Cup draw differently, When the first round of the DFB Cup on Sunday will be transferred from 18.30 clock live from the ARD”sports show”Studio in Cologne, voltage is guaranteed but also the consequences of the Corona-pandemic play a role. Because many Cup participants from the lower football divisions for the upcoming season are not yet determined to be, on the other, the representatives of small associations may, because of the Corona-rules how else crowded in the German football Museum in Dortmund in this process.
the President of The German football Association, Fritz Keller, and the Vice-DFB-Secretary General of Heike Ullrich, the drawing of the Lots. 22 of 64 Clubs for the first main round have not yet been determined – for you will be used to draw a placeholder.
The first Cup round is from 11. up to the 14. September will be held, and thus, a week before the start of the season in the Bundesliga and the second League. The second round will be held shortly before Christmas, instead of (22./23. December). For the second round (2. and 3. February 2021), as well as the quarter-finals (2. and 3. March) there are also fixed dates.
The semi-finals will not take place as usual during the week, but on the first weekend of may. Also unusual: The final in Berlin’s Olympic stadium is not scheduled for a Saturday evening, but for the Thursday, 13. May (Ascension Day).
