The 2025–26 Verbandspokal (English: 2025–26 Association Cup) consisted of twenty-one regional cup competitions, the Verbandspokale, the qualifying competition for the 2026–27 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.Modus DFB website – Mode. Retrieved 9 April 2015
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 did not enter but were instead directly qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams were not permitted to take part in the DFB-Pokal or the Verbandspokale. The precise rules of each regional Verbandspokal were laid down by the regional football association organising it.Spielordnung BFV website: Rules & Regulations. Retrieved 8 April 2015Spielordnung NFV website: Rules & Regulations. Retrieved 8 April 2015
All twenty-one winners qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. Three additional clubs also qualified for the first round of the German Cup, these being from the three largest state associations, Bavaria, Westphalia and Lower Saxony. The Lower Saxony Cup was split into two paths, one for teams from the 3. Liga and the Regionalliga Nord and one for the teams from lower leagues. The winners of both paths qualified for the DFB-Pokal. In Bavaria the best-placed non-reserve Regionalliga Bayern team qualified for the DFB-Pokal while in Westphalia the spot alternated between the Oberliga Westfalen champion and best-placed Westphalian team from the Regionalliga West. This year, the Oberliga Westfalen champion qualified.
The finals of the Verbandspokal competitions was played on the Amateurs' Final Day (German: ), on 23 May 2026.
Competitions The finals of the 2025–26 Verbandspokal competitions (winners listed in bold):
Cup Date Location Team 1 Result Team 2 Report Baden Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Mannheim VfR Mannheim 0–3 Waldhof Mannheim Report Bavarian Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Würzburg Würzburger Kickers 1–1 1860 Munich Report Berlin Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Berlin VSG Altglienicke 2–1 BFC Dynamo Report Brandenburg Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Cottbus Energie Cottbus 1–2 VfB Krieschow Report Bremen Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Bremen SV Hemelingen 2–1 Leher TS Report Hamburg Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Hamburg Vorwärts-Wacker Billstedt 1–5 Hamburg-Eimsbütteler BC Report Hessian Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Offenbach Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz 1–2 Wehen Wiesbaden Report Lower Rhine Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Duisburg SC St. Tönis 1–4 MSV Duisburg ReportLower Saxony Cup(2025–26 season (3. Liga / Regionalliga))(2025–26 season (amateurs)) 24 May 2026 Barsinghausen SSV Jeddeloh 3–0 SV Drochtersen/Assel Report 23 May 2026 Barsinghausen TuS Bersenbrück 3–3 Lüneburger SK Hansa Report Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Greifswald SV Pastow 0–3 Hansa Rostock Report Middle Rhine Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Cologne Fortuna Köln 0–0 Viktoria Köln Report Rhineland Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Trier TuS Koblenz 0–1 Eintracht Trier Report Saarland Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken 4–2 FC 08 Homburg Report Saxony Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Zwickau FSV Zwickau 0–2 Erzgebirge Aue Report Saxony-Anhalt Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Halle Germania Halberstadt 0–4 Hallescher FC Report Schleswig-Holstein Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Todesfelde SV Todesfelde 1–4 Phönix Lübeck Report South Baden Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Offenburg Bahlinger SC 1–0 FC 08 Villingen Report Southwestern Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Weingarten Schott Mainz 2–1 FK Pirmasens Report Thuringian Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Jena Carl Zeiss Jena 1–0 ZFC Meuselwitz Report Westphalian Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Verl SC Verl 3–0 Sportfreunde Lotte Report Württemberg Cup(2025–26 season) 23 May 2026 Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers 1–4 Sonnenhof Großaspach Report
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References
External links Official DFB website : The German Football Association Fussball.de : Official results website of the DFB