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.Modus DFB website – Mode. Retrieved 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. Retrieved 8 April 2015Spielordnung NFV website: Rules & Regulations. Retrieved 8 April 2015
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 qualified for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia the best-placed Westphalian Regionalliga West team qualified.
The finals of the Verbandspokal competitions were scheduled to be played on the Amateurs' Final Day (German: ), which was scheduled for 29 May 2021.
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.
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(2020–21 season) 29 May 2021 Pforzheim Waldhof Mannheim 2–1 Astoria Walldorf Report Bavarian Cup(2020–21 season (regular competition))(2020–21 season (final rounds)) 27 June 2021 Illertissen FV Illertissen 0–0 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(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 ReportLower Saxony Cup(2020–21 season (3. Liga / Regionalliga))(2020–21 season (amateurs)) 29 May 2021 Hanover SV Drochtersen/Assel 2–2 SV Meppen 150 ReportAbandoned Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup(2020–21 season)Abandoned Middle Rhine Cup(2020–21 season) 29 May 2021 Bonn Viktoria Köln 2–0 Alemannia Aachen 250 ReportRhineland Cup(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(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 Chemnitzer FC Report Saxony-Anhalt Cup(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 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 Thuringian Cup(2020–21 season) 30 June 2021 Meuselwitz Carl Zeiss Jena 4–1 FC An der Fahner Höhe 1,005 Report Westphalian Cup(2020–21 season (regular competition))(2020–21 season (final rounds)) 29 May 2021 Verl Sportfreunde Lotte 0–1 Preußen Münster Report Württemberg Cup(2020–21 season) 29 May 2021 Stuttgart TSG Balingen 0–3 SSV Ulm Report
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References
External links Official DFB website The German Football Association Fussball.de : Official results website of the DFB