How did Dortmund participate in the German Cup so early?

Because the scale of the competition is different, the process is different. The scale of participation in the English Football Association Cup is more than 10 times that of the German Cup, and the number of rounds is more than 10 times.

Football Association Challenge Cup

Moderator: English Football Association

Established in 187 1 year.

Teams: All teams in the UK (762 teams participated in the 09- 10 season).

Round: heat (6 rounds) and race (8 rounds)

Competition system: The FA Cup also adopts a single elimination system, and the home game is decided by lottery. If the two teams draw within 90 minutes, there will be a replay at the home of the visiting team on the other day. If the replay is tied in 90 minutes, it will be played in 30 minutes overtime, and if it is still tied, it will be a penalty shootout. The semi-finals and finals are decisive, and there is no need for a rematch.

Qualifying stage:

Wild card match: England's level 9 and below leagues, with 406 teams participating.

Preliminaries: The 13 1+ 203 teams that won the wild card match in the English Level 8 League.

First round of qualifiers: 65 teams from the Seventh League of England+167 teams that won the preliminary round participated.

The second round of qualifiers: England's six-level league teams (British-African League North and South) 44+ the team that won the first round of qualifiers 1 16 participated.

Third qualifying round: 80 teams that won the second qualifying round participated.

The fourth round of qualifiers: 24 teams from the English Fifth Division (English-African Super League) and 40 teams that won the third round of qualifiers participated.

Final stage:

The first round: 48 teams from England's third and fourth grades (League A and League B)+32 teams from the fourth round of qualifying.

The second round: 40 teams won in the first round.

Third Round: Premier League, Championship 44+ and 20 teams that won the second round participated.

Round 4: Top 32

Round 5: Former 16

quater-finals

Semifinal (neutral court)

Final (neutral field)

This season's FA Cup schedule:

Qualifying stage:

Wild card competition: 09.8. 15

Preliminaries: August 9, 2009

First qualifying round: 09.9. 12

Qualifying Round 2: 09.9.26

Third qualifying round: 09. 10. 10

Fourth qualifying round: 09. 10.24

Competition stage:

Round 1: 09. 1 1.7

Round 2: 09. 1 1.28

Round 3: 10. 1.2

The fourth round: 10. 1.23

Round 5: 10.2. 13

Quarter finals: 10.3.6

Semifinal:10.4.10-4.11

Final result: 10.5. 15.

German Football Association Cup (DFB Cup),

Origin: 1934

Team: 64

Competition system:

All professional teams are on an equal footing with amateur teams and have been competing since the first round. Single-loss knockout

Round: 6 rounds

Qualifications:

65,438+08 Bundesliga teams, 65,438+08 Bundesliga teams, 4 Bundesliga top four teams, 265,438+0 teams below the Bundesliga level who won prizes in various low-level cups, and 3 wild card teams rewarded regional low-level teams in developed football areas.

Draw lots to divide 64 teams into 32 groups for elimination:

The third group Bundesliga-Bundesliga

The third group Bundesliga-Bond

12 group: below Bundesliga-Depp.

1 Qundeyi-Deyi

6 zu Deyi-Bond

Group 7: B- C below Germany.

This year's six rounds of the German Cup

The first round: 09.7.3 1-8.3

The second round: 09.9.22-9.23

The third round: 09. 10.27- 10.28

Quarter finals: 10.2.9

Semifinal: 10.3.23

Final result: 10.5. 15.

So according to the schedule, Dortmund participated in the third round of the German Cup. At the same time, the FA Cup qualifiers are still going on, and the main match will not start until next month, while the Premier League and the Championship team will play the third round, which is 65438+ 10 next year.