2018–19 Verbandspokal
The 2018–19 Verbandspokal, consisted of twenty-one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.
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 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 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 Regionalliga Bayern non-reserve team qualified for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia a play-off was conducted to determine this club.
Competitions
The finals of the 2018–19 Verbandspokal competitions :| Cup | Date | Location | Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Attendance | Report |
| Baden Cup ' | 26 May 2019 | Karlsruhe | Karlsruher SC | 5–3 | Waldhof Mannheim | 7,367 | |
| Bavarian Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Aschaffenburg | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 0–3 | Würzburger Kickers | 6,033 | |
| Berlin Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Berlin | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 0–1 | Viktoria Berlin | 2,712 | |
| Brandenburg Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Rathenow | Optik Rathenow | 0–1 | Energie Cottbus | 1,991 | |
| Bremen Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Bremen | FC Oberneuland | 1–0 | Bremer SV | ||
| Hamburg Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Hamburg | Eintracht Norderstedt | 1–2 | TuS Dassendorf | 2,936 | |
| Hessian Cup ' | 25 June 2019 | Baunatal | KSV Baunatal | 1–8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
| Lower Rhine Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Wuppertal | Wuppertaler SV | 1–2 | KFC Uerdingen | 10,500 | |
| Lower Saxony Cup | 22 May 2019 | Drochtersen | SV Drochtersen/Assel | 1–0 | SV Meppen | 3,000 | |
| Lower Saxony Cup | 25 May 2019 | Hanover | TuS Bersenbrück | 2–3 | Atlas Delmenhorst | 1,800 | |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Neustrelitz | Torgelower FC Greif | 1–4 | Hansa Rostock | 2,565 | |
| Middle Rhine Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Bonn | Alemannia Aachen | 3–1 | Fortuna Köln | 6,645 | |
| Rhineland Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Bad Neuenahr | FSV Salmrohr | 2–2 | TuS Koblenz | 2,715 | |
| Saarland Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Elversberg | SV Elversberg | 1–2 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 6,213 | |
| Saxony Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Chemnitz | Chemnitzer FC | 2–0 | FSV Zwickau | 11,638 | |
| Saxony-Anhalt Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Halberstadt | Germania Halberstadt | 0–2 | Hallescher FC | 1,624 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Lübeck | VfB Lübeck | 1–0 | Weiche Flensburg | 3,771 | |
| South Baden Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Pfullendorf | FC 08 Villingen | 3–1 | 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen | 3,085 | |
| Southwestern Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Pirmasens | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–1 | Wormatia Worms | 7,343 | |
| Thuringian Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Erfurt | Preußen Bad Langensalza | 0–5 | Wacker Nordhausen | 2,667 | |
| Westphalian Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Rödinghausen | SV Rödinghausen | 2–1 | SC Wiedenbrück | 1,490 | |
| Württemberg Cup ' | 25 May 2019 | Stuttgart | TSV Essingen | 0–2 | SSV Ulm | 3,370 |