The 2006
Bavarian Cup
The Bavarian Cup (), was created in 1998 and functions as a qualifying competition to the German Cup. It is one of the 21 regional cups in Germany. It is one of three regional associations who are permitted to send two amateur teams to the DFB C ...
was the ninth edition of this competition, organised by the
Bavarian Football Association
The Bavarian Football Association (), the ''BFV'', is one of 21 regional organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the state of Bavaria.[TSG Thannhausen
TSG Thannhausen is a German association football club located in Thannhausen, Bavaria.
Overview
''TSG Thannhausen'' traces its earliest origins as an organization to 1862, first as a gymnastics club and then later as a gymnastics club and fi ...]
winning the competition. Together with the finalist,
SpVgg Bayreuth
SpVgg Bayreuth is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 ...
, both clubs were qualified for the
DFB Cup 2006-07.
The competition is open to all senior men's
football
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teams playing within the
Bavarian football league system
The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Regionalliga Bayern, is currently the fourth tier of German football. The lowest league in Bavaria i ...
and the Bavarian clubs in the
Regionalliga Süd (III).
Rules & History
The seven
Bezirke in
Bavaria
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each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). 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 or second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however can.
Bayerischer Toto-Pokal - The finals
BFV website, accessed: 6 November 2011 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:
Bavarian Cup season 2005-06
Teams qualified for the next round in bold.
Regional finals
* The SpVgg Weiden, runners-up of the Oberpfalz Cup is the eights team qualified for the Bavarian Cup due to Jahn Regensburg from Oberpfalz having won the Cup in the previous season.
First round
Semi-finals
Final
DFB Cup 2006-07
The two clubs, TSG Thannhausen and SpVgg Bayreuth, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2006-07 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:
References
Sources
* ''Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2005/06'' Yearbook of German football, author: DSFS, publisher: Agon Sport Verlag, published: 2006, page: 289–290
External links
Bavarian FA website
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2006
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Events
January
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