2021–22 DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal 2021–22
Region	Germany
Dates	6 August 2021 – 21 May 2022
Number of teams	64
Defending champions	Borussia Dortmund
Champions	RB Leipzig (1st title)
Runner-up	SC Freiburg
Total matches played	62
Total goals scored	215
Top goal scorer	Robert Glatzel (5 goals)
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The 2021–22 DFB-Pokal was the 79th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition began on 6 August 2021 with the first of six rounds and will end on 21 May 2022 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund are the defending champions, having defeated RB Leipzig 4–1 in the previous final to clinch their fifth title.

The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Europa League. 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 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot will go to the team in seventh. The winner also will host the 2022 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and will face the champion of the 2021–22 Bundesliga.

Participating clubs

The following teams qualified for the competition:

Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2020–21 season	2. Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2020–21 season	3. Liga the top 4 clubs of the 2020–21 season
FC Augsburg Hertha BSC Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg	Erzgebirge Aue VfL Bochum Eintracht Braunschweig Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Düsseldorf Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV Hannover 96 1. FC Heidenheim Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel 1. FC Nürnberg VfL Osnabrück SC Pader(born Jahn Regensburg SV Sandhausen FC St. Pauli Würzburger Kickers	Dynamo Dresden Hansa Rostock 1860 Munich FC Ingolstadt
Representatives of the regional associations 24 representatives of 21 regional associations of the DFB, qualify (in general) through the 2020–21 Verbandspokal
Baden Waldhof Mannheim Bavaria Türkgücü München (CW) SpVgg Bayreuth (LC) Berlin BFC Dynamo Brandenburg SV Babelsberg Bremen Bremer SV Hamburg Eintracht Norderstedt Hesse Wehen Wiesbaden	Lower Rhine Wuppertaler SV Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Greifswalder FC Middle Rhine Viktoria Köln Rhineland Rot-Weiß Koblenz Saarland SV Elversberg Saxony Lokomotive Leipzig	Saxony-Anhalt 1. FC Magdeburg Schleswig-Holstein Weiche Flensburg South Baden FC 08 Villingen Southwest 1. FC Kaiserslautern Thuringia Carl Zeiss Jena Westphalia Sportfreunde Lotte (CW) Preußen Münster (RL) Württemberg SSV Ulm

Format

Participation

The DFB-Pokal begins with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top 4 finishers of the 3. Liga are automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots, 21 are given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokal. The 3 remaining slots are given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams, which currently is Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia. The best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern is given the spot for Bavaria. For Lower Saxony, the Lower Saxony Cup is split into two paths: one for 3. Liga and Regionalliga Nord teams, and the other for amateur teams. The winners of each path qualify. For Westphalia, the best-placed team of the Regionalliga West also qualifies. As every team is entitled to participate in local tournaments which qualify for the association cups, every team can in principle compete in the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams and combined football sections are not permitted to enter, along with no two teams of the same association or corporation.

Draw

The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following:

For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots of 32 teams each. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3. Liga, and the bottom four teams of the 2. Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams (all the teams of the Bundesliga and the remaining fourteen 2. Bundesliga teams). The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) in the first pot and the remaining Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams in the other pot. Once again, the 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) will serve as hosts. This time the pots do not have to be of equal size though, depending on the results of the first round. 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. Liga and/or amateur team(s) will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.

Match rules

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. A total of seven players are allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to three substitutions being allowed during regulation. After approval by the IFAB in 2016, the use of a fourth substitute is allowed in extra time as part of a pilot project. From the quarter-finals onward, a video assistant referee will be appointed for all DFB-Pokal matches. 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.

Suspensions

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.

Champion qualification

The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League. 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.

Schedule

All draws will generally be held at the German Football Museum in Dortmund, on a Sunday evening at 18:00 after each round (unless noted otherwise). The draws will be televised on ARD's Sportschau, broadcast on Das Erste. From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw for the DFB-Pokal Frauen will also take place at the same time.

The rounds of the 2021–22 competition are scheduled as follows:

Round	Draw date	Matches
First round	4 July 2021, 18:30	6–9 August 2021
Second round	5 September 2021, 18:30	26–27 October 2021
Round of 16	31 October 2021	18–19 January 2022
Quarter-finals	23 January 2022	1–2 March 2022
Semi-finals	6 March 2022	19–20 April 2022
Final		21 May 2022 at Olympiastadion, Berlin

Matches

A total of sixty-three matches will take place, starting with the first round on 6 August 2021 and culminating with the final on 21 May 2022 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Times up to 30 October 2021 and from 27 March 2022 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 31 October 2021 to 26 March 2022 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 4 July 2021 at 18:30, with Thomas Broich drawing the matches. The thirty-two matches took place from 6 to 25 August 2021.

