2015–16 Bavarian Cup

Bavarian Cup 2015–16 Germany 64 Würzburger Kickers SpVgg Unterhaching DFB-Pokal 2016–17 DFB-Pokal Adam Jabiri, Michael Pillmeier, Amir Shapourzadeh (6 goals) 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 Bavarian Cup (German: Bayerischer Toto-Pokal 2015–16) was the nineteenth edition of this competition, first held in 1998 and organised by the Bavarian Football Association (BFV). The winner qualified for the first round of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup. The competition is open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system and the 3. Liga. The final was played on 28 May and won by Würzburger Kickers, defeating SpVgg Unterhaching 6–2 in the final. As Würzburg had already qualified for the German Cup though it's 3. Liga third-place finish runners-up Unterhaching took up their qualifying spot through the Bavarian Cup. For the first round of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal Würzburg drew 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig while Unterhaching drew Bundesliga side FSV Mainz 05. History The Bavarian Cup, officially referred to as the Bayerischer Toto-Pokal for sponsorship reasons, was established in 1998. Until 2009 it was contested by only eight clubs, qualified through the seven annual regional cup competitions. Since 2009 the Bavarian Cup has been expanded to include 64 teams in the first round.Die Endspiele de BFV website – List of Bavarian Cup finals, accessed: 14 July 2015 The defending champions were SpVgg Unterhaching who defeated SpVgg SV Weiden in the 2014–15 final and thereby won the competition for a third time after 2007–08 and 2011–12.https://archive.today/20120722182751/http://www.bfv.de/cms/seiten/endspiele_toto_pokal_herren.html Alle Endspiele des Bayerischen Toto-Pokals de BFV website, accessed: 14 July 2015 Rules and regulations The competition is open to all member clubs of the Bavarian Football Association except the clubs playing in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. Reserve teams are also barred from the competition. The Bavarian clubs from the 3. Liga and Regionalliga Bayern and the 24 District Cup (Kreispokale) winners qualified directly for the first round of the competition, as were the 2014–15 Bayernliga champions and the two participants in the Regionalliga qualification round. The remaining clubs from the two divisions of the Bayernliga and the five divisions of the Landesliga Bayern entered the qualifying stage of the competition. Clubs below the Landesliga had to take part in the Kreispokale to qualify.Durchführungsbestimmungen für die Qualifikationsrunde Verbandspokal 2015–16 https://web.archive.org/web/20150513201510/http://www.bfv.de/cms/docs/Qualifikation_Toto-Pokal.pdf 2015-05-13 de BFV website, accessed: 14 July 2015 The 2014–15 edition was the last one to feature three qualifying rounds as, from 2015–16 onwards, only two qualifying rounds were held, taking place just before the first round proper. Only the Bayernliga clubs and the best ten clubs from each Landesliga division took part in this.Neuer Qualifikationsmodus für Bayern- und Landesligisten de BFV website, accessed: 14 July 2015Durchführungsbestimmungen für den Verbandspokal 2015–16 https://web.archive.org/web/20150824025419/http://www.bfv.de/cms/docs/Durchfuehrungsbestimmungen_Toto-Pokal_2015_16.pdf 2015-08-24 de BFV website, accessed: 1 August 2015 For the 2015–16 edition this meant, with league membership in the 2014–15 season taken as reference, the two Bavarian 3. Liga clubs, the 12 Regionalliga Bayern clubs that were not reserve sides and four Bayernliga clubs where automatically qualified. Additionally the 24 Kreispokal winners and 22 clubs qualified through the three rounds of qualifying entered the first round of the Bavarian Cup. The 24 Kreispokal winners, after being allocated to their respective region, were permitted to select the team they wished to play against rather than having a club drawn against them. The winner of the 2015–16 Bavarian Cup was automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup the following season. The second spot awarded to the Bavarian Football Association for the first round of the German Cup will go to the best-placed non-reserve side in the Regionalliga Bayern. Should the same team win the cup and finished as the best non-reserve side in the Regionalliga or qualify automatically as one of the top four teams in the 3. Liga the second spot would have gone to the losing finalist. Should the losing finalist also have qualified already as one of the top four 3. Liga clubs a decider would be played between the two losing semi finalists. Because winners Würzburger Kickers qualified to the