2024–25 Danish Cup

2024–25 Danish Cup
Pokalen (The Cup)
	Parken Stadium will host the final
Tournament details
Country	Denmark
Teams	104
Defending champions	Silkeborg
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Danish Cup, also known as Oddset Pokalen,^[1] is the 71st season of the Danish Cup competition.

The winner of the competition will qualify for the first round of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League.^[2]

Silkeborg are the defending champions.

Structure

92 teams will participate in the first round, coming from all levels of competition. Six additional teams join in the second round, while the top six teams from the 2023–24 Danish Superliga enter in the third round.^[3]

Round	Date^[4]	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining	New entries this round	Teams entering this round
Qualifying matches	Dates TBD		→ 56		Danmarks serien teams and Teams from Tier 6 to 9
First Round	6-8 August 2024	46	92 → 46	36	12 NordicBetLiga teams 12 2nd Division teams 12 3rd Division teams
Second Round	3-5 September 2024	26	52 → 26	6	6 Superliga teams (7-12)
Third Round	24-26 September 2024	16	32 → 16	6	6 Superliga teams (1-6)
Fourth Round	29-31 October 2024	8	16 → 8	None	None
Quarter-Finals	7-8 December/14-15 December 2024	4(8)	8 → 4	None	None
Semi-Finals	30 April-1 May/7-8 May, 2025	2(4)	4 → 2	None	None
Final	29 May 2025	1	2 → 1	None	None

Participants

104 teams will compete for the Danish Cup. All teams from the top three divisions in 2023–24 were automatically entered, while 54 teams from lower division teams qualified through qualifying matches to enter the competition proper.^[5]

First round

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 2023-24 Danish 3rd Division and 2023-24 Danish 2nd Division, the 3rd-12th placed teams from the 2023-24 Danish 1st Division and the 11th-12th placed teams from the 2023-24 Danish Superliga. Teams are split into three regions:

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

Number of teams per tier still in competition
3F Superliga (tier 1)	NordicBet Liga (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
12 / 12	12 / 12	12 / 12	10 / 10	24 / 24	20 / 20	14 / 14	104 / 104

Second round

There will be 52 teams:

46 teams from the 1st round

New entries:

4 teams from the 2023–24 Danish Superliga (7th–10th placed)
2 teams from the 2023–24 Danish 1st Division (1st and 2nd placed)

Number of teams per tier still in competition
3F Superliga (tier 1)	NordicBet Liga (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
12 / 12	12 / 12	12 / 12	10 / 10	24 / 24	20 / 20	14 / 14	104 / 104

Third round

There will be 32 teams:

26 teams from the 2nd round

New entires

6 teams from the 2023–24 Danish Superliga (1st–6th placed)

Number of teams per tier still in competition
3F Superliga (tier 1)	NordicBet Liga (tier 2)	2. Division (tier 3)	3. Division (tier 4)	Denmark series (tier 5)	Regional-series (tier 6)	Serie 1, 2 & 3 (tier 7, 8 & 9)	Total
12 / 12	12 / 12	12 / 12	10 / 10	24 / 24	20 / 20	14 / 14	104 / 104

Round of 16

There will be 16 teams.

Number of teams per tier still in competition
3F Superliga (tier 1)	NordicBet Liga (tier 2)	2. Division (tier 3)	3. Division (tier 4)	Denmark series (tier 5)	Regional-series (tier 6)	Serie 1, 2 & 3 (tier 7, 8 & 9)	Total
12 / 12	2 / 12	1 / 12	1 / 10	0 / 24	0 / 20	0 / 14	16 / 104

Quarter-finals

There will be 8 teams from the 4th round (winners) playing two legs:

Number of teams per tier still in competition
3F Superliga (tier 1)	NordicBet Liga (tier 2)	2. Division (tier 3)	3. Division (tier 4)	Denmark series (tier 5)	Regional series (tier 6)	1, 2 & 3 series (tier 7, 8 & 9 )	Total
12 / 12	12 / 12	12 / 12	10 / 10	24 / 24	20 / 20	14 / 14	104 / 104

Semi-finals

There will be 4 teams from the Quarter-finals playing two legs:

Number of teams per tier still in competition
3F Superliga (tier 1)	NordicBet Liga (tier 2)	2. Division (tier 3)	3. Division (tier 4)	Denmark series (tier 5)	Regional series (tier 6)	1, 2 & 3 series (tier 7, 8 & 9 )	Total
12 / 12	12 / 12	12 / 12	10 / 10	24 / 24	20 / 20	14 / 14	104 / 104

Final

The winner qualifies for the 2025-26 Europa League first qualifying round

References

^ https://pokalturnering.dk/nyheder/danske-spil-bliver-med-oddset-ny-navnesponsor-for-pokalturneringen
^ "Rundt om Pokalen". pokalturnering.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
^ https://divisionsforeningen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Turneringsregler-for-Herre-LP-2023-2024.pdf
^ https://pokalturnering.dk/datoplan/
^ https://divisionsforeningen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Turneringsregler-for-Herre-LP-2023-2024.pdf

[1] ttps://pokalturnering.dk/nyheder/danske-spil-bliver-med-oddset-ny-navnesponsor-for-pokalturneringen

[rundt-om-2] "Rundt om Pokalen". pokalturnering.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

[3] ttps://divisionsforeningen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Turneringsregler-for-Herre-LP-2023-2024.pdf

[4] ttps://pokalturnering.dk/datoplan/

[5] ttps://divisionsforeningen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Turneringsregler-for-Herre-LP-2023-2024.pdf

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