Ten Lower Rhine Cup duels were on the agenda on Tuesday evening (29 August). There were a few surprises.
Last year’s finalist Rot-Weiß Oberhausen mastered the first round of the 2023/2024 Lower Rhine Cup competition with ease. In the city derby at Landesliga side Arminia Klosterhardt, the regional league team won 4:0.
Meanwhile, a district league team, VfR Krefeld-Fischeln, pulled off a surprise. The VfR eliminated Oberliga side TSV Meerbusch with a 2-1 win.
ETB Schwarz-Weiß Essen, also an upper league team, had a hard time at Düsseldorf district league team Sparta Bilk, but in the end turned a 0:1 deficit into a 3:1 victory. While ETB progressed, SV Burgaltendorf, a club from Essen, was knocked out early. The district league team was defeated by SC St. Tönis 0:3.
The third Essen club in action that evening was FC Kray. In the duel at the district league team SV Genc Osman Duisburg, the Kray team won 5:2 after extra time. In extra time, Oberligist Ratingen 04/19 also prevailed at Landesligist MSV Düsseldorf. Ali Hassan Hammoud (118th) scored the goal of the evening. Curious: The floodlights in Düsseldorf-Eller had failed just in time for extra time. But after a few minutes, the game could be resumed.
Overview of the 1st round
GSV Moers – SV Straelen 0:3
Rheinland Hamborn – 1st FC Bocholt 0:3
VfB Frohnhausen – VfB Homberg 3:4
SV Burgaltendorf – SC St. Tönis 11/20 0:3
TuRa Brüggen – SV Sonsbeck 1:4
DJK Arminia Klosterhardt – Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0:4
MSV Düsseldorf – Ratingen 04/19 0:1 n. V.
DJK Sparta Bilk – ETB SW Essen 1:3
SSV Germania Wuppertal – DV Solingen
TSV Bayer Dormagen – VfL Viktoria Jüchen-Garzweiler 3:5
SV Genc Osman Duisburg – FC Kray 2:5 n. V.
VfR Krefeld-Fischeln – TSV Meerbusch 2:1
SF 97/30 Lowick – VfB 03 Hilden 0:4
Wednesday, 30 August:
FC Remscheid – Wuppertaler SV (17.30)
SuS 09 Dinslaken – Rot-Weiss Essen (6.30 p.m.)
SSV Grefrath – KFC Uerdingen (7 p.m.)
Sportvereinigung Hilden 05/06 – Sportfreunde Baumberg
Rhenania Bottrop – TVD Velbert
Schwarz-Weiss Alstaden – Cronenberger SC
OSC 04 Rheinhausen – TSV Wachtendonk-Wankum
FSV Vohwinkel – MSV Duisburg
FSV Duisburg – SC Victoria Mennrath
Westfalia Anholt – Spvg Schonnebeck (all 7.30 pm)
Alemannia Pfalzdorf – SF Hamborn 07
1st FC Lintfort – 1st FC Monheim
SV Hönnepel-Niedermörmter – SC Union Nettetal
SV M’gladbach 1910 – 1. FC Viersen (all 8 pm)
Thursday, 31 August:
1st Spvg. Solingen-Wald – SSVg Velbert
Rather SV – PSV Wesel-Lackhausen
DJK Neuss-Gnadental – TuRU Düsseldorf (all 7.30 pm)
TUSEM Essen – DJK Adler Union Frintrop (19:45)
TSV Beyenburg – 1. FC Kleve (8pm)