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)	Dynamo Dresden	2–1	SC Paderborn	Dresden
20:45	Knipping  54' Kade  88'	Report	Michel  60'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 12,702 Referee: Christof Günsch

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)	1860 Munich	1–1 (5–4 pen)	Darmstadt 98	Munich
20:45	Steinhart  75'	Report	Pfeiffer  80'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 4,158 Referee: Tobias Reichel
		Penalties
	Steinhart Tallig Dressel Staude Salger		Pfeiffer Holland Schnellhardt Manu Tietz

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	Weiche Flensburg	2–4	Holstein Kiel	Flensburg
15:30	Herrmann  104', 110'	Report	Arp  94' (pen.) Sander  105' Reese  120' Bartels  120+2'	Stadium: Manfred-Werner-Stadion Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Frank Willenborg

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	Lokomotive Leipzig	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
15:30		Report	Demirbay  5' (pen.), 87' Bellarabi  14'	Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 6,185 Referee: Florian Lechner

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	SV Sandhausen	0–4	RB Leipzig	Sandhausen
15:30		Report	Orbán  19' Haidara  45' Nkunku  59' Szoboszlai  81'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Daniel Schlager

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	SpVgg Bayreuth	3–6	Arminia Bielefeld	Bayreuth
15:30	Knežević  14' Maderer  52' Nilsson  68' (o.g.)	Report	Laursen  11' Klos  28' Lasme  51', 85' Nilsson  73' Kunze  79'	Stadium: Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	Greifswalder SV 04	2–4	FC Augsburg	Greifswald
15:30	Knechtel  2' Jovanović  69'	Report	Winther  41' Niederlechner  52' Jensen  68' Hahn  80'	Stadium: Volksstadion Greifswald Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Max Burda

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	VfL Osnabrück	2–0	Werder Bremen	Osnabrück
15:30	Trapp  45' Köhler  90+6'	Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 5,341 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	Eintracht Norderstedt	0–4	Hannover 96	Norderstedt
15:30		Report	Ochs  20' Ducksch  45+1' (pen.), 63' Muslija  65'	Stadium: Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion Attendance: 745 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	Wuppertaler SV	1–2	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
15:30	Šarić  22'	Report	Zoller  53' Tesche  111'	Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 4,490 Referee: Patrick Alt

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	BFC Dynamo	0–6	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
15:30		Report	Al Ghaddioui  26' Sosa  45+1' Mavropanos {{go al|53}} Klimowicz  68'Sankoh  82' Churlinov  88'	Stadium: Stadion im Sportforum Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Eric Müller

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	SSV Ulm	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Ulm
18:30		Report	Duman  79'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 6,743 Referee: Michael Bacher

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	SV Babelsberg	2–2 (5–4 pen)	Greuther Fürth	Potsdam
18:30	Rausch  37' Hoffmann  70'	Report	Hrgota  22' (pen.) Green  85'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Referee: Robin Braun
		Penalties
	Frahn Wegener Lela Reimann Moravec Danko		Green Seguin Hrgota Barry Sarpei Bauer

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	1. FC Magdeburg	2–3	FC St. Pauli	Magdeburg
18:30	Conteh  31', 54'	Report	Burgstaller  3', 58' Medić  40'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)	Wehen Wiesbaden	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Wiesbaden
20:45		Report	Haaland  26', 31' (pen.), 51'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 4,882 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	SV Meppen	0–1	Hertha BSC	Meppen
15:30		Report	Selke  90+1'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	SV Elversberg	2–2 (7–8 pen)	Mainz 05	Spiesen-Elversberg
15:30	Schnellbacher  73', 110'	Report	Burkardt  89', 116'	Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Thorben Siewer
		Penalties
	Schnellbacher Fellhauer Baumgärtel Dragon Conrad Laprévotte Müller Von Piechowski		Niakhaté Stöger Boëtius Burkardt Brosinski Martín St. Juste Stach

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1 (2–4 pen)	1. FC Köln	Jena
15:30	Wolfram  5'	Report	Skhiri  69'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 2,728 Referee: Florian Badstübner
		Penalties
	Oesterhelweg Bürger Dedidis Lange		Lemperle Schaub Thielmann Duda

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	FC Villingen	1–4	Schalke 04	Villingen-Schwenningen
15:30	Plavci  31'	Report	Bülter  17', 51' Zalazar  49' Mikhailov  79'	Stadium: MS-Technologie-Arena Attendance: 4,992 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Waldhof Mannheim	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim
15:30	Seegert  48' Boyamba  52'	Report		Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Rot-Weiß Koblenz	0–3	Jahn Regensburg	Koblenz
15:30		Report	Beste  27' Albers  31' Besuschkow  68'	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Mitja Stegemann

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Türkgücü München	0–1	Union Berlin	Munich
15:30		Report	Kruse  23'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Martin Petersen

