The Bremer Pokal ( en, Bremen Cup) is an annual
football cup competition
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, held by the ( en, Bremen Football Association). It is one of the
21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a qualifying competition for the
German Cup
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, with the winner of the competition being automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season.
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website. Retrieved 28 June 2011 For sponsorship reasons, the competition is known as the Lotto-Pokal.[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 Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...
, 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 German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football ...
, 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''.
Overview
The ''Landesliga Bremen'' is the second-highest level of play in Bremen ...
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 Bremen and Bremerhaven
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, 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](_blank)
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:
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
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Football cup competitions in Germany
Football competitions in Bremen (state)
Recurring sporting events established in 1951
1951 establishments in West Germany
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