In the round of 16 DFB cup On the agenda is the small district derby between VfL Bochum and Borussia Dortmund. This was the result of Sunday night’s cup draw. Record cup winner FC Bayern Munich In the next round he will face Mainz 05 away from home. The two top favorites for the title prevailed quite confidently in the second round of the cup. FC Bayern defeated their feared FC Augsburg 5-2 after falling behind in the meantime. In the end, BVB easily prevailed at Hannover 96 and deservedly won 2-0.
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Another special duel was the Hessian derby between Eintracht Frankfurt and second division team Darmstadt 98. Reigning champions RB Leipzig also captured a Bundesliga club in TSG Hoffenheim. VfB Stuttgart (at SC Paderborn) and last year’s finalist SC Freiburg (at SV Sandhausen) were each drawn against a lower-class opponent. The only pure second division duel is the match between 1. FC Nürnberg and Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Due to the upcoming World Cup in Qatar (November 20 to December 18), the first knockout rounds of the DFB Cup will take place in late January or early February. Fixed match dates are January 31 and February 1, as well as February 7 and 8, 2023, matches during the week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It is not yet clear on which days the draws will take place. The exact timing of the DFB Cup matches drawn in the round of 16 is expected in the coming days. All games will again be broadcast live on pay-TV channels on TV Sky be visible. Also broadcast in the first knockout round of the DFB Cup ARD And ZDF also selected games on the free TV. That it will be broadcast for free on TV and live streaming will only be announced after the cup matches have finally been scheduled.
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The other dates of the DFB Cup until the final in Berlin: The winners of the round of 16 will meet on 4/5. April in the quarter-finals, the semi-finals will only start at the beginning of May (2/3 May) The extremely tiring season of the World Cup for players finally ends with the cup final on June 3 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin – but there is still a long way to go until then.
SV Sandhausen (Bundesliga) – SC Freiburg (Bundesliga)
SC Paderborn (2nd Bundesliga) – VfB Stuttgart (Bundesliga)
Union Berlin (Bundesliga) – VfL Wolfsburg (Bundesliga)
Eintracht Frankfurt (Bundesliga) – SV Darmstadt (2nd Bundesliga)
VfL Bochum (Bundesliga) – Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga)
Mainz 05 (Bundesliga) – Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)
RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) – TSG Hoffenheim (Bundesliga)
1. FC Nuremberg (2nd Bundesliga) – Fortuna Dusseldorf (2nd Bundesliga)
