Women’s DFB Cup Round of 16: Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg one round ahead

Status: 11/20/2022 8:06 p.m

1899 Hoffenheim clearly won the first division duel against Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup. Wolfsburg, Freiburg and Cologne are also in the quarter-finals.

Hoffenheim won 3-0 against Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday (11/20/2022). Just two weeks after the 3-1 defeat in the Bundesliga, the Werkself again had nothing to gain in Hoffenheim.

Ereleta Memeti scored all three goals (15th minute, 78th, 84th) for the Kraichgau women.

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In another Bundesliga duel, SC Freiburg advanced to the next round with a 1-0 win over SV Meppen. Janina Minge scored the decisive goal in the 9th minute.

Nuremberg against Wolfsburg without a chance

Defending champions VfL Wolfsburg easily reached the quarter-finals of the women’s DFB Cup. The Bundesliga table leader won 6-0 (3-0) at second division soccer club 1. FC Nürnberg and thus celebrated his 42nd success in the cup competition in a row. The Lower Saxony have been unbeaten in the DFB Cup for nine years now.

Twice Jill Roord (32nd, 41st), Ewa Pajor (44th), Sveindis Jonsdottir (80th) and Pauline Bremer (90th) scored for the guests in front of a record crowd of 17,302 spectators in Nuremberg at the Max Morlock Stadium . The hosts also scored an own goal (75′). The Wolfsburg women have won the DFB Cup in the past eight years.

Cologne prevails in Potsdam

Turbine Potsdam, on the other hand, missed out on the quarter-finals. Last year’s finalists lost to 1. FC Köln 2-1 after extra time. After 90 minutes it was 1-1 in front of 631 spectators in the Karl Liebknecht Stadium. After Noa Selimhodzic (57′) took the lead in Potsdam, the Cologne goals from Alena Benz (88′) and Myrthe Moorrees (99′) ensured the bitter end of the cup for the self-sacrificing bottom of the Bundesliga team.

Leipzig vs. Essen – the next chance for RB?

In the quarter-finals, top favorite Wolfsburg has to play against 1. FC Köln. Hoffenheim welcomes Bayern, Leipzig plays against SGS Essen and Jena against Freiburg. The quarterfinals will take place on February 28 and March 1, 2023.

The women’s cup quarterfinals
28.02./01.03.23

1. FC Cologne – VfL Wolfsburg

Carl Zeiss Jena – SC Freiburg

TSG Hoffenheim – Bayern Munich

RB Leipzig – SGS Essen

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