Theoretically, it is even possible that there may be only one pot, if all of the teams from one of the pots from the first round beat all the others in the second pot.

Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts.

For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.

Teams meet in one game per round. Matches take place for 90 minutes, with two halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes.

If the score is still level after this, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss will decide who takes the first penalty.

However, each team is only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

Though technically possible, VAR will not be used for home matches of Bundesliga clubs prior to the quarter-finals in order to provide a uniform approach to all matches.

If a player receives five yellow cards in the competition, he will then be suspended from the next cup match. Similarly, receiving a second yellow card suspends a player from the next cup match.

If a player receives a direct red card, they will be suspended a minimum of one match, but the German Football Association reserves the right to increase the suspension.

If they have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through position in the Bundesliga, then the spot will go to the team in sixth, and the league's second qualifying round spot will go to the team in seventh.

The winner also will host the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and will face the champion of the previous year's Bundesliga , unless the same team wins the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal, completing a double.

In that case, the runner-up of the Bundesliga will take the spot and host instead. All draws will generally be held at the German Football Museum in Dortmund , on a Sunday evening at after each round unless noted otherwise.

From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw for the DFB-Pokal Frauen will also take place at the same time. The rounds of the —21 competition are scheduled as follows: [1].

A total of sixty-three matches will take place, starting with the first round on 14 August and culminating with the final on 22 May at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

The draw for the first round was held on 26 July at , with Heike Ullrich drawing the matches. As the winners of the Verbandspokal were not yet known, placeholders were used in the draw.

The draw for the second round was held on 8 November at , with Inka Grings drawing the matches. The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 27 December at The following are the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary.

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Grym Müller Freiberger Campulka Bickel. FC Magdeburg 2—3 a. Wehen Wiesbaden v 1. Liga as the champions Bayern Munich II were ineligible to participate.

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FC Schweinfurt. The Saxony-Anhalt Football Association and the remaining participants agreed to enter 1.

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Marvin Plattenhardt. Jordan Torunarigha. Deyovaisio Zeefuik. Sohm 90'. Rot-Weiss Essen. Arminia Bielefeld. Engelmann 33'. Grote 49'. Backszat 59'. Engelmann 73'.

Würzburger Kickers. Hannover Kwadwo 21'. Herrmann 50'. Hägele 74'. Feick 90'. Darmstadt Müller 14'. Beck 15'.

Beck 26'. Burger 81'. Harant '. Waldhof Mannheim. Wehen Wiesbaden. Tietz 61'. Lais 63'. Korte 66'. Ajani 82'.

Chemnitzer FC. Freiberger 59'. Kurt 90'. Bickel '. Schimmel '. Grym '. Eintracht Norderstedt. SC Freiburg.

FC Groningen. FC Köln. Matteo Guendouzi. Omar Alderete. FC Basel. Eduard Löwen. FC Augsburg. Thomas Kraft. Per Ciljan Skjelbred. Alexander Esswein.

Schalke Salomon Kalou. Dennis Smarsch. FC St. Pascal Köpke. FC Nürnberg. RB Leipzig. Muhammed Kiprit. KFC Uerdingen.

Ondrej Duda. Karim Rekik. Arne Maier. FC Magdeburg. Dynamo Dresden. Würzburger Kickers. Rot-Weiss Essen. Arminia Bielefeld. MSV Duisburg.

Borussia Dortmund. FC Schweinfurt VfL Wolfsburg. VfB Stuttgart. FSV Mainz Bayer Leverkusen.