2016–17 Verbandspokal


The 2016–17 Verbandspokal, consisted of 21 men's German association football regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, which serve as qualifying competition for the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.
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.
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.
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.

Competitions

The finals of the 2016–17 Verbandspokal competitions:
CupDateLocationTeam 1ResultTeam 2AttendanceReport
Baden Cup
'		25 May 2017SinsheimSG HD-Kirchheim0–5FC Nöttingen
Bavarian Cup
'		25 May 2017BurghausenSV Wacker Burghausen0–11. FC Schweinfurt 052,485
Berlin Cup
'		25 May 2017BerlinFC Viktoria 1889 Berlin1–3Berliner FC Dynamo
Brandenburg Cup
'		25 May 2017CottbusFC Energie Cottbus2–0FSV 63 Luckenwalde7,667
Bremen Cup
'		25 May 2017BremenLeher TS0–0
Bremer SV
Hamburg Cup
'		25 May 2017HamburgEintracht Norderstedt2–1 SV Halstenbek-Rellingen
Hessian Cup
'		25 May 2017WiesbadenSV Rot-Weiß Hadamar1–1
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Lower Rhine Cup
'		25 May 2017EssenRot-Weiss Essen0–2MSV Duisburg17,000
Lower Saxony Cup
'		25 May 2017OsnabrückVfL Osnabrück1–0Lüneburger SK Hansa
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup
'		25 May 2017NeustrelitzF.C. Hansa Rostock3–1MSV Pampow2,708
Middle Rhine Cup
'		25 May 2017BonnSC Fortuna Köln0–1Bonner SC6,643
Rhineland Cup
'		25 May 2017SalmtalEintracht Trier1–2TuS Koblenz4,112
Saarland Cup
'		25 May 2017HomburgSV Elversberg2–31. FC Saarbrücken
Saxony Cup
'		24 May 2017Leipzig1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig1–2Chemnitzer FC6,800
Saxony-Anhalt Cup
'		25 May 2017Magdeburg1. FC Magdeburg1–0VfB Germania Halberstadt7,134
Schleswig-Holstein Cup
'		25 May 2017KielSV Eichede2–4Holstein Kiel2,808
South Baden Cup
'		25 May 2017VillingenVfR Hausen1–61. FC Rielasingen-Arlen
Southwestern Cup
'		25 May 2017PirmasensWormatia Worms1–2SV Morlautern2,410
Thuringian Cup
'		25 May 2017ErfurtFSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen0–1FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt8,807
Westphalian Cup
'		25 May 2017PaderbornSC Paderborn 073–1Sportfreunde Lotte4,142
Württemberg Cup
'		25 May 2017StuttgartSportfreunde Dorfmerkingen'''3–1Stuttgarter Kickers5,150

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