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2016–17 Verbandspokal
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	42
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The 2016–17 Verbandspokal, (English: 2016–17 Association Cup) consisted of 21 men's German association football regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, which serve as qualifying competition for the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal (German Cup).^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

All twenty one winners qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. Three additional clubs are 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 teams are the runners-up of the Lower Saxony Cup. In Bavaria the best-placed Regionalliga Bayern non-reserve team was qualified for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia a play-off is conducted to determine this club.^[1]

On 2 November 2016, it was announced that German broadcaster ARD would show all 21 Verbandspokal finals live in a conference as well as live stream them and that all finals would be played on the same date, 25 May 2017.^[4]

Competitions

The finals of the 2016–17 Verbandspokal competitions:

Cup	Date	Location	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Attendance	Report
Baden Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Sinsheim	SG HD-Kirchheim	0–5	FC Nöttingen		Report
Bavarian Cup^{[note 1]} (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Burghausen	SV Wacker Burghausen	0–1	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	2,485	Report
Berlin Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Berlin	FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin	1–3	Berliner FC Dynamo		Report
Brandenburg Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Cottbus	FC Energie Cottbus	2–0	FSV 63 Luckenwalde	7,667	Report
Bremen Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Bremen	Leher TS	0–0 (9–8 pen.)	Bremer SV		Report
Hamburg Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Hamburg	Eintracht Norderstedt	2–1 (a.e.t.)	SV Halstenbek-Rellingen		Report
Hessian Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Wiesbaden	SV Rot-Weiß Hadamar	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 pen.)	SV Wehen Wiesbaden		Report
Lower Rhine Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Essen	Rot-Weiss Essen	0–2	MSV Duisburg	17,000	Report
Lower Saxony Cup^{[note 2]} (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Osnabrück	VfL Osnabrück	1–0	Lüneburger SK Hansa		Report
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Neustrelitz	F.C. Hansa Rostock	3–1	MSV Pampow	2,708	Report
Middle Rhine Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Bonn	SC Fortuna Köln	0–1	Bonner SC	6,643	Report
Rhineland Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Salmtal	Eintracht Trier	1–2	TuS Koblenz	4,112	Report
Saarland Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Homburg	SV Elversberg	2–3	1. FC Saarbrücken		Report
Saxony Cup (2016–17 season)	24 May 2017	Leipzig	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	1–2	Chemnitzer FC	6,800	Report
Saxony-Anhalt Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Magdeburg	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	VfB Germania Halberstadt	7,134	Report
Schleswig-Holstein Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Kiel	SV Eichede	2–4	Holstein Kiel	2,808	Report
South Baden Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Villingen	VfR Hausen	1–6	1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen		Report
Southwestern Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Pirmasens	Wormatia Worms	1–2	SV Morlautern	2,410	Report
Thuringian Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Erfurt	FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen	0–1	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	8,807	Report
Westphalian Cup^{[note 3]} (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Paderborn	SC Paderborn 07	3–1	Sportfreunde Lotte	4,142	Report
Württemberg Cup (2016–17 season)	25 May 2017	Stuttgart	Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen	3–1	Stuttgarter Kickers	5,150	Report

Notes: Winners in bold

^ As one of the three largest regional associations, Bavaria gets and additional DFB-Pokal birth, which goes to the best non-reserve team of the Regionalliga Bayern.^[5]
^ As one of the three largest regional associations, Lower Saxony gets an additional DFB-Pokal birth, which goes to the losing cup finalist.^[5]
^ As one of the three largest regional associations, Westphalia gets and additional DFB-Pokal birth, which goes to the winner of a play-off between the best-placed team in the Regionalliga West and the winner of the Oberliga Westfalen.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Modus (in German) DFB website – Mode, accessed: 9 April 2015
^ Spielordnung Archived 2015-01-15 at the Wayback Machine (in German) BFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015
^ Spielordnung (in German) NFV website: Rules & Regulations, accessed: 8 April 2015
^ "Finaltag der Amateure 2017 am 25. Mai". dfb.de. 2 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Die Wege in den DFB-Pokal" [The ways to qualify to the German Cup]. kicker.de (in German). kicker (sports magazine). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.