8-734: The Western German Cup (German: Westdeutscher Pokal) was a cup competition organised by the Western German Football Association , which was played from the 1949–50 season up to the 1973–74 season. The best teams then qualified for the following season of the DFB-Pokal . In the years 1954 to 1960, only the Western German Cup winner participated in the DFB-Pokal. In the 1954–55 season, there was no competition. From 1960–61, no final took place. Instead
16-679: Is formed by the following state associations (football departments only): President of the association is Hermann Korfmacher who is also President of the Westphalia Football and Athletics Association. The history of the WDFV dates back to 1898 with the foundation of the Rhineland local Rheinischer Spiel-Verband , then following several mergers with other local football associations in Western Germany . It used to administer
24-520: The WDFV football department had 1,711,740 members, 4,561 member clubs and 35,141 teams playing in all its men, women and junior league systems, making it the second largest of the five regional associations of DFB. Since the 2012–13 season, at the top of the WDFV men's league system sits the Regionalliga West , a level four division in the German football league system . The WDFV itself
32-504: The WFLV took its present name after the two associations separated. The association has been operating an educational institute with a focus on sports since 1977. Target groups are the volunteers working in the football and athletics clubs in the country. The qualifications center is intended for all volunteer officials in organized sports of the WDFV and its other association members. Bases for
40-717: The Western German football championship for the next decades. In 1933, the association along with all other regional associations was disbanded by the Nazi government, with all German football competitions now organized – by the Reich . Soon after the World War II , football competitions in Western Germany typically restarted on an informal basis, with the association officially reintroduced in 1947. Until 1963, it had
48-928: The amateur teams now qualify through the Verbandspokal . (Final details listed if known) Qualification for the DFB-Pokal-Half-Final: After placing in the DFB-Pokal: Non-Bundesliga: Western German Football Association The Western German Football Association ( German : Westdeutscher Fußballverband ; WDFV ) is one of the five regional associations of the German Football Association ( German : Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) and covers German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . In 2017,
56-539: The club which finished best in the DFB-Pokal took the spot. With the introduction of the Bundesliga , the Western German Cup was only intended for clubs below the Bundesliga from the 1965–66 season. The last Western German Cup took place in the 1973–74 season. Since the introduction of the 2. Bundesliga in the 1974–75 season, the teams playing in the top two leagues directly qualify for the DFB-Pokal. Since then,
64-664: The jurisdiction on the Oberliga West , the regional division of the former lop level German Oberliga . After the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963, the association's league system became a feeder to the nationwide divisions. In 2002, the football department merged with the Athletics Association of the North Rhine and was known as Western German Football and Athletics Association ( Westdeutscher Fußball- und Leichtathletik Verband ) until August 2016 when
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