The top clubs in the Bundesliga avoid the very difficult tasks in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup. Borussia Dortmund welcomes Bundesliga relegated SC Paderborn, RB Leipzig meets second division VfL Bochum. That was the result of the draw for the round of the best 16 teams by ex-ski jumper Sven Hannawald on Sunday evening on ARD. If the defending champion FC Bayern Munich prevail in the second round at Holstein Kiel, it will play against SV Darmstadt 98 at home.
Overall, there are only two Bundesliga duels in the round of 16: The bottom of the table, FC Schalke 04, play at VfL Wolfsburg, VfB Stuttgart host Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Two more games must be played from the second round. Bayer 04 Leverkusen will face Eintracht Frankfurt on January 12th – the winner will have to go to regional division Rot-Weiss Essen. A day later, Bayern competed with the second division team Kiel.
The games of the subsequent round of the best 16 will take place on February 2nd and 3rd, the quarter-finals will take place on March 2nd and 3rd. The cup winner will be determined at the final in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium on May 13th.
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5:55 p.m .: The draw is over and the Bundesliga greats Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern and RB Leipzig have got supposedly easy lots. Provided that the Munich team reach the round of 16, the top three of the Bundesliga will meet second division teams.
5.49 p.m .: Further games:
- Jahn Regensburg – 1. FC Cologne
- VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Mönchengladbach
- SV Werder Bremen – Spvgg Greuther Fürth
- RB Leipzig – VfL Bochum
- Borussia Dortmund – SC Paderborn
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5.48 p.m .: The next batch: Winner from Holstein Kiel / FC Bayern Munich against Darmstadt 98 – FC Bayern should sit down against the second division side, so an easy lot for the record cup winner.
5.47 p.m .: The next batch: VfL Wolfsburg versus Schalke 04
5.46 p.m .: The first team to become a fourth division Red and white food drawn. Opponent is the winner from Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt.
5.42 p.m .: After a report about the ongoing crisis at Schalke 04, the balls are rolling again. The men’s cup round of 16 is drawn – and Schalke is still in the pot.
17:37: More encounters
- VfL Wolfsburg versus Werder Bremen / SV Meppen
- Hoffenheim versus FC Bayern / Walddörfer SV
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5:35 p.m .: The first encounters:
- SC Freiburg versus SV Sand / Turbine Potsdam –
- SC Andernach against Eintracht Frankfurt.
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17:34: And with the women it also starts right away. The quarter-finals will be played on March 20 and 21. There are still three games to play in the round of 16, so there are three doubles.
5.33 p.m .: In addition to the men’s round of 16, the quarter-finals of the women’s DFB Cup will of course also be drawn.
5:31 p.m .: The reporting around the Vier-Schanzen-Torunee is over. Everything is ready for the draw for the round of 16 of the DFB Cup. Sven Hannawald, Alexander Bommes and Peter Frymuth are ready.
5:12 p.m .: It is generally noticeable that clubs from NRW, especially from the Ruhr area, have so far been very successful. With Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Rot-Weiss Essen, SC Paderborn and 1. FC Köln, six teams from the west have already qualified for the round of 16. A seventh could follow with Bayer Leverkusen.
5:04 p.m .: But there is also good news: With Rot-Weiss Essen there is still a regional division in the round of 16 – as the last remaining fourth division. In the course of the tournament, the leaders of the Regionalliga West prevailed against Arminia Bielefeld (1-0) and Fortuna Düsseldorf (3-2).
5.00 p.m .: In the 2020/21 Corona season, the DFB Cup draw is not without special features. Because of the high load and the tight schedule of some teams, only 14 of the 16 round of 16 participants have been determined. Defending champions FC Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen had asked to postpone their second round games – the applications were approved by the DFB. That means: Bayern (against Holstein Kiel) and the Werkself (against Eintracht Frankfurt) only have to play in the second round on January 12th or 13th.
4:58 p.m .: It’s about to go. The balls will be rolling in the sports show from 5.30 p.m. The round of 16 of the DFB Cup will be drawn. Ex-ski jumper and sports show expert Sven Hannawald will be Losfee. Peter Frymuth as Vice President of the DFB is the draw manager.
These teams are in the round of 16
- Schalke 04 (3: 1 against SSV Ulm 1846)
- Borussia Dortmund (2-0 against Eintracht Braunschweig)
- Borussia Monchengladbach (5-0 against SV Elversberg)
- Red and white food (3-2 against Fortuna Düsseldorf)
- SC Paderborn – (3-2 against 1. FC Union Berlin)
- 1. FC Cologne (1-0 against VfL Osnabrück)
- RB Leipzig (3-0 against FC Augsburg)
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth (7: 6 iE against TSG Hoffenheim)
- SV Darmstadt (3-0 against Dynamo Dresden)
- VfL Wolfsburg (4-0 against SV Sandhausen)
- VfB Stuttgart (1-0 against SC Freiburg)
- Werder Bremen (3-0 against Hannover 96)
- VfL Bochum (3: 0 iE against FSV Mainz)
- Jahn Regensburg (4: 2 iE against Wehen Wiesbaden)
- as well as the winners from the games
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. Eintracht Frankfurt (January 12, 2021)
- Holstein Kiel versus Bayern Munich (01/13/2021)
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