DFB Cup draw: ARD shows Lautern – Nuremberg and Gladbach – Wolfsburg live

The DFB has scheduled the round of 16 in the DFB Cup at exactly the right time. ARD is showing two games live: 1. FC Kaiserslautern against 1. FC Nürnberg and Borussia Mönchengladbach against VfL Wolfsburg.

A long DFB Cup evening awaits viewers in the first and in the ARD media library on Tuesday, December 5th, as ARD is broadcasting two round of 16 matches in a row. It starts at 5:40 p.m.: Live from Betzenberg, ARD shows the game 1. FC Kaiserslautern – 1. FC Nürnberg (kick-off: 6 p.m.).

The last meeting between the two teams in the cup ended in the second round of 2019/20 with 6:5 after penalties for Kaiserslautern.

Rematch of the 1995 final

After the Tagesschau (8 p.m.), the second DFB Cup broadcast of the evening follows from 8:15 p.m.: Borussia Mönchengladbach meets VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga duel. The last time Borussia Mönchengladbach was successful was in the DFB Cup in the 1994/95 season. Opponent in the final back then: VfL Wolfsburg, who ultimately had to admit defeat 3-0.

Alexander Bommes moderates, supported by expert Bastian Schweinsteiger. Following the live game broadcasts, ARD will also show summaries of the other two DFB Cup matches of the day from around 10:55 p.m.: FC 08 Homburg – FC St. Pauli and 1. FC Magdeburg – Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Bayern conquerors 1. FC Saarbrücken from the 3rd league will meet Eintracht Frankfurt on December 6th (from 6 p.m.), at the same time Bundesliga table leaders Bayer Leverkusen will also play against lower-class SC Paderborn. In the second Bundesliga duel, VfB Stuttgart welcomes BVB (8:45 p.m., live on ZDF). , Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV play against each other at the same time.

The games at a glance with exact times:

Tuesday, December 5th:
1. FC Kaiserslautern – 1. FC Nürnberg (6 p.m., live on ARD)
1. FC Magdeburg – Fortuna Düsseldorf (6 p.m.)
Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Wolfsburg (8.45 p.m., live on ARD)
FC 08 Homburg – FC St. Pauli (8.45 p.m.)

Wednesday, December 6th:
1. FC Saarbrücken – Eintracht Frankfurt (6 p.m.)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – SC Paderborn (6 p.m.)
VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund (8.45 p.m., live on ZDF)
Hertha BSC – Hamburger SV (8.45 p.m.)

When do the games take place?

The round of 16 will take place on December 5th and 6th. ARD and ZDF will show a total of 15 games from the competition live.

What can the clubs earn?

A new contract for TV rights has been in effect in the cup since 2022. In the 2022/23 season, the DFB paid out more money to the clubs than ever before. This season the amounts will be slightly exceeded again by the semi-finals. The DFB has not yet announced the exact numbers for the final.

All participating clubs will receive at least 209,247 euros for the 1st main round. Anyone who has survived the first round will receive more than 400,000 euros in the second round, and the amounts per round continue to increase.

The clubs have to share the money from ticket sales and perimeter advertising after deducting all costs and taxes. Ten percent of this income also goes to the DFB, so each club receives 45 percent of this money.

What else can the clubs achieve?

Even after UEFA’s European Cup reform, which applies from the 2024/25 season, the winner of the DFB Cup has the right to start in the new European league phase League.

Is the DFB Cup winner already over the Bundesliga for them? Champions League or the Europe League qualified, the place goes to the Bundesliga, where it is then distributed according to the final table. The losing finalist of the DFB Cup final cannot benefit under any circumstances.