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	VfL Oldenburg	0–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Oldenburg
15:30		Report	Henning  13', 61' (pen.) Abbes  23' (o.g.) Kownacki  26' (pen.) Shipnoski  70'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Sven Jablonski

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Preußen Münster	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Münster
15:30	Hoffmeier  74'	Report	Brekalo  90' Weghorst  103' Baku  120+1'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 6,703 Referee: Christian Dingert

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	Hamburger SV	Braunschweig
18:30	Ihorst  44'	Report	Gyamerah  29' Glatzel  68'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 6,167 Referee: Tobias Welz

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Würzburger Kickers	0–1	SC Freiburg	Würzburg
18:30		Report	Schmid  45'	Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 2,820 Referee: Benjamin Brand

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Hansa Rostock	3–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Rostock
18:30	Mainka  57' (o.g.) Rizzuto  94' Munsy  119'	Report	Mainka  25' Schimmer  108'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Arne Aarnink

9 August 2021 (2021-08-09)	FC Ingolstadt	2–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Ingolstadt
18:30	Bilbija  6' Kaya  79'	Report	Zolinski  67'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 3,322 Referee: Daniel Siebert

9 August 2021 (2021-08-09)	Viktoria Köln	2–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
18:30	Handle  33' Greger  102'	Report	Kramarić  27' (pen.), 107' Dabbur  94'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 3,402 Referee: Franz Bokop

9 August 2021 (2021-08-09)	Sportfreunde Lotte	1–4	Karlsruher SC	Lotte
18:30	Brauer  72'	Report	Schleusener  44' Hofmann  50' Kaufmann  58' Cueto  79'	Stadium: Stadion am Lotter Kreuz Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Riem Hussein

9 August 2021 (2021-08-09)	Kaiserslautern	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Kaiserslautern
20:45		Report	[Lars Stindl	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)	Bremer SV	0–12	Bayern Munich	Bremen
20:15		Report	Choupo-Moting  8', 28', 35', 82' Musiala  16', 48' Warm  27' (o.g.) Tillman  47' Sané  65' Cuisance  80' Sarr  86' Tolisso  88'	Stadium: Wohninvest Weserstadion Attendance: 10,093 Referee: Nicolas Winter

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 29 August 2021 at 18:30, with Ronald Rauhe drawing the matches. The sixteen matches took place from 26 to 27 October 2021.

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	Preußen Münster	1–3	Hertha BSC	Münster
18:30	Deters  41'	Report	Jovetić  3' Belfodil  79' Richter  83'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Frank Willenborg

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	SV Babelsberg	0–1	RB Leipzig	Potsdam
18:30		Report	Szoboszlai  45'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 6,218 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	1860 Munich	1–0	Schalke 04	Munich
18:30	Lex  5'	Report		Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	1899 Hoffenheim	5–1	Holstein Kiel	Sinsheim
18:30	Van den Bergh  3' (o.g.) Wahl  31' (o.g.) Stiller  59' Dabbur  72' Bruun Larsen  84'	Report	Neumann  47'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 5,033 Referee: Robert Hartmann

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	FC Ingolstadt	Dortmund
20:00	Hazard  72', 81'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	VfL Osnabrück	2–2 (2–3 pen)	SC Freiburg	Osnabrück
20:45	Gugganig  90+7' Klaas  109'	Report	Grifo  33' K. Schlotterbeck  120'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Robert Schröder
		Penalties
	Kleinhansl Klaas Gugganig Itter Wooten		Höler Günter Eggestein K. Schlotterbeck Jeong

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1 (2–4 pen)	Hamburger SV	Nuremberg
20:45	Duman  59'	Report	David  45'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert
		Penalties
	Geis Duman Tempelmann Sørensen		Kinsombi Kittel Schonlau David

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	Mainz 05	3–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Mainz
20:45	Burkardt  53' Onisiwo  59' Ingvartsen  114'	Report	Okugawa  2' Klos  89'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)	Waldhof Mannheim	1–3	Union Berlin	Mannheim
18:30	Rossipal  4'	Report	Behrens  18', 118' Awoniyi  94'	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)	VfL Bochum	2–2 (5–4 pen)	FC Augsburg	Bochum
18:30	Pantović  12', 53'	Report	Oxford  55' Vargas  58'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,220 Referee: Martin Petersen
		Penalties
	Rexhbeçaj Mašović Blum Polter Riemann		Gouweleeuw Finnbogason Strobl Gregoritsch Maier

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)	Dynamo Dresden	2–3	FC St. Pauli	Dresden
18:30	Daferner  66' Ziereis  73' (o.g.)	Report	Paqarada  63' Dittgen  72' Buchtmann  101'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Leverkusen
18:30	Frimpong  54'	Report	Cueto  5' Choi  63'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 13,060 Referee: Tobias Welz

