Transfer on free TV and stream, TV dates

In contrast to other big tournaments, there are DFB-Cup 24/25 as always no group phase. Both the main rounds and the final games follow the KO system. Each of the teams therefore has only one chance to prove themselves. But where can you follow the games of the DFB Cup 2024/25 live on TV and stream? You can find all information about the transmission and the TV appointments this season here.

The DFB Cup 24/25 on free TV and stream

The transmission of the DFB Cup 2024/25 share Sky,, ARD and ZDF. All 63 games from the first round to the final in Berlin are at Sky shown live on TV. For this, however, you have to complete a paid subscription. The Sky Sports subscription currently costs 25 euros a month for new customers. The package not only contains the transmission of the DFB Cup, games of the Premier League and the women’s DFB Cup are also included. Also transmits Sky With the sports subscription also tennis, athletics, Golf and the NHL.

If you do not want to complete a paid subscription, you can also follow the DFB Cup on free TV. From the 2022/23 season to the 2025/26 season, public law has secured the transfer rights for 15 games per season. ARD and ZDF Share the transmission of the individual games. The agreement also includes extensive re -evaluation rights. So you can also expect game reports.

DFB Cup 24/25 on free TV: overview and TV term

All 63 games can be Sky be followed live on TV and stream. It is not yet completely clear which 15 games are broadcast on free TV. The only thing that is certain is that four games of the first round as well as both semi -finals and the final ARD/ZDF be shown. According to the current game schedule 2024/25, the semi -finals are scheduled for the 1st and April 2025. The final in the Berlin Olympic Stadium is scheduled to take place on May 24, 2025. As soon as there is more detailed information on the live broadcasts on free TV, these are added here:

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• 1st round: SSV Ulm 1846 – Bayern Munich, August 16, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ZDF)))
• 1st round: Eintracht Braunschweig – Eintracht Frankfurt, August 19, 2024, 8.45 p.m. (ARD)))
• 1st round: Prussia Münster – VfB Stuttgart, August 27, 2024, (ARD)))
• 1st round: Carl Zeiss Jena – Bayer Leverkusen, August 28, 2024, 6 p.m. (ZDF)))
• 2nd round: VfL Wolfsburg – Borussia Dortmund, October 29, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ARD)))
• 2nd round: 1. FSV Mainz 05 – Bayern Munich, October 30, 2024, 8.45 p.m. (ZDF)))
• Right -wing finals: Bayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen, December 3, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ARD)))
• Right -time final: 1. FC Köln – Hertha BSC, December 4, 2024, 6 p.m. (ZDF)))
• Right -wing finals: RB Leipzig – Eintracht Frankfurt, December 4, 2024, 8.45 p.m. (ARD)))
• Quarter -finals: VfB Stuttgart – FC Augsburg, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 8:45 p.m. (ARD)))
• Quarter -finals: Bayer Leverkusen – 1. FC Köln, Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 8:45 p.m. (ARD)))
• Quarter -finals: Arminia Bielefeld – SV Werder Bremen, Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 8:45 p.m. (ZDF)))
• HELFINAL: Arminia Bielefeld – Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Tuesday, April 1, 8.45 p.m. (ARD)))
• HELDFINALE: VfB Stuttgart – RB Leipzig, Wednesday, April 2, 8:45 p.m. (ZDF)))
• Finale: May 24, 2025, time is still open (ARD/ZDF)))

Teams at the DFB Cup 2024/25

Basically, every team in Germany can qualify for the tournament – theoretically even a district league team. The Game plan of the DFB Cup 24/25 will be drawn by every round until the semi -finals. The teams of the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga are automatically set for the competition. The first four teams in the 3rd Bundesliga are also included. Another 24 teams then have the opportunity to qualify through DFB cup competitions. Here you will find an overview of all teams at the DFB Cup 2024/25, which started in the 1st round:

Teams from the 1st Bundesliga:

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• Bayer Leverkusen
• Bayern Munich
• VfB Stuttgart
• Borussia Dortmund
• RB Leipzig
• Eintracht Frankfurt
• FC Augsburg
• TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
• SC Freiburg
• SV Werder Bremen
• FC Heidenheim
• Borussia Mönchengladbach
• 1. FC Union Berlin
• VfL Wolfsburg
• VfL Bochum
• 1. FSV Mainz 05
• 1. FC Cologne
• SV Darmstadt 98

Teams from the 2nd Bundesliga:

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• FC St. Pauli
• Holstein Kiel
• Hamburger SV
• Fortuna Düsseldorf
• Hannover 96
• SC Paderborn
• Karlsruher SC
• SpVgg Greuther Fürth
• Hertha BSC
• 1. FC Nürnberg
• SV Elversberg
• 1. FC Magdeburg
• Wiesbaden contractions
• Schalke 04
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• Hansa Rostock
• Eintracht Braunschweig
• VfL Osnabrück

The teams from the 3rd Bundesliga:

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• SSV Ulm 1846 football
• Prussia Münster
• Jahn Regensburg
• Dynamo Dresden

The teams from the regional league:

The teams from the Oberliga:

The state cup winners:

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• 1. FC Saarbrücken (Saarland)
• SV Sandhausen (Baden)
• Hallescher FC (Saxony-Anhalt)
• FC Erzgebirge Aue (Vice Cup winner Saxony)
• Rot-Weiss Essen (Lower Rhine)
• FC Ingolstadt 04 (Bavaria)
• Arminia Bielefeld (Westphalia)
• Offenbacher Kickers (Hessen)
• FC Energie Cottbus (Brandenburg)
• FC Carl Zeiss Jena (Thuringia)
• Viktoria Berlin (Berlin)
• Alemannia Aachen (Middle Rhine)
• TSV Schott Mainz (southwest)
• Teutonia Ottensen (Hamburg)
• Bremer SV (Bremen)
• Greifswalder FC (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• 1. FC Phönix Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein)
• TuS Koblenz (Rhineland)
• SV Meppen (Lower Saxony I)
• VfV 06 Hildesheim (Lower Saxony II)
• FC 08 Villingen (Südbaden)
• VfR Aalen (Württemberg)

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