2025–26 DHB-Pokal
| 2025–26 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Handball |
| Dates | 16 August 2025–19 April 2026 |
| Teams | 40 |
| Website | HBL |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 640 (58.18 per match) |
The 2025–26 DHB-Pokal is the 49th edition of the tournament, held from 16 August 2025 to 19 April 2026.[1]
Format
In the first round eleven teams from 2. Bunesliga and 3. Liga will face against each other. The teams will be split into a north-and south group. In the second round, the teams from the Bundesliga join, except for the three best-placed teams from the last edition, those will join in the round of 16. The tournament will come to an end with a final four in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.[2]
Schedule
The rounds of the 2025–26 competition were scheduled as follows:[2]
| Round | Matches |
|---|---|
| First round | 15–19 August 2025 |
| Second round | 30 September – 2 October 2025 |
| Round of 16 | 5–6 November 2025 |
| Quarterfinals | 17–18 December 2025 |
| Final four | 18–19 April 2026 |
Times are UTC+2 (November and December games are UTC+1)
First round
The draw took place on 10 July 2025.[3] The games will be played between 15 and 19 August 2025. The match between Bietigheim and Potsdam (both played in Bundesliga last year) will be played, because HBW Balingen-Weilstetten, as a second-league club, qualified for the round of 16 after finishing third last year.
| 15 August 2025 19:00 |
HC Empor Rostock | 24–35 | VfL Eintracht Hagen | Fiete-Reder-Halle, Rostock Referees: Otto, Piper |
| Dias, Pratschner 7 | (11–17) | Kutz, Norouzinezhad 5 | ||
2× 3×
|
Report | 0× 3×
|
| 15 August 2025 19:30 |
TuS Vinnhorst | 28–31 | Dessau-Roßlauer HV 06 | Sportzentrum TuS Vinnhorst, Hanover Referees: Engeln, Schmitz |
| Rohrweber 7 | (13–17) | Haake, Nowak 6 | ||
| 2× 1×
|
Report | 1× 3×
|
| 16 August 2025 18:00 |
Wölfe Würzburg | 31–32 | TV Großwallstadt | Dreifachsporthalle, Rimpar Attendance: 554 Referees: Hellbusch, Jansen |
| Bauder 11 | (17–18) | Schalles 9 | ||
8× 1×
|
Report | 4×
|
| 16 August 2025 18:00 |
TSG A-H Bielefeld | 24–38 | Bergischer HC | Sporthalle am Gymnasium Heepen, Bielefeld Referees: Hillebrand, Umbescheidt |
| (14–19) | ||||
| Report |
| 16 August 2025 19:00 |
HSG Krefeld Niederrhein | 29–37 | GWD Minden | Glockenspitz-Sporthalle, Krefeld Attendance: 1,107 Referees: Schwarzmeier, Stewen |
| Persson 10 | (17–20) | Kranzmann 6 | ||
| 1× 4× 1×
|
Report | 3× 1×
|
| 16 August 2025 19:00 |
Longericher SC Köln | 27–29 | TSV Bayer Dormagen | LSC ARENA, Cologne Referees: Engeln, Schmitz |
| Schulz 6 | (11–15) | Strosack 6 | ||
| 1× 5×
|
Report | 1× 1×
|
| 16 August 2025 19:00 |
HC Oppenweiler/Backnang | 25–30 | HC Elbflorenz 2006 | Murrtal-Arena, Backnang Referees: Janz, Sug |
| Diebel 8 | (9–16) | Stavast 7 | ||
| 2×
|
Report | 1×
|
| 16 August 2025 19:30 |
TV Gelnhausen | 28–37 | HSC 2000 Coburg | Rudi-Lechleidner-Halle, Gelnhausen Attendance: 600 Referees: Seidler, Seidler |
| Csaba 7 | (15–18) | Schmidt 10 | ||
| 2× 7×
|
Report | 1× 6× 1×
|
| 16 August 2025 19:30 |
MTV Braunschweig | 25–33 | TV Emsdetten | Sporthalle Alte Waage, Braunschweig Attendance: 1,024 Referees: Odabas, van Os |
| Pieles 7 | (13–14) | Széles 11 | ||
| 3×
|
Report | 1× 3×
|
| 16 August 2025 20:00 |
VfL Pfullingen | 20–28 | TV 05/07 Hüttenberg | Kurt-App-Sporthalle, Pfullingen Referees: Hörath, Hofmann |
| Goller, Rix 5 | (12–13) | Dyatlov 5 | ||
| 1× 7× 2×
|
Report | 1× 6×
|
| 17 August 2025 17:00 |
SG BBM Bietigheim | 25–24 | 1. VfL Potsdam | Sporthalle am Viadukt, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 680 Referees: Kern, Kuschel |
| Fischer, Vlahović 5 | (13–8) | Mengon 5 | ||
| 4×
|
Report | 1× 3×
|
| 19 August 2025 19:30 |
Eintracht Hildesheim | v | HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | Volksbank-Arena, Hildesheim Referees: Otto, Piper |
| Report | ||||
Second round
The games will be played between 30 September and 2 October 2025.
Qualified teams
- Bergischer HC
- Füchse Berlin
- SG BBM Bietigheim
- HSC 2000 Coburg
- Dessau-Roßlauer HV 06
- TSV Bayer Dormagen
- ThSV Eisenach
- HC Elbflorenz 2006
- HC Erlangen
- TV Emsdetten
- SG Flensburg-Handewitt
- TV Großwallstadt
- VfL Gummersbach
- Frisch Auf Göppingen
- VfL Eintracht Hagen
- HSV Hamburg
- TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
- TV 05/07 Hüttenberg
- SC DHfK Leipzig
- TBV Lemgo
- SC Magdeburg
- GWD Minden
- Rhein-Neckar Löwen
- TVB Stuttgart
- HSG Wetzlar
Round of 16
The games will be played between 5 and 6 November 2025.
Qualified teams
Quarterfinals
The games will be played between 17 and 18 December 2025.
Final four
The games will be played on 18 and 19 April 2026.
References
- ^ "Großwallstadt im DHB-Pokal - Bundesliga-Absteiger müssen zittern". handball-world.news. 4 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Der DHB-Pokal startet in die neue Saison – Auslosung der 1. Runde am Donnerstag live bei Dyn". daikin-hbl.de. 8 July 2025.
- ^ "DHB-Pokal 2025/26: Die Duelle der 1. Runde stehen fest". daikin-hbl.de. 10 July 2025.