Should each team win a game the goals scored were not taken into consideration, instead, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
From the 2008–09 season, the Bayernliga now operates as a single division, allowing direct promotion for its champion.
Below this league, two Landesligas, north and south, were slotted in above the seven Bezirksoberligas who previously formed the tier below.
A final to determine the Bavarian champions will not be necessary any more, unless two ore more teams finish on equal points at the top of the table.
All up, 20,699 junior teams were registered with the BFV in 2008[4] From 2008 onwards, no final was played anymore: As of 2019, this is the standing in the all–time winners list: The German under 17 championship was incepted in 1977 and, as of 2019, Bavarian clubs have reached the final 12 times, winning it six times.