The North Baden Cup (German: ''Badischer Pokal'' or ''BFV-Pokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of

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. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the

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History

The Cup was established in 1949, after the end of the

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, in the US occupation zone in the northern half of the state of

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, which existed as part of the state of

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from 1945 to 1952, when the state of

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was formed. Due to the southern half of the state being under French occupation, the Baden football association was cut in half and a northern and southern federation was formed. The same happened with the regional cup competition. The North Baden Cup is played annually, with the exception of 1950 to 1956, when it was not held. From 1974 onwards, the winner of the South Baden Cup qualified for the first round of the German Cup. At times, the BFV was permitted to send both, winner and finalist to the first round of the German Cup, currently (2008–09), it is only the winner as North Baden is not one of the three largest federations, which are permitted to send two clubs. The cup has been sponsored by the

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Privatbrauerei Hoepfner since 1996 and therefore currently carries the name BFV-Hoepfner-Cup. The North Baden cup winners have at times performed quite well in the national cup competition. In 1974–75, the first season the regional cup winners entered the DFB-Pokal directly,

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, the North Baden Cup winner, reached the fourth round of the cup, beating Bundesliga side

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2–1 on the way. In 1990–91, the North Baden Cup winners

FV 09 Weinheim FV Weinheim was a German association football club from the city of Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg. Established in 1909, the team was active until declaring bankruptcy in 1997. The footballers of ''FV'' left to become part of '' TSG Weinheim'' wit ...

defeated

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1–0 in the first round of the German Cup.

Modus

Professional clubs are not permitted to enter the competition, meaning, no teams from the

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and the 2. Bundesliga can compete. All clubs from North Baden playing in the 3. Liga (III), Regionalliga Süd (IV) and

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German foot ...

(V),

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(VI) and the three Landesligas (VII) gain direct entry to the first round. Additionally, the best teams of the regional cup competitions in North Baden also qualify for the competition.

Cup finals

Held annually at the end of season, these were the cup finals since 1949: * Source: * Winners in bold

Winners

Listed in order of wins, the Cup winners are: * ¹ Includes one win by the club's reserve side.

References

Sources

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

External links

BFV: Nordbaden Football Association – Cup website

Fussball.de: North Baden Cup
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