The numbers of 18 Bundesliga team and 14 Bundesliga team are in the first drawing box, and the numbers of 24 amateur teams, 4 newly promoted teams and 4 relegated Bundesliga teams are in the second drawing box. The lottery draws two teams from two boxes to compete.
The 32 teams in the second box have home court advantage. The draw for the second round and the fourth round is the same as that for the first round. The advanced teams are divided into two lottery boxes: 1 and 2 according to their strength, and the team in the second lottery box has home advantage.
After the fourth round, four semi-final teams were produced, and their matches were also decided by lottery. This lottery is no longer divided into two lottery boxes, but all four teams are placed in one lottery box, and their games are drawn twice. The first two teams to be drawn have home court advantage. However, if an amateur team enters the semi-finals, whether or not they draw lots first, they have home court advantage.
Introduction to the German Cup:
Deutscher Fussball Bund Pokal, the abbreviation of DFB-Pokal, comes from 1935. Not only professional teams but also amateur teams can participate in the German Cup.