page_title: Bavarian Cup
section_title: Regional cups
hierarchical_section_title: Bavarian Cup / Regional cups
caption_attribution_description: Baverian Admin Districts (Regierungsbezirke)
context_page_description: The Bavarian Cup, was created in 1998 and functions as a qualifying competition to the German Cup. It is one of the 21 regional cups in Germany. It is one of three regional associations who are permitted to send two amateur teams to the DFB Cup, the three associations doing so being the largest.
  An earlier incarnation of the Bavarian Cup existed from 1947 to 1954.
context_section_description: The Bavarian Cup, until 2009, was sub-divided into seven local cup competitions, running roughly along the boundaries of the seven Bezirke. The division was as follows:
  Oberbayern Cup: covering the region of Upper Bavaria
  Niederbayern Cup: covering the region of Lower Bavaria
  Schwaben Cup: covering the region of the Bavarian part of Swabia
  Oberpfalz Cup: covering the region of Upper Palatinate
  Mittelfranken Cup: covering the region of Middle Franconia
  Oberfranken Cup: covering the region of Upper Franconia
  Unterfranken Cup: covering the region of Lower Franconia
caption: Map of Bavaria: The seven Bezirke
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