[1] Originally, the DFB planned to organise the league in two regional divisions but was eventually forced to operate with three.

[2] In 2007, the German Football Association followed this example reorganised the under 17 Regionalligas in the same fashion, forming the Under 17 Bundesliga.

The winner of each league plus the runners-up of the South/Southwest region play in the finals round for the German Under 19 championship.

If the two semi-final teams playing each other are level on points and goals after the second game, there will be a penalty shoot-out.

[1] The three Bundesligas are not geographically balanced, North/Northeast covers a large area while West a rather small one, but in population termes, the arrangement is much more level.

[4] 1 (commonly known as Bambini) The champions of the three regional divisions: The German under 19 football championship begun in 1969.