The 2003
Bavarian Cup was the sixth edition of this competition which was started in 1998. It ended with the
TSV Aindling
TSV Aindling is a German football club from the city of Aindling, Bavaria. It is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for women's and children's gymnastics, ice stock, skiing, tennis, and volleyball.
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History
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winning the competition. Together with the finalist,
TSV Gerbrunn
The TSV Gerbrunn is a German association football club from the municipality of Gerbrunn, Bavaria.
The club's greatest success came in 2002, when it won promotion to the tier four Bayernliga, but it lasted for only one season at this level.
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, both clubs were qualified for the
DFB Cup 2003-04.
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 is ...
and the Bavarian clubs in the
Regionalliga Süd (III).
Rules & History
The seven
Bezirke
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* '' Stadtbezirk'', a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e ...
in
Bavaria 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
, BFV, accessdate: 4 November 2007 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 2003 Bavarian Cup:
Bavarian Cup season 2002-03
Teams qualified for the next round in bold.
Regional finals
* The MTV Ingolstadt, runners-up of the Oberbayern Cup is the eights team qualified for the Bavarian Cup due to the FC Bayern Munich II from Oberbayern having won the Cup in the previous season.
First round
Semi-finals
Final
The reason for the one-sided result in the final can be seen in the fact that TSV Gerbrunn had withdrawn its team from the Bayernliga to the lower Bavarian amateur leagues, therefore fielding a much weaker side.
DFB Cup 2003-04
The two clubs, TSV Aindling and TSV Gerbrunn, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2003-04 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:
References
Sources
* ''Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2002/03'' Yearbook of German football, author: DSFS, publisher: Agon Sport Verlag, published: 2003, page: 286
External links
Bavarian FA website
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2003
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