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)	Hannover 96	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
20:45	Kerk  30' Beier  90+2', 90+5'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–0	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
20:45	Koné  2' Bensebaini  15', 21' (pen.) Embolo  51', 57'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Tobias Stieler

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)	Jahn Regensburg	3–3 (2–4 pen)	Hansa Rostock	Regensburg
20:45	Singh  71' Zwarts  90+1' Breitkreuz  101'	Report	Riedel  9' Mamba  56' Breier  120+1'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel
		Penalties
	Wekesser Boukhalfa Albers Guwara		Bahn Malone Behrens Breier

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27)	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
20:45		Report	Modeste  72', 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 31 October 2021 at 18:30.The matches were drawn by Peter Zimmermann, the chairman of SG Ahrtal, one of the football clubs affected by the 2021 floods in Germany. The eight matches will take place from 18 to 19 January 2022.

18 January 2022 (2022-01-18)	1860 Munich	0–1	Karlsruher SC	Munich
18:30		Report	Wanitzek  69' (pen.)	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Referee: Martin Petersen

18 January 2022 (2022-01-18)	1. FC Köln	1–1 (3–4 pen)	Hamburger SV	Cologne
18:30	Modeste  120+2' (pen.)	Report	Glatzel  92'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 750 Referee: Daniel Schlager
		Penalties
	Özcan Modeste Ljubičić Duda Kainz		Kinsombi Kittel Vušković Gyamerah Schonlau

18 January 2022 (2022-01-18)	FC St. Pauli	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
20:45	Amenyido  4' Witsel  40' (o.g.)	Report	Haaland  58' (pen.)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

18 January 2022 (2022-01-18)	VfL Bochum	3–1	Mainz 05	Bochum
20:45	Pantović  56' (pen.), 59' Löwen  80'	Report	Onisiwo  36'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Referee: Felix Brych

19 January 2022 (2022-01-19)	Hannover 96	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hanover
18:30	Beier  4', 51' Kerk  36' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Florian Badstübner

19 January 2022 (2022-01-19)	RB Leipzig	2–0	Hansa Rostock	Leipzig
18:30	Poulsen  6' Olmo  82'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

19 January 2022 (2022-01-19)	1899 Hoffenheim	1–4	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
20:45	Schlotterbeck  53' (o.g.)	Report	Grifo  10', 36' (pen.) Schade  55' Demirović  68'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Robert Schröder

19 January 2022 (2022-01-19)	Hertha BSC	2–3	Union Berlin	Berlin
20:45	Khedira  54' (o.g.) Serdar  90+5'	Report	Voglsammer  11' Stark  50' (o.g.) Knoche  55'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 30 January 2022 at 19:15. Felix Neureuther was scheduled to draw the matches, but had to cancel; the draw was then performed by Norbert Dickel. The four matches will take place from 1 to 2 March 2022.

1 March 2022 (2022-03-01)	Union Berlin	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Berlin
20:45	Becker  45' Voglsammer  75'	Report	Kyereh  21'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

2 March 2022 (2022-03-02)	Hamburger SV	2–2 (3–2 pen)	Karlsruher SC	Hamburg
18:30	Glatzel  52', 90+1'	Report	Heise  40' Hofmann  50'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer
		Penalties
	Schonlau Vagnoman Vušković Glatzel		Gondorf Heise Wanitzek Van Rhijn O'Shaughnessy

2 March 2022 (2022-03-02)	Hannover 96	0–4	RB Leipzig	Hanover
18:30		Report	Nkunku  17', 22' Laimer  67' Silva  73'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

2 March 2022 (2022-03-02)	VfL Bochum	1–2	SC Freiburg	Bochum
20:45	Polter  64'	Report	Petersen  51' Sallai  120'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 6 March 2022, with Laura Nolte drawing the matches. The two matches will take place from 19 to 20 April 2022.

19 April 2022 (2022-04-19)	Hamburger SV	1–3	SC Freiburg	Hamburg
20:45	Glatzel  88'	Report	Petersen  11' Höfler  17' Grifo  35' (pen.)	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

20 April 2022 (2022-04-20)	RB Leipzig	2–1	Union Berlin	Leipzig
20:45	Silva  61' (pen.) Forsberg  90+3'	Report	Becker  25'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,069 Referee: Felix Brych

Final

Main article: 2022 DFB-Pokal Final

The final took place on 21 May 2022 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

21 May 2022 (2022-05-21) 20:00 CEST	SC Freiburg	1–1 (a.e.t.)	RB Leipzig	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 74,322 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)
	Eggestein  19'	Report	Nkunku  76'
		Penalties
	Petersen Günter K. Schlotterbeck Demirović	2–4	Nkunku Orbán Olmo Henrichs

External links

• Official website (German)
• DFB-Pokal on kicker.de (German)