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Mittelfranken Cup
The Mittelfranken Cup (German: "Mittelfränkischer Pokal") was a domestic cup competition for the Bavarian Bezirk of Middle Franconia (German: "Mittelfranken"), played until 2009.
Modus.
All senior men's teams from the Middle Franconia region were eligible to compete in the cup, except fully professional sides, meaning clubs in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The winner of the Mittelfranken Cup qualified for the Bavarian Cup.
The Mittelfranken Cup in turn sub-divided into three regional cups
upper-table side. This era however came to an end in 1982, when the side was relegated after coming second-last. Almost twenty years would pass before Neumarkt made a return to Bavaria's highest league. Before that, in 1978, ASV made its second cup appearance, going out away to 1. FC Nürnberg in a 4–0 defeat.
On return to the Landesliga, ASV was immediately relegated from there, too. The team became a member of the northern division of the tier-five Bezirksliga Mittelfranken