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Borussia Dortmund. Union Berlin. Borussia M'gladbach. Dynamo Dresden. In case the extension brought no decision, a penalty shootout was held.

In , the final 1. FC Köln vs. Hertha BSC had to be replayed, leading to great logistical difficulties. In the aftermath, the DFB opted not to replay cup finals in the future, instead holding a penalty shootout after extra time.

Eventually, this change was extended to all cup games in If the cup winner had already qualified for the European Club Champions Cup , the losing finalist moved into the Cup Winners' Cup instead.

If the DFB-Pokal winner or both finalists qualify through the Bundesliga for European cup competitions, the best placed team of the Bundesliga not already qualified for at least the Europa League receives the spot.

The first German cup was held in The first final was contested between the two most successful clubs of that era, 1.

FC Nürnberg and Schalke 04 , with Nürnberg winning 2—0. In , the original trophy, Goldfasanen-Pokal , was substituted by the trophy which is still awarded today, because the original reminded DFB president Peco Bauwens of the Nazi era.

Originally, the DFB-Pokal was a competition open to clubs from the top divisions of German football only.

This continued after the establishment of the Bundesliga in Semi-professional and amateur clubs could only enter the competition from onwards, when it was enlarged.

Up until , only the top two divisions of German football, the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, were fully professional but from , with the establishment of the 3.

Liga, the third tier also became fully professional. From the start, the new match ups between Bundesliga and amateurs most usually third division clubs became a source of surprises.

Often titled the "mother of all cup sensations" German : Die Mutter aller Pokalsensationen , [7] [8] was Hamburger SV 's second round loss to VfB Eppingen in , the first instance of an amateur side knocking out a Bundesliga club.

It took until for a fourth division side to achieve the same, when SpVgg Fürth took Borussia Dortmund out of the competition.

In , 1. FC Magdeburg became the first fourth division side to eliminate two Bundesliga clubs in one season. Bundesliga, became cup winners after eliminating several Bundesliga teams in the process.

Bundesliga team, but were promoted to the Bundesliga a week before they won the cup final. Surprise results in the cup attract strong media coverage in Germany and, at times, abroad.

Having won 20 titles, Bayern Munich has been the most successful team in the cup since they won their fourth title in Fortuna Düsseldorf established a record for consecutive German Cup match victories 18 straight victories between and , taking the trophy in and Werder Bremen had won the most consecutive home games 37 from to Bayern Munich has won the most consecutive away games 33 from to Schalke 04 holds the record for the biggest win in a DFB-Pokal final, winning 5—0 against 1.

It was introduced in and awarded annually until after German reunification in led to the merger of the football leagues of the two Germanys.

An East German women's cup was also held from to At least one match per round is aired free on Das Erste Germany only and Sport1 respectively, total two matches per round.

All matches are available on Sky Sport. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 9 June Retrieved 9 October RBB Online in German.

Radio Berlin Brandenburg. Retrieved 11 May Der Tagesspiegel in German. Der Tagesspiegel. Am Anfang steht ein Kompensationsgeschäft. Retrieved 8 August Retrieved 10 October Archived from the original on 13 March Retrieved 22 October Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

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