10 June 2018 Bernburg Magdeburger FFC 6–0 Blau-Weiß Dölau 205 Report Schleswig-Holstein Cup(2017–18 season) 21 May 2018 Flensburg TuRa Meldorf 1–3 Holstein Kiel 298 Report South Baden Cup(2017–18 season) 20 May 2018 Löffingen FC Freiburg-St. Georgen 2–4 Hegauer FV Report Southwestern Cup(2017–18 season) 27 May 2018 Kaiserslautern TuS Wörrstadt 6–2 FC Marnheim 150 Report Thuringian Cup(2017–18 season) 1 May 2018 Erfurt 1. FFV Erfurt 3–1 Carl Zeiss Jena Report Westphalian Cup(2017–18 season) 31 May 2018 Billerbeck DJK-VfL Billerbeck 2–0 Germania Hauenhorst Report Württemberg Cup(2017–18 season) 31 May 2018 Schemmerhofen SV Alberweiler 4–0 FV Löchgau Report
References
External links Official DFB website The German Football Association Fussball.de Official results website of the DFB