The Bavarian League Cup of the Bayernliga is to be a tournament within the 2019-21 season of the Bayernliga . The background to this is the COVID-19 pandemic , as a result of which the 2019–21 season was extended to 2021 and the remaining games still to be played would not allow regular play until spring 2021.
The two winners will keep the class if they are in the league on a relegation or relegation place in the spring of 2021. Should they prove a better placement, they will take part in a promotion play-off to the regional league .
The 35 participants in the 2019–21 season were divided into groups in advance, taking into account regional proximity, but here too the North and South leagues were retained. Each group is played against each other with back and forth games to determine the 34 best teams that advance to the final round. While the best four teams from the Bayernliga Nord advance per group, all participants from the Bayernliga Süd advance to the next round.
The final round begins with an intermediate round in which the teams of the North Season determine the participants in the quarter-finals with home and return matches. The teams of the season south, however, are divided into three groups of six, in which a simple round is played. From the preliminary round, the first placed three, the second placed two and the third placed one point into the intermediate round. The two best participants of the three intermediate round groups and the two best third parties advance to the quarter-finals. From then on, both competitions will only be played in KO mode.