DFB-Pokal 2021/22, 1st round: dates, participants

Borussia Dortmund will go into the DFB Cup 2021/22 as defending champions. In this article we will tell you when this begins with the first round games and which teams are qualified for it.

On May 13, Borussia Dortmund won the 2020/21 DFB Cup with a win in the final against RB Leipzig. Now the DFB Cup 2021/22 is already casting its shadow.

After the final day of the amateurs last Saturday, most of the participants in the 79th edition of the competition have been determined. However, due to the ongoing corona pandemic and the problems that arise, especially in amateur football, the participants of all state associations have not yet been determined.

In the following sections we explain when the first round of the DFB Cup will be played, which teams will be there and also what the TV broadcast will be like.

DFB-Pokal 2021/22, 1st round: Dates

The 32 games of the 1st main round will take place from Friday, August 6th to Monday, August 9th. The draw for the games in the 1st round has also already been scheduled. It will take place on Sunday 4th July at 6.30 p.m.

It is broadcast live on free TV and in a free live stream from the ARD. The games will then be scheduled after the draw.

DFB-Pokal 2021/22: When do the rounds take place?

Term	round
6. – 9. August 2021	1 round
26./27. October 2021	2nd round
18./19. January 2022	Round of 16
1./2. March 2022	Quarter finals
19./20. April 2022	Semifinals
21. May 2022	Final in Berlin

DFB-Pokal 2021/22, 1st round: Participants

As in previous years, 64 teams have qualified for the first round of the DFB Cup 2021/22. These are the 18 clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd division of the 2020/21 season, the four best teams from the previous third division season, as well as 24 representatives from the 21 regional associations of the DFB. The three associations with the largest number of members, Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Westphalia, each have two starting positions.

So far, 55 of the 64 participants in the DFB Cup have been determined. The participants from the regional associations of Bavaria (winner of the League Cup and winner of the Toto Cup), Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony (cup winners amateurs), Schleswig-Holstein, South Baden, Thuringia and a participant from the southwest are still to be determined.