DFB-Pokal through their third-place finish in the 3. Liga Unterhaching took up their Cup winners spot in the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal while Regionalliga Bayern champions Jahn Regensburg qualified through the league path. Schedule The first and second qualifying round were played between 1 and 14 July 2015.May 2026 The draw for the first round was carried out on 31 July, before the 2. Bundesliga game of 1. FC Nürnberg versus 1. FC Heidenheim.Totopokal: Die fünf Lostöpfe im Überblick de fupa.net, published: 28 July 2015, accessed: 29 July 2015 The dates set originally for the various rounds by the BFV were: First round: 12 August 2015 Second round: 19 August 2015 Round of sixteen: 2 September 2015 Quarter finals: 6 April 2016 Semi finals: 20 April 2016 Final: 28 May 2016 2015–16 season The games of the 2015–16 edition:2015–16 Bayerischer Toto-Pokal de BFV website, accessed: 1 August 2015May 2026 First round The first round, played between 4 and 12 August 2015: Home teamAway teamScoreSpVgg Haidhausen (7)(K)SC Fürstenfeldbruck (6) 4–2SSV Wertach (10)(K)SpVgg Unterhaching (4) 0–7Kissinger SC (6)(K)FC Pipinsried (5) 0–2FF Geretsried (8)(K)FC Deisenhofen (6) 0–4SpVgg Kaufbeuren (6)FC Memmingen (4) 1–3TSV Landsberg (5)FV Illertissen (4) 4–0TSV Wemding (7)(K)TSV Rain am Lech (4) 2–7ASV Zirndorf (7)(K)FSV Stadeln (6) 0–2SK Lauf (7)(K)SV Seligenporten (5) 0–1SC 04 Schwabach (7)(K)FC Gundelfingen (6) 1–4FC Hepberg (8)(K)1. SC Feucht (5) 1–8TSV Neustadt/Aisch (6)SC Eltersdorf (5) 0–0 (3–4 pen)FC Teutonia Reichenbach (8)(K)Würzburger Kickers (3) 0–61. FC Oberhaid (7)(K)FC Eintracht Bamberg (5) 1–3SV Euerbach/Kützberg (6)(K)TSV Großbardorf (5) 1–2TSV Keilberg (7)(K)Viktoria Aschaffenburg (4) 1–1 (4–6 pen)Dettelbach und Ortsteile (8)(K)TSV Abtswind (6) 0–2TSV Karlburg (6)1. FC Schweinfurt 05 (4) 0–3SpVgg Hainsacker (7)(K)SSV Jahn Regensburg (4) 0–5SV Sorghof (7)(K)FC Amberg (4) 0–3ZV Thierstein (7)(K)SpVgg Selbitz (6) 1–1 (7–8 pen)SC Sylvia Ebersdorf (8)(K)SpVgg Bayreuth (4) 0–4FC Chammünster (8)(K)SpVgg SV Weiden (5) 0–8TSV Neudrossenfeld (6)ASV Burglengenfeld (5) 9–1TSV Vilsbiburg (7)(K)TSV Buchbach (4) 1–3TSV Kößlarn (8)(K)SV Wacker Burghausen (4) 0–3SV Ostermünchen (8)(K)SV Schalding-Heining (4) 1–8FC Sturm Hauzenberg (6)(K)TSV Waldkirchen (6) 2–2 (8–7 pen)FSV Landau/Isar (9)(K)SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden (5) 1–2VfR Garching (5)SV Heimstetten (5) 1–1 (1–4 pen)SpVgg Landshut (6)FC Unterföhring (5) 2–2 (6–5 pen)FC Ismaning (6)TuS Holzkirchen (6) 2–1 Second round The second round, played on 18 and 19 August 2015: Home teamAway teamScoreSpVgg Haidhausen (7)(K)FC Pipinsried (5) 1–0FC Deisenhofen (6)FC Memmingen (4) 0–2TSV Landsberg (5)SpVgg Unterhaching (4) 1–3 FSV Stadeln (6)SC Eltersdorf (5) 0–1FC Gundelfingen (6)1. SC Freucht (5) 1–1 (5–3 pen) SV Seligenporten (5)TSV Rain am Lech (4) 1–0TSV Abtswind (6)Viktoria Aschaffenburg (4) 1–3TSV Großbardorf (5)Würzburger Kickers (3) 0–4FC Eintracht Bamberg (5)1. FC Schweinfurt 05 (4) 3–2TSV Neudrossenfeld (6)SSV Jahn Regensburg (4) 0–1SpVgg Selbitz (6)SpVgg Bayreuth (4) 0–1SpVgg SV Weiden (5)FC Amberg (4) 0–2FC Sturm Hauzenberg (6)(K)SV Schalding-Heining (4) 1–6FC Ismaning (6)SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden (5) 1–2SpVgg Landshut (6)SV Wacker Burghausen (4) 0–5SV Heimstetten (5)TSV Buchbach (4) 2–3 Round of sixteen The round of sixteen, played between 1 September and 6 October 2015: Home teamAway teamScoreSC Eltersdorf (5)Viktoria Aschaffenburg (4) 3–1SSV Jahn Regensburg (4)FC Amberg (4) 2–2 (6–4 pen)FC Gundelfingen (6)FC Memmingen (4) 0–1SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden (5)TSV Buchbach (4) 0–3SV Wacker Burghausen (4)SV Schalding-Heining (4) 2–3SpVgg Haidhausen (7)(K)SpVgg Unterhaching (4) 0–7SV Seligenporten (5)SpVgg Bayreuth (4) 5–0FC Eintracht Bamberg (5)Würzburger Kickers (3) 2–3 Quarter finals The quarter finals, played between 30 March and 6 April 2016: Home teamAway teamScoreSC Eltersdorf (5)SSV Jahn Regensburg (4) 1–3SV Seligenporten (5)SpVgg Unterhaching (4) 1–3TSV Buchbach (4)FC Memmingen (4) 2–4SV Schalding-Heining (4)Würzburger Kickers (3) 1–2 Semi finals The semi finals played on 19 and 20 April 2016: Home teamAway teamScoreSSV Jahn Regensburg (4)SpVgg Unterhaching (4)1–5FC Memmingen (4)Würzburger Kickers (3)0–3 Final The final, to be played on 28 May 2016: Home teamAway teamScoreSpVgg Unterhaching (4)Würzburger Kickers (3)2–6 Key SymbolLeague(3)3. Liga(4)Regionalliga Bayern(5)Bayernliga(6)Landesliga(7)Bezirksliga(8)Kreisliga(9)Kreisklasse(10)A-Klasse(K)District Cup winner References External links The Bavarian Cup de Bavarian FA website Regional Cup Bayern soccerway.com Category:Bavarian Cup seasons Bavarian