Dates and times have been set in stone for the opening round of Germany's premier domestic cup competition for 2026-27

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The Deutscher Fußball-Bund (German Football Association) has officially confirmed the dates and times of all 32 games to take place in the first round of the DFB Pokal for the 2026-27 season.

Of the fixtures, 30 will be played between Friday 21 and Monday 24 August, 2026. The remaining two fixtures involving Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will take place on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 September, 2026.

The reason being is that the reigning DFB Pokal and Bundesliga champions Bayern and runners up Dortmund must contest the Franz Beckenbauer Super Cup at 20:30 CET on 22 August 2026.

Friday 21 August:

FC St. Tonis vs. Eintracht Frankfurt (18:00)

Waldhof Mannheim vs. 1.FC Kaiserslautern (18:00)

Preußen Münster vs. SC Karlsruhe (18:00)

Hansa Rostock vs. VfB Stuttgart (20:45)

Saturday 22 August:

SV Wehen Wiesbaden vs. Bayer Leverkusen (13:00)

Energie Cottbus vs. FC Augsburg (13:00)

Erzgebirge Aue vs. TSG Hoffenheim (15:30)

Lüneburger SK Hansa vs. Werder Bremen (15:30)

MSV Duisburg vs. SV Elversberg (15:30)

Viktoria Köln vs. 1.FC Nürnberg (15:30)

1.FC Saarbrücken vs. Hertha BSC (15:30)

SV Hemelingen vs. Hannover 96 (15:30)

SG Sonnenhof Grossaspach vs. DSC Armenia Bielefeld (18:00)

Eintracht Trier vs. RB Leipzig (18:00)

TSV 1860 München vs. Holstein Kiel (18:00)

Sunday 23 August:

SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. VfL Bochum (13:00)

SSV Jeddeloh II vs. 1.FC Heidenheim (13:00)

VfB Krieschow vs. 1.FSV Mainz 05 (15:30)

TSV Schott Mainz vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (15:30)

SV Westfalia Rhynern vs. Dynamo Dresden (15:30)

FC Carl Zeiss Jena vs. SV Darmstadt 98 (15:30)

Bahlinger SC vs. 1.FC Magdeburg (15:30)

Eintracht Braunschweig vs. 1.FC Union Berlin (15:30)

Rot-Weiss Essen vs. FC St. Pauli (18:00)

Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. SC Freiburg (18:00)

1.FC Phönix Lübeck vs. SC Paderborn 07 (18:00)

Monday 24 August:

Würzburg Kickers vs. 1.FC Köln (18:00)

VSG Altglienicke vs. VfL Wolfsburg (18:00)

SC Verl vs. Hamburger SV (18:00)

Hallescher FC vs. FC Schalke 04 (18:00)

Tuesday 1 & Wednesday 2 September:

HEBC Hamburg vs. Borussia Dortmund (20:45)

VfL Osnabrück vs. Bayern Munich (20:45)