2008 Bavarian Cup

Founded

1998

Nation

State

Bavaria

Rules & History

The seven Bezirke in Bavaria each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup. Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advance to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition advance to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first and second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event. The seven regional cup winners plus the finalist from last season's winners region are qualified for the first round.

Participating clubs

The following eight clubs qualified for the 2006 Bavarian Cup:

Club	League	Tier	Cup performance
SpVgg Unterhaching	Regionalliga Süd	III	Winner
SpVgg Ansbach	Oberliga Bayern	IV	Final
SpVgg Landshut	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte	V	Semi-final
ASV Neumarkt	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte	V	Semi-final
1. FC Sonthofen	Landesliga Bayern-Süd	V	First round
SpVgg Selbitz	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	V	First round
Alemannia Haibach	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	V	First round
1. FC Schwandorf	Bezirksliga Oberpfalz Süd	VII	First round

Bavarian Cup season 2007–08

Teams qualified for the next round in bold.

Regional finals

The SpVgg Ansbach, runners-up of the Mittelfranken Cup is the eights team qualified for the Bavarian Cup due to SV Seligenporten from Mittelfranken having won the Cup in the previous season.

2008–09 DFB-Pokal

The two clubs, SpVgg Unterhaching and SpVgg Ansbach, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2008-09 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:

Round	Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
First round	8 August 2008	SpVgg Unterhaching	SC Freiburg	0–2	2,800
First round	10 August 2008	SpVgg Ansbach	Karlsruher SC	0–5	4,000