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The Länderpokal (English: ''State Cup'') is the oldest cup competition of the German Football Association. It came into existence as the ''Kronprinzenpokal'' (English:''Crown Prince Cup'') but has changed its name various times since. The cup is held annually at the Sportschule Duisburg-Wedau. Contestants in the cup are teams of the 21 regional football associations, composed of youth players from that area. Also guest teams are invited each year since 2005, which play in the competition but will not be awarded a place in the final standings. In the past, the cup was contested by senior regional selections, later by senior amateur selections from the Amateur-Oberligas and below. In the mid-90's, this was changed to Under-21 selections. In 1981 the a women's competition was introduced. Record titleholder for the men's competition is the Bavarian football association. ==History== The competition was formed in 1908, when the German Crown Prince William donated a cup to the German Football Association - ''DFB'', to initiate the ''Kronprinzenpokal''. His only condition for the new competition was that the final was always to be played in Berlin.〔(Kick it like Kronprinz ) Spiegel Online, accessed: 11 June 2009〕 The trophy had an inscription engraved which it still bears today: The ''Kronprinzenpokal'' was initially contested by only seven teams, the selections of the seven regional German football associations, ''North'', ''South'', ''West'', ''Brandenburg'', ''Central'', ''South East'' and ''Baltic''. With the end of the First World War, the name of the competition was altered to reflect the fact, that Germany was not a monarchy anymore. The throphy donated by William with its inscription is however still used and handed to the winner each season.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Länderpokal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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