The competition is open to all member clubs of the Bavarian Football Association except the clubs playing in the
Bundesliga and
2. Bundesliga. Reserve teams are also barred from the competition. The Bavarian clubs from the
3. Liga and
Regionalliga Bayern and the 24 District Cup (
Kreispokale) winners qualified directly for the first round of the competition. The clubs from the two divisions of the
Bayernliga and the five divisions of the
Landesliga Bayern entered the qualifying stage of the competition. Clubs below the Landesliga had to take part in the
Kreispokale to qualify. The 2014–15 edition will be the last one to feature three qualifying rounds played in the season before. From 2015–16 onwards only two qualifying rounds will be held, taking place just before the first round proper. Only the Bayernliga clubs and the best ten clubs from each Landesliga division will then take part in this. For the 2014–15 edition this meant, with league membership in the 2013–14 season taken as reference, the three Bavarian 3. Liga clubs and the 13 Regionalliga Bayern clubs that were not reserve sides where automatically qualified. Additionally the 24
Kreispokal winners and 17 clubs qualified through the three rounds of qualifying entered the first round of the Bavarian Cup. The final seven clubs qualified to bring the number of teams up to 64 were the seven losing clubs from the 2013–14 competition from the third round and quarter finals that were not already qualified for the above reasons. For the first two rounds of the Cup the draw was subdivided into five regional areas, for the third round in four regional areas. From the quarter-finals onwards no regional subdivision was applied anymore. Clubs from lower divisions were always awarded home advantage in the draw. Should both clubs in a match be of the same division the team drawn first received home advantage. If a game was drawn after regular time no extra time was played. Instead a
penalty shoot out followed to determine the winner. The winner of the 2014–15 Bavarian Cup will be automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup the following season. The second spot awarded to the Bavarian Football Association for the first round of the German Cup will go to the best-placed non-reserve side in the Regionalliga Bayern. Should the same team win the cup and finished as the best non-reserve side in the Regionalliga or qualify automatically as one of the top four teams in the 3. Liga the second spot would have gone to the losing finalist. Should the losing finalist also have qualified already as one of the top four 3. Liga clubs a decider would be played between the two losing semi finalists. ==Schedule==