Overview

• The draw begins at 19:00 at the Deutsches Fußballmuseum in Dortmund.
• Sky holds most live match rights, while ARD and ZDF air at least three games per round and 15 overall including both semifinals and the May 23 final.
• Teams are split into an amateur pot and a pro pot of Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs, with FV Illertissen and Energie Cottbus among the amateur sides.
• The second-round field will be finalized after Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart play their delayed first-round ties on August 26–27.
• First-round shocks were scarce, highlighted by Illertissen’s penalty shootout win over 1. FC Nürnberg and Werder Bremen’s exit to Arminia Bielefeld.