2022–23 Verbandspokal

The 2022–23 Verbandspokal (English: 2022–23 Association Cup) consisted of twenty-one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.[1]

2022–23 Verbandspokal
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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 do 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 were laid down by the regional football association organising it.[2][3]

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 best-placed non-reserve Regionalliga Bayern team qualified for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia the spot alternated between the Oberliga Westfalen champion and best-placed Westphalian team from the Regionalliga West. This year, the Regionalliga West champion qualified.[1][4]

The finals of the Verbandspokal competitions was played on the Amateurs' Final Day (German: Finaltag der Amateure), on 3 June 2023.[5]

Competitions

The finals of the 2022–23 Verbandspokal competitions (winners listed in bold):

Cup Date Location Team 1 Result Team 2 Report
Baden Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Nöttingen 1. CfR Pforzheim 0–2 Astoria Walldorf Report
Bavarian Cup[note 1]
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Illertissen FV Illertissen 2–2
(5–3 p)		 FC Ingolstadt Report
Berlin Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Berlin Makkabi Berlin 3–1 (a.e.t.) Sparta Lichtenberg Report
Brandenburg Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Cottbus Energie Cottbus 4–1 FSV Luckenwalde Report
Bremen Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Bremen FC Oberneuland 0–0
(4–1 p)		 SG Aumund-Vegesack Report
Hamburg Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Hamburg TSV Sasel 0–1 Teutonia Ottensen Report
Hessian Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt 2–2
(5–3 p)		 TSV Steinbach Haiger Report
Lower Rhine Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Essen Rot-Weiss Essen 2–0 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Report
Lower Saxony Cup[note 2]
(2022–23 season (3. Liga / Regionalliga))
(2022–23 season (amateurs))		 3 June 2023 Delmenhorst Atlas Delmenhorst 1–2 VfL Osnabrück Report
29 May 2023 Bersenbrück TuS Bersenbrück 3–0 SC Spelle-Venhaus Report
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Greifswald Einheit Ueckermünde 2–5 Rostocker FC Report
Middle Rhine Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Cologne 1. FC Düren 0–2 Viktoria Köln Report
Rhineland Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Koblenz TuS Immendorf 0–1 Rot-Weiß Koblenz Report
Saarland Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken 2–3 SV Elversberg Report
Saxony Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Leipzig Lokomotive Leipzig 3–0 Chemnitzer FC Report
Saxony-Anhalt Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Halberstadt Einheit Wernigerode 0–1 Hallescher FC Report
Schleswig-Holstein Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Flensburg Weiche Flensburg 1–2 VfB Lübeck Report
South Baden Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Emmendingen FC 08 Villingen 0–3 SV Oberachern Report
Southwestern Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Pirmasens Wormatia Worms 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Schott Mainz Report
Thuringian Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Jena Carl Zeiss Jena 4–2 Wacker Nordhausen Report
Westphalian Cup[note 3]
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Hamm SpVgg Erkenschwick 0–0
(3–4 p)		 FC Gütersloh Report
Württemberg Cup
(2022–23 season)		 3 June 2023 Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 TSG Balingen Report

Notes
  1. As one of the three largest regional associations, Bavaria gets an additional DFB-Pokal berth, which goes to the best non-reserve team of the Regionalliga Bayern.[6]
  2. As one of the three largest regional associations, Lower Saxony gets an additional DFB-Pokal berth, which goes to the winner of the second cup path.[7]
  3. As one of the three largest regional associations, Westphalia gets an additional DFB-Pokal berth, which will alternate between the Oberliga Westfalen champion and best-placed Westphalian team from the Regionalliga West. This year, the Regionalliga West champion qualifies.[4]

References
  1. Modus (in German) DFB website – Mode. Retrieved 9 April 2015
  2. Spielordnung Archived 15 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) BFV website: Rules & Regulations. Retrieved 8 April 2015
  3. Spielordnung (in German) NFV website: Rules & Regulations. Retrieved 8 April 2015
  4. "Oberliga Staffeltag: Entscheidungsspiel um den DFB-Pokal-Platz wird abgeschafft". flvw.de (in German). Westphalian Football and Athletics Association. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  5. "DFB terminiert Aufstiegsspiele zur 3. Liga – Finaltag am 3. Juni". berliner-fussball.de (in German). Berlin Football Association. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. "Die Wege in den DFB-Pokal" [The ways to qualify to the German Cup]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  7. "Reform im Krombacher-Niedersachsenpokal" [Reform in the Krombacher Lower Saxony Cup]. nfv.de (in German). Lower Saxony Football Association. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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