The 2021-- 22 DFB-Pokal is the 79th period of the yearly German football mug competitors. Sixty-four teams join the competition, including all groups from the previous year's Bundesliga and also 2. Bundesliga. The competition began on 6 August 2021 with the very first of six rounds and will certainly end on 21 May 2022 with the last at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral place, which has actually held the final since 1985. The DFB-Pokal is taken into consideration the second-most vital club title in German football after the Bundesliga champion. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Organization (DFB). Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund are the protecting champs, having actually defeated RB Leipzig 4-- 1 in the previous final to clinch their 5th title.The winner of the DFB-Pokal gains automated qualification for the team phase of the 2022-- 23 edition of the UEFA Europa League. If they have actually already gotten the UEFA Champions Organization via setting in th...