# 2014–15 Verbandspokal

The 2014–15 Verbandspokal, (English: 2014–15 Association Cup) consisting of twenty one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, is the qualifying competition for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.
All clubs from the 3. Liga and below could enter the regional Verbandspokale, subject to the rules and regulations of each region. Clubs from the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga could not enter but were instead directly qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams are not permitted to take part in the DFB-Pokal or the Verbandspokale. The precise rules of each regional Verbandspokal are laid down by the regional football association organising it.
All twenty one winners were qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. Three additional clubs were also qualified for the first round of the German Cup, these being from the three largest state associations, Bavaria, Westphalia and Lower Saxony. The qualified team was the runners-up of the Lower Saxony Cup while, in Bavaria and Westphalia, the best-placed Regionalliga Bayern and Oberliga Westfalen non-reserve team qualified for DFB-Pokal.
Of the twenty two teams qualified for the DFB-Pokal through the Verbandspokale, eighteen were knocked out in the first round. Three clubs, SSV Reutlingen, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and FC Viktoria Köln, were knocked out in the second round while SpVgg Unterhaching was the only one of the twenty two to advance to the third, where it lost to Bayer Leverkusen. Jena and Unterhaching eliminated one Bundesliga club each in the first round, Hamburger SV and FC Ingolstadt 04 while the others advanced though defeating 2. Bundesliga clubs.

## Finals

The 2014–15 Verbandspokal finals with the winners qualified for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal:
| Verbandspokal | Date | Location | Home | Away | Result | Attendance | Report |
| Bavarian Cup(2014–15 season) | 20 May 2015 | Weiden | SpVgg SV Weiden | SpVgg Unterhaching | 2–2 (5–6 pen) | 2,200 | Report |
| Berlin Cup | 20 May 2015 | Berlin | BFC Dynamo | SV Tasmania Berlin | 1–0 | 6,914 | Report |
| Brandenburg Cup | 6 May 2015 | Fürstenwalde | Union Fürstenwalde | Energie Cottbus | 2–3 | 3,424 | Report |
| Bremen Cup | 25 May 2015 | Bremen | Brinkumer SV | Bremer SV | 1–5 | | Report |
| Hamburg Cup | 25 May 2015 | Hamburg | HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst | Condor Hamburg | 2–0 | | Report |
| Hesse Cup | 13 May 2015 | Kassel | KSV Hessen Kassel | VfB Gießen | 2–1 | 6,100 | Report |
| Lower Rhine Cup | 14 May 2015 | Essen | Rot-Weiss Essen | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0–0 aet (6–5 pen) | 18,500 | Report |
| Lower Saxony Cup | 13 May 2015 | Meppen | SV Meppen$^¶$ | VfL Osnabrück | 0–0 (4–5 pen) | | Report |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup | 13 May 2015 | Greifswald | TSG Neustrelitz | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 0–1 | 4,500 | Report |
| Middle Rhine Cup | 14 May 2015 | Bonn | Bonner SC | FC Viktoria Köln | 1–4 | 6,193 | Report |
| North Baden Cup | 20 May 2015 | Langensteinbach | FC Nöttingen | SV Spielberg | 3–2 | 3,421 | Report |
| Rhineland Cup | 3 June 2015 | Polch | SpVgg Burgbrohl | FSV Salmrohr | 1–1 (3–5 pen) | 2,081 | Report |
| Saarland Cup | 13 May 2015 | Rehlingen | SV Elversberg | FC Homburg | 2–1 aet | 4,000 | Report |
| Saxony Cup | 13 May 2015 | Zwickau | FSV Zwickau | Chemnitzer FC | 0–2 | 3,615 | Report |
| Saxony-Anhalt Cup | 13 May 2015 | Halle | VfL Halle 96 | Hallescher FC | 0–6 | 12,855 | Report |
| Schleswig-Holstein Cup | 15 July 2015 | Lübeck | VfB Lübeck$^‡$ | Holstein Kiel | 1–0 | | Report |
| South Baden Cup | 20 May 2015 | Emmendingen | Freiburger FC | Bahlinger SC | 0–3 | 3,500 | Report |
| South West Cup | 13 May 2015 | Offenbach | FK Pirmasens | FV Dudenhofen | 1–0 aet | 2,500 | Report |
| Thuringia Cup | 13 May 2015 | Meuselwitz | ZFC Meuselwitz | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1–2 aet | 3,871 | Report |
| Westphalia Cup | 14 May 2015 | Verl | SC Verl | Sportfreunde Lotte | 0–0 aet (3–4 pen) | 1,600 | Report |
| Württemberg Cup | 6 May 2015 | Stuttgart | SSV Reutlingen | FV Ravensburg | 2–1 | 3,658 | Report |
* Winners in bold.
* $^¶$The three largest regional associations were allowed to send an additional team. In Lower Saxony this was the losing finalist of the cup. In Bavaria and Westphalia this place went to the best non-reserve team of the Regionalliga Bayern, Würzburger Kickers, and the Oberliga Westfalen, TuS Erndtebrück.
* $^‡$ As Holstein Kiel was already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through its 3. Liga place VfB Lübeck was qualified regardless of the outcome of the final.

### Clubs by league

The clubs qualified for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal by league:
| League | Level | Clubs |
| 3. Liga | 3 | VfL Osnabrück, FC Energie Cottbus, F.C. Hansa Rostock, Chemnitzer FC, Hallescher FC, SpVgg Unterhaching |
| Regionalliga Nord | 4 | SV Meppen, VfB Lübeck |
| Regionalliga Nordost | 4 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena, BFC Dynamo |
| Regionalliga Südwest | 4 | KSV Hessen Kassel, SV Elversberg, FK Pirmasens, FC Nöttingen |
| Regionalliga West | 4 | Rot-Weiß Essen, FC Viktoria Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte |
| Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 5 | SSV Reutlingen, Bahlinger SC |
| Oberliga Hamburg | 5 | HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst |
| Bremen-Liga | 5 | Bremer SV |
| Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 5 | FSV Salmrohr |
* Clubs who qualified as runners-up in italics