Telekom Cup

The telecom Cup, formerly also T - Home Cup and Liga total! Cup, is since 2009 in the summer immediately prior to the season in the Bundesliga instead -find, unofficial warm-up tournament in which face each other four Bundesliga clubs in the knockout mode.

History

After the official DFL League Cup was held in 2007 for the time being the last time, no tournament was initially planned at the beginning of the season. 2008 double winners FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund Cup finalist the Supercup busy on their own again, which was held under the name of T-Home Supercup. Before the season 2009/10 the League Cup preparation similar game called T- Home Cup was launched by the main sponsor of German Telekom, in which are located the top four clubs in the football league in a tournament mode against. Between 1986 and 1996, a similar tournament under the name Fuji - Cup was held.

In the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, the tournament under the name League firmierte total! Cup. Since 2013, the tournament is named Telekom Cup. Although this is an unofficial invitational tournament, the tournament will receive a great deal of media attention. Thus, all four games will be broadcast live on television and the subsequent reporting increases from year to year, the tournament is next to the 2010 re-imported DFL - Supercup as the first title of the season and just before the start of the league as an indicator of the performance the teams involved. Many media Telekom Cup is treated as a successor to the DFL - League Cup and partly even called the League Cup.

Mode

The tournament takes place over two consecutive days. On the first day, the two semi-final matches will be played in the same stadium first in sequence. On the following day, first, the losers of the semi-final matches are over in a match for 3rd place, immediately after follows the final, which deny the two winners. Playing time is twice each for 30 minutes. A penalty shoot-out will take place after 60 minutes immediately after an indecisive outcome of the game.

The tournaments at a glance

T-Home Cup 2009

On 18 and 19 July 2009, the T- Home Cup was first held. The venue was for all games the Veltins- Arena in Gelsenkirchen, the participating teams were the FC Bayern Munich ( runner-up of the Bundesliga season 2008/ 09), VfB Stuttgart ( 3 ) Hamburger SV ( 5 ) and the FC Schalke 04 ( 8 ).

The tournament winner was out of the Cup trophy no prize money, instead flowed directly proportionate sale proceeds in two charitable foundations, the "I - can - what " initiative of Deutsche Telekom and " helps Schalke! " members of the host club Schalke 04 as the winner of the tournament Hamburger SV emerged.

Liga total! Cup 2010

In 2010 the tournament was first held totally under the name League! Cup. Again in the Gelsenkirchen Veltins Arena stood on 31 July and 1 August 2010, four national league against. These were the champions Bayern Munich, hosts and runners-up FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV (prior- seventh) and the 1st FC Cologne ( 13 ).

Liga total! Cup 2011

2011 took the tournament on 19 and 20 July in the newly opened Coface Arena in Mainz. Also present were the reigning champions Borussia Dortmund, host and last year's fifth - 1 FSV Mainz 05, and again the FC Bayern Munich ( 3 ) and Hamburger SV ( 8 ) for the first time.

Liga total! Cup 2012

For the 125th anniversary of the club Hamburger SV the League was total! Cup held at the Hamburg Imtech Arena in 2012. The semi-finals were held on August 5, 2012 August 4, the finals. The field consisted of the champions Borussia Dortmund, vice-champion Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV hosts ( 15 ) and the northern rivals Werder Bremen ( 9 ).

Telekom Cup 2013

Telekom Cup 2013 was held at the Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach on 20 and 21 July. Who participated in the tournament alongside host Borussia Monchengladbach ( 8 ) and the triple- winner FC Bayern Munich again runner-up Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV ( 7 ).

In an original game plan heading from March 28, 2013 should meet in the first semifinal of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. After both teams have already contested the final of the UEFA Champions League on 25 May, the Dortmund both teams expressed a desire to go the controversial game with the giants out of the way, especially since July 27, 2013 game for the DFL - Supercup will meet again. The organizer Telekom came to this desire for and gave a modified Schedule on June 21 announced. FC Bayern Munich won its fifth in participation for the first time this unofficial pre-season tournament and achieved also with a 5-1 in the final against Borussia Mönchengladbach, the highest score since the implementation of this event.

Scene from the 3rd place match between Dortmund and Hamburg ( 2013)

Telekom Cup 2014

The sixth edition of Telekom Cup will take place from July 26 to 27 at the Imtech Arena Hamburg. Attendees will include the host Hamburger SV, the reigning champions Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach and another Bundesliga club, who will be announced.

Ranking

Logo History

Television transmission

All games will be or have been shown to Sat.1.