FBUs Pokalturnering
| Organising body | Funen FA (FBU) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1920 |
| Abolished | 1953 |
| Region | Funen, Denmark |
| Number of teams | Varied (1920–1953) |
| Last champions | B 1909 (1953) |
| Most successful club(s) | B 1909 (14 titles) |
FBUs Pokalturnering (unofficial English translation: FBU Cup or Funen Cup) was a Danish regional knockout association football competition contested annually from 1920 to 1953 by clubs that were members of the regional football association Funen FA (FBU). Organised by and named after FBU, it was the third regional cup competition introduced, and the second in the province, after the KBUs Pokalturnering in 1910 and the LFBUs Pokalturnering in 1915. For the most part, the matches in the competition took place during the course of the fall season, beginning in the summer months with the first round, and culminating in a final later in the same half season, but due to scheduling some finals were not played until the following year. After a modest start of the tournament, with time several cup matches evolved into major events, receiving much media coverage, becoming topics of conversation for a long time and marking cities and villages for a few days. The Funen cup tournament was discontinued after the 1953 edition ahead of the introduction of the national-wide cup competition beginning in 1954, DBUs Landspokalturnering, organised by the Danish FA (DBU).
The competition rules varied throughout the years, but has always been open to all Funen FA member clubs, and as a consequence the number of participants have varied greatly throughout its history beginning from 7 teams in the 1920 edition and steadily increasing the number to 66 teams in the 1944 edition. First introduced at the ninth cup edition, the tournament also began being open to reserve teams, that on several occasions were matched against the same club's first teams. Between 1920 and 1928, the rules stated that an additional extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each) should be played to determine finals, that were tied after full time (90 minutes). In 1929, the rules were changed, so that a replay match was scheduled, if a semi-final or final match was tied. Despite the Danish FA etablishing the short-lived nation-wide cup tournament, Danmarkspokalturneringen in 1940, the regional Funen Cup tournament continued its existence.
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