Overview
- Sky holds exclusive pay-TV rights to all 63 DFB-Pokal matches and will stream games on its WOW service while ARD and ZDF air up to 15 selected fixtures free-to-air with at least two matches per round.
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden will host FC Bayern München at the Brita-Arena on August 27 at 8:45 p.m., with live coverage on ZDF and Sky.
- Eintracht Braunschweig faces VfB Stuttgart on August 26 at 8:45 p.m. at the Eintracht-Stadion, airing live on ARD and via Sky.
- The underdog matchups 1. FC Schweinfurt 05vs. FFortuna Düsseldorf and Preußen Münster vs. Hertha BSC are set for August 18 at 6 p.m. and will be available exclusively on Sky and WOW.
- Both Bayern München and VfB Stuttgart will join after Supercup obligations, entering the tournament in the week following the core first-round ties.