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Bayern to host Hertha in round of 16, Frankfurt face Dortmund
The draw for the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal round of 16 has been made. Record cup winners and defending champions FC Bayern München will host Hertha BSC, one of six remaining sides from the 2. Bundesliga. Last season’s runners-up VfB Stuttgart have also been drawn at home against second-tier opposition in Dynamo Dresden. Meanwhile, Eintracht Frankfurt will face Borussia Dortmund in a repeat of the 2017 final, while Bayer 04 Leverkusen host RB Leipzig in an all-Bundesliga clash. The draw took place at the German Football Museum in Dortmund, with Germany women’s national handball team head coach Markus Gaugisch drawing the ties under the supervision of DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth.
The round-of-16 ties will take place on 1st and 2nd December 2026, followed by the quarter-finals on 2nd/3rd and 9th/10th February 2027. The semi-finals will then be held on 20th and 21st April, with the winners advancing to the final at Berlin’s Olympiastadion on 29th May 2027.
Round-of-16 fixtures
Bundesliga vs. Bundesliga
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Borussia Dortmund
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – RB Leipzig
Bundesliga vs. 2. Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart – Dynamo Dresden
- FC Bayern München – Hertha BSC
- Borussia Mönchengladbach – SV Darmstadt 98
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern – SC Freiburg
- Holstein Kiel – 1. FC Köln
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Author: mmc/mh
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