2025–26 Danish Cup

2025–26 Danish Cup

Pokalen (The Cup)
Tournament details
Country	Denmark
Teams	104
Defending champions	Copenhagen
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	>
All statistics correct as of 11 july 2025.

The 2025–26 Danish Cup, also known as Oddset Pokalen,^[1] is the 72rd season of the Danish Cup competition.

The winner of the competition qualified for the first round qualifying of the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League.^[2]

F.C. Copenhagen is defending champion.

104 teams will compete for the Danish Cup. All teams from the top four divisions 2024–25 season is automatically entered, while 56 teams qualified through preliminary cups held by the regional associations.^[3]

92 teams will participate in the first round,^[4] coming from all levels of competition, incl the two relegated teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga. The two promoted teams from the 2024–25 Danish 1st Division and teams placed 7th to 10th from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga join in the second round, while the top six teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga enter in the third round.^[5]

Round	Date[6]	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining	New entries this round	Teams entering this round
Qualifying matches			→ 56		Danmarks serien teams and Teams from Tier 6 to 9
First Round	5-7 August 2024	46	92 → 46	36	12 BetiniaLiga teams 12 2nd Division teams 12 3rd Division teams
Second Round	2–4 September 2024	26	52 → 26	6	6 Superliga teams (7-12)
Third Round	23–25 September 2024	16	32 → 16	6	6 Superliga teams (1-6)
Fourth Round	28–30 October 2024	8	16 → 8	None	None
Quarter-Finals	2-4 December/13–14 December 2024	4(8)	8 → 4	None	None
Semi-Finals	11-12 February/7–8 March 2026	2(4)	4 → 2	None	None
Final	14 May 2025	1	2 → 1	None	None

The Draw was held 8 July 2025 (2025-07-08).^[7]

In the first round of the tournament, 92 teams will compete, including 56 clubs from the various levels of the Denmark Series and below, all teams from 2024-25 Danish 3rd Division and 2024-25 Danish 2nd Division, the 3rd-12th placed teams from the 2024-25 Danish 1st Division and the 11th-12th placed teams from the 2024-25 Danish Superliga. Teams are split into three regions:^[7]

• Zealand/Bornholm/Falster/Lolland
• Fyn/Southern Jutland
• Middle/Northern Jutland

Number of teams per tier still in competition

3F Superliga (tier 1)	BetiniaLiga (tier 2)	2. Division (tier 3)	3. Division (tier 4)	Danmarksserien (tier 5)	Regionalseries (tier 6)	Serie 1, 2 & 3 (tier 7, 8 & 9)	Total
12 / 12	12 / 12	12 / 12	11 / 11	18 / 18	19 / 19	20 / 20	104 / 104

Theres will be 52 teams:

• 46 teams from the 1st round

New entries:

• 4 teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga (7th–10th placed)
• 2 teams from the 2024–25 Danish 1st Division (1st and 2nd placed)

Number of teams per tier still in competition

3F Superliga (tier 1)	BetiniaLiga (tier 2)	2. Division (tier 3)	3. Division (tier 4)	Danmarksserien (tier 5)	Regional-series (tier 6)	Serie 1, 2 & 3 (tier 7, 8 & 9)	Total
6 / 6 6 / 6	11 / 12	7 / 12	8 / 11	6 / 18	9 / 19	5 / 20	58 / 104

There will be 32 teams:

• 26 teams from the 2nd round

New entries:

• 6 teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga (1st–6th placed)

Number of teams per tier still in competition

3F Superliga (tier 1)	BetiniaLiga (tier 2)	2. Division (tier 3)	3. Division (tier 4)	Denmark series (tier 5)	Regional-series (tier 6)	Serie 1 & 2 (tier 7 & 8)	Total
0 / 6 6 / 6	0 / 12	0 / 12	0 / 11	0 / 18	0 / 19	0 / 20	32 / 104

There will be 16 teams.

Number of teams per tier still in competition

3F Superliga (tier 1)	BetiniaLiga (tier 2)	2. Division (tier 3)	3. Division (tier 4)	Denmark series (tier 5)	Regional-series (tier 6)	Serie 1 & 2 (tier 7 & 8)	Total
0 / 12	0 / 12	0 / 12	0 / 11	0 / 18	0 / 19	0 / 20	16 / 104