2014–15 Verbandspokal

Verbandspokal 2014–15 Germany 21 regional winners 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 Verbandspokal (English: 2014–15 Association Cup), consisting of twenty-one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, is the qualifying competition for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.Modus deDFB 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 are 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20150115095750/http://www.bfv.de/cms/docs/Spielordnung_ab_17.12.2014.pdf 2015-01-15 de BFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015Spielordnung de NFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015 All twenty-one winners were qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. Three additional clubs were 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 team was the runners-up of the Lower Saxony Cup while, in Bavaria and Westphalia, the best-placed Regionalliga Bayern and Oberliga Westfalen non-reserve team qualified for DFB-Pokal. Of the twenty-two teams qualified for the DFB-Pokal through the Verbandspokale, eighteen were knocked out in the first round. Three clubs, SSV Reutlingen, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and FC Viktoria Köln, were knocked out in the second round while SpVgg Unterhaching was the only one of the twenty-two to advance to the third, where it lost to Bayer Leverkusen. Jena and Unterhaching eliminated one Bundesliga club each in the first round, Hamburger SV and FC Ingolstadt 04 while the others advanced though defeating 2. Bundesliga clubs.2015–16 DFB-Pokal de kicker.de, accessed: 13 November 2015 Finals The 2014–15 Verbandspokal finals with the winners qualified for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal:Landespokal de kicker.de – 2014–15 Verbandspokal finals, accessed: 8 April 2015 Verbandspokal Date Location Home Away Result Attendance Report Bavarian Cup(2014–15 season) 20 May 2015 Weiden SpVgg SV Weiden SpVgg Unterhaching 2–2 (5–6 pen) 2,200 Report Berlin Cup 20 May 2015 Berlin BFC Dynamo SV Tasmania Berlin 1–0 6,914 Report Brandenburg Cup 6 May 2015 Fürstenwalde Union Fürstenwalde Energie Cottbus 2–3 3,424 Report Bremen Cup 25 May 2015 Bremen Brinkumer SV Bremer SV 1–5 Report Hamburg Cup 25 May 2015 Hamburg HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst Condor Hamburg 2–0 Report Hesse Cup 13 May 2015 Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel VfB Gießen 2–1 6,100 Report Lower Rhine Cup 14 May 2015 Essen Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0–0 aet (6–5 pen) 18,500 Report Lower Saxony Cup 13 May 2015 Meppen SV Meppen¶ VfL Osnabrück 0–0 (4–5 pen) Report Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup 13 May 2015 Greifswald TSG Neustrelitz F.C. Hansa Rostock 0–1 4,500 Report Middle Rhine Cup 14 May 2015 Bonn Bonner SC FC Viktoria Köln 1–4 6,193 Report North Baden Cup 20 May 2015 Langensteinbach FC Nöttingen SV Spielberg 3–2 3,421 Report Rhineland Cup 3 June 2015 Polch SpVgg Burgbrohl FSV Salmrohr 1–1 (3–5 pen) 2,081 Report Saarland Cup 13 May 2015 Rehlingen SV Elversberg FC Homburg 2–1 aet 4,000 Report Saxony Cup 13 May 2015 Zwickau FSV Zwickau Chemnitzer FC 0–2 3,615 Report Saxony-Anhalt Cup 13 May 2015 Halle VfL Halle 96 Hallescher FC 0–6 12,855 Report Schleswig-Holstein Cup 15 July 2015 Lübeck VfB Lübeck‡ Holstein Kiel 1–0 Report South Baden Cup 20 May 2015 Emmendingen Freiburger FC Bahlinger SC 0–3 3,500 Report South West Cup 13 May 2015 Offenbach FK Pirmasens FV Dudenhofen 1–0 aet 2,500 Report Thuringia Cup 13 May 2015 Meuselwitz ZFC Meuselwitz FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1–2 aet 3,871 Report Westphalia Cup 14 May 2015 Verl SC Verl Sportfreunde Lotte 0–0 aet (3–4 pen) 1,600 Report Württemberg Cup 6 May 2015 Stuttgart SSV Reutlingen FV Ravensburg 2–1 3,658 Report Winners in bold. ¶The three largest regional associations were allowed to send an additional team. In Lower Saxony this was the losing finalist of the cup. In Bavaria and Westphalia this place went to the best non-reserve team of the Regionalliga Bayern, Würzburger Kickers, and the Oberliga Westfalen, TuS Erndtebrück. ‡ As Holstein Kiel was already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through its 3. Liga place VfB Lübeck was qualified regardless of the outcome of the final. Clubs by league The clubs qualified for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal by league: Diese Teams spielen 2015/16 im DFB-Pokal de kicker.de, accessed: 14 May 2015 League Level Clubs 3. Liga2014–15 3. Liga table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 9 April 2015 3 VfL Osnabrück, FC Energie Cottbus, F.C. Hansa Rostock, Chemnitzer FC, Hallescher FC, SpVgg Unterhaching Regionalliga Nord2014–15 Regionalliga Nord table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 9 April 2015 4 SV Meppen, VfB Lübeck Regionalliga Nordost2014–15 Regionalliga Nordost table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 14 May 2015 FC Carl Zeiss Jena, BFC Dynamo Regionalliga Südwest2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 14 May 2015 KSV Hessen Kassel, SV Elversberg, FK Pirmasens, FC Nöttingen Regionalliga West2014–15 Regionalliga West table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 15 May 2015 Rot-Weiß Essen, FC Viktoria Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte Oberliga Baden-WürttembergOberliga Baden-Württemberg table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 7 May 2015 5 SSV Reutlingen, Bahlinger SC Oberliga HamburgOberliga Hamburg table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 27 May 2015 HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst Bremen-LigaBremen-Liga table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 27 May 2015 Bremer SV Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/SaarOberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar table & results de kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 2015 FSV Salmrohr Clubs who qualified as runners-up in italics References External links Official DFB website de The German Football Association Fussball.de de Official results website of the DFB Category:2014–15 in German football cups Category:Verbandspokal seasons