The ''Bremer Pokal'' ('Bremen Cup') is an annual

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, held by the (). It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a qualifying competition for the

German Cup The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English, is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundes ...

, with the winner of the competition being automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season.DFB Cup Men – Mode

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website. Retrieved 28 June 2011 For sponsorship reasons, the competition is known as the Lotto-Pokal. The record winners of the competition are

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, with 20 titles to their name,Bremen: Meister und Pokalsieger
DSFS. Retrieved 28 June 2011 but the team is now barred from entering the cup competition, like all reserve teams in Germany since 2008.

Mode

The competition is open for all member clubs of the Bremen FA from the

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Bremen-Liga The Bremen-Liga, sometimes also referred to as ''Oberliga Bremen'', is a fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the States of Germany, German state Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is one of four ...

Landesliga Bremen The Landesliga Bremen is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Bremen, below the ''Bremen-Liga The Bremen-Liga, sometimes also referred to as ''Oberliga Bremen'', is a fifth tie ...

and the Bezirks- and Kreisligen. Reserve teams are not permitted to compete anymore, making it impossible for SV Werder Bremen II to add to its record total of 20 wins. The competition is staged separately for

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and

Bremerhaven Bremerhaven (; ) is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the Bremen (state), city-state of Bremen. The Geeste (river), River Geeste flows through the city before emptying into the Weser. Brem ...

, with the two regions joining from the quarter-finals onwards, whereby two slots are allocated to Bremerhaven for this round while the remaining six clubs come from Bremen. Regardless of which club has been drawn first, clubs from a lower league will always have home advantage when playing a club from a higher league. In case of a draw after regular time, no extra time is played and the game instead decided through a penalty shoot out.Durchführungsbestimmungen Herren
Bremen FA website – competition rules, published: 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011 The cup final is to be held at a neutral venue with the location to be determined by the Bremen FA. The cup winner automatically qualifies for the first round of the German Cup.

Winners

The winners of the competition: * No competition held in 1961, 1962 and 1979. * ¹ TuS Bremerhaven merged with a number of other local clubs in 1972 to form OSC Bremerhaven.

References

Sources

*''Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen'', An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS

External links

BFV – Bremen Football Association

Official DFB results websiteBremen Cup summary
- SOCCERWAY Football cup competitions in Germany Football competitions in Bremen (state) Recurring sporting events established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Germany {{Germany-sport-stub