DFB-Pokal
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The DFB-Pokal is Germany’s premier national knockout football cup competition, organized annually by the German Football Association and featuring clubs from all levels of the German league system.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T267414 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: DFB-Pokal Context triple: [Pep Guardiola, hasWonCompetitionAsManager, DFB-Pokal]
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A.
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga is Germany's premier professional football league, featuring top-tier clubs competing annually for the national championship.
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B.
UEFA Super Cup
The UEFA Super Cup is an annual European football match contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
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C.
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League is an annual European club football competition organized by UEFA for qualifying teams from domestic leagues and cups, ranking below the UEFA Champions League in prestige.
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D.
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League is Europe's premier annual club football tournament, featuring top teams from across the continent competing for one of the sport's most prestigious titles.
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E.
UEFA Nations League
The UEFA Nations League is a European international football competition organized by UEFA that features national teams competing in a league format to replace most friendly matches and provide more meaningful fixtures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: DFB-Pokal Target entity description: The DFB-Pokal is Germany’s premier national knockout football cup competition, organized annually by the German Football Association and featuring clubs from all levels of the German league system.
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A.
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga is Germany's premier professional football league, featuring top-tier clubs competing annually for the national championship.
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B.
UEFA Super Cup
The UEFA Super Cup is an annual European football match contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
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C.
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League is an annual European club football competition organized by UEFA for qualifying teams from domestic leagues and cups, ranking below the UEFA Champions League in prestige.
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D.
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League is Europe's premier annual club football tournament, featuring top teams from across the continent competing for one of the sport's most prestigious titles.
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E.
UEFA Nations League
The UEFA Nations League is a European international football competition organized by UEFA that features national teams competing in a league format to replace most friendly matches and provide more meaningful fixtures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sporting event
ⓘ
football cup competition ⓘ national knockout tournament ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | knockout tournament ⓘ |
| confederation | UEFA ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Olympiastadion Berlin ⓘ |
| finalVenueSince | 1985 ⓘ |
| formerName |
DFB-Pokal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tschammerpokal
|
| genderCategory | men's football ⓘ |
| governingBody |
German Football Association
ⓘ
surface form:
Deutscher Fußball-Bund
|
| hasParticipantType |
amateur clubs
ⓘ
professional clubs ⓘ semi-professional clubs ⓘ |
| inception | 1935 ⓘ |
| includesClubsFrom |
2. Bundesliga
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3. Liga ⓘ Bundesliga ⓘ Regionalliga ⓘ lower amateur leagues ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| levelInPyramid | major national cup ⓘ |
| literalMeaning |
DFB-Pokal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
DFB Cup
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| matchResolution | single-leg ties ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | German television ⓘ |
| mostSuccessfulClub | FC Bayern Munich ⓘ |
| notableFeature | giant-killing upsets by lower-division teams ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 64 ⓘ |
| organizer |
German Football Association
ⓘ
surface form:
Deutscher Fußball-Bund
German Football Association ⓘ |
| qualificationFor | UEFA Europa League ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs | DFB-Pokal self-link ⓘ |
| region | Germany ⓘ |
| relatedCompetition |
Bundesliga
ⓘ
DFB-Pokal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
DFB-Pokal Frauen
|
| scope | national cup ⓘ |
| seasonFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| stage |
final
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first round ⓘ quarter-finals ⓘ round of 16 ⓘ second round ⓘ semi-finals ⓘ |
| tieBreaker |
extra time
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penalty shoot-out ⓘ |
| trophyType | cup ⓘ |
| winnerQualifiesFor |
UEFA Europa League
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surface form:
UEFA Europa League group stage
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: DFB-Pokal Description of subject: The DFB-Pokal is Germany’s premier national knockout football cup competition, organized annually by the German Football Association and featuring clubs from all levels of the German league system.
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DFB
this entity surface form:
German Cup
subject surface form:
Josep Guardiola
this entity surface form:
Tschammerpokal
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal Frauen
this entity surface form:
DFB Cup
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal Frauen
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 1973–74
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 1974–75
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 1980–81
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 1987–88
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 2017–18
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 1963–64
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 1992
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 1978–79 with Hamburger SV
this entity surface form:
DFB-Pokal 2019–20
subject surface form:
1. FC Nürnberg