Football Association Cup 2011/12
The participants of the 21 national associations of the DFB in the DFB-Pokal 2012/13 were determined via the football association cup 2011/12 . The winners of the association cups were entitled to participate in the first round of the DFB Cup. The three associations with the largest number of members, Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Westphalia, also sent a second participant. Thus 24 amateur clubs qualified for the national cup competition via the association cups. The second teams of the professional clubs (1st and 2nd Bundesliga) were not allowed to participate in the DFB Cup.
In Lower Saxony and Westphalia, in addition to the cup winners, the defeated cup finalists also qualified at the DFB Cup, in Bavaria the second participant was determined by playoffs: the two losers of the semi-finals competed in a direct duel, the winner of this game met the loser of the cup final . The winner of this game then also qualified for the DFB Cup.
Final results
The table gives an overview of the association cup finals of the 2011/12 season. The teams that have qualified for the DFB Cup are shown in bold. The abbreviations after the club names stand for the division of the same season: 3L = 3rd football league; RL = regional league (4th league); OL = Oberliga (5th division); VL = Association League (6th league); LL = regional league (7th league)