DFB-Pokal

A total of 50 participants have qualified for the 2024/25 Women's DFB-Pokal. This includes all 12 teams from the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga and 10 from the second division (no reserve sides), along with the five Regionalliga champions and 21 regional association cup winners. Two other Regionalliga sides also qualified, with extra berths given to the next-best non-qualified teams when the division’s winners also secured promotion to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.

Participants 2024/2025:

Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga 2023/2024 (all byes in the 1st main round)

1. FC Bayern München
2. VfL Wolfsburg
3. Eintracht Frankfurt
4. SGS Essen
5. TSG Hoffenheim
6. Bayer 04 Leverkusen
7. SV Werder Bremen
8. RB Leipzig
9. SC Freiburg
10. 1. FC Köln
11. 1. FC Nürnberg
12. MSV Duisburg

2nd Women's Bundesliga 2023/2024:

1. 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (Freilos in der 1. Hauptrunde)
2. Carl Zeiss Jena (Freilos in der 1. Hauptrunde)
3. SV Meppen
4. Hamburger SV
5. SG 99 Andernach
6. SC Sand
7. FSV Gütersloh 2009
8. Borussia Mönchengladbach
9. FC Ingolstadt 04
10. SV 67 Weinberg

Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga:

• VfL Bochum
• 1. FC Union Berlin

3rd division champions 2023/2024 (or successor):

• SV Henstedt-Ulzburg (RL Nord)
• Hertha BSC (RL Nordost)
• DSC Arminia Bielefeld (RL West)
• 1. FSV Mainz 05 (RL Südwest)
• SV Hegnach (RL Süd)

Participants from the state associations:

• VfR Warbeyen (FV Niederrhein)
• SV Eintracht Leipzig-Süd (Sächsischer FV)
• DJK Wacker Mecklenbeck (FLV Westfalen)
• FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin (Berliner FV)
• FC St. Pauli (Hamburger FV)
• Karlsruher SC (Badischer FV)
• SV 07 Elversberg (Saarländischer FV)
• SC Fortuna Köln (FV Mittelrhein)
• ATS Buntentor (Bremer FV)
• VfB Stuttgart (Württembergischer FV)
• Kieler MTV (Schleswig-Holst. FV)
• 1. FC Magdeburg (FV Sachsen-Anhalt)
• F.C. Hansa Rostock (LFV Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
• TuS Issel (FV Rheinland)
• BSG Stahl Brandenburg (FLV Brandenburg)
• SC Siegelbach 1894 (Südwestdeutscher FV)
• Kickers Offenbach (Hessischer FV)
• FC Forstern (Bayerischer FV)
• ESV Rot-Weiß Göttingen (Niedersächsischer FV)
• 1. FFV Erfurt (Thüringer FV)
• Hegauer FV (Südbadischer FV)

Each of the 12 sides from last season's Women's Bundesliga, as well as the top two sides from the 2023/24 2nd Women's Bundesliga, will receive a bye for the first round and enter the competition from the second round. 

Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga 2023/2024:

1. FC Bayern München
2. VfL Wolfsburg
3. Eintracht Frankfurt
4. SGS Essen
5. TSG Hoffenheim
6. Bayer 04 Leverkusen
7. SV Werder Bremen
8. RB Leipzig
9. SC Freiburg
10. 1. FC Köln
11. 1. FC Nürnberg
12. MSV Duisburg

2nd Women's Bundesliga 2023/2024:

1. 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
2. Carl Zeiss Jena

First and second rounds:

14 teams are awarded a bye for the first round. The remaining 36 qualified teams will be drawn against each other in 18 first-round ties.

The draw features two regional groups (North and South). The allocation of teams between these groups is done by the Women's & Girls' Football Commission based on regional criteria.

Generally speaking, the team that is drawn first will play at home. If two teams from different leagues are drawn against each other, the side from the lower division will always be awarded home advantage. However, if a tie features two teams from leagues below the second division, the team that is drawn first will play at home.

Northern group:

• Hamburger SV (2. FBL)
• 1. FC Union Berlin (2. FBL)
• FSV Gütersloh (2. FBL)
• VfL Bochum (2. FBL)
• SV Meppen (2. FBL)
• FC Viktoria Berlin (RL Nordost)
• Hertha BSC (RL Nordost)
• 1. FC Magdeburg (RL Nordost)
• BSG Stahl Brandenburg (Landesliga)
• VfR Warbeyen (RL West)
• DJK Wacker Mecklenbeck (RL West)
• Arminia Bielefeld (RL West)
• ESV Rot-Weiss Göttingen (RL Nordost)
• FC St. Pauli (RL Nord)
• SV Henstedt-Ulzburg (RL Nord)
• ATS Buntentor (RL Nord)
• Kieler MTV (RL Nord)
• F.C. Hansa Rostock (Verbandsliga)

Southern Group:

• FC Ingolstadt (2. FBL)
• SV 67 Weinberg (2. FBL)
• SC Sand (2. FBL)
• SG 99 Andernach (2. FBL)
• Borussia Mönchengladbach (2. FBL)
• SC Fortuna Köln (RL West)
• SV Eintracht Leipzig-Süd (Landesliga)
• 1. FFV Erfurt (Landesliga)
• 1. FSV Mainz 05 (RL Südwest)
• SV Elversberg (RL Südwest)
• Kickers Offenbach (RL Süd)
• SC Siegelbach 1894 (RL Südwest)
• Tus Issel (RL Südwest)
• Karlsruher SC (RL Süd)
• VfB Stuttgart (RL Süd)
• SV Hegnach (RL Süd)
• Hegauer FV (Oberliga)
• FC Forstern (RL Süd)

Round of 16 and quarter-finals:

All teams are in one pot.

Generally speaking, the team that is drawn first will play at home. If two teams from different leagues are drawn against each other, the side from the lower division will always be awarded home advantage. However, if a tie features two teams from leagues below the second division, the team that is drawn first will play at home.

Semi-finals:

All teams are in one pot. The team that is drawn first will play at home.

The DFB has awarded the domestic audiovisual broadcast rights for the 2022/23 to 2025/26 DFB-Pokal seasons. Pay-TV broadcaster Sky will show one live match per round up to the round of 16, with every quarter-final match being broadcast live on Sky. ARD and ZDF can also show one match per round live on free-to-air channels, in addition to one of the semi-final matches and the final.

The Women's DFB-Pokal final will take place on 1st May 2025. This marks the 16th time that it will be hosted at Cologne's RheinEnergieStadion, which will remain the host venue until at least 2025. Since the competition was first hosted in Cologne in 2010, the stadium and the surrounding areas have welcomed countless fans and families in an all-day event. The morning of the final features various football tournaments hosted by the Middle Rhine Football Association. From 11:11a.m. on, the annual fan and family festival takes place on the grounds around the stadium, with a variety of events and musical performances.