# 2023–24 Danish Cup

The 2023–24 Danish Cup, also known as Oddset Pokalen, was the 70th season of the Danish Cup competition.
The winner of the competition qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League .
Copenhagen were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Silkeborg in the quarter-finals.
The final was played at Parken Stadium on 9 May 2024 between Silkeborg and AGF. Silkeborg secured their second title following a 1–0 win, courtesy of Oliver Sonne's first-half goal.

## Structure

92 teams participated in the first round, coming from all levels of competition. Six additional teams joined in the second round, while the top six teams from the 2022–23 Danish Superliga entered in the third round.
| Round | Date | Number of fixtures | Clubs remaining | New entries this round | Teams entering this round |
| Qualifying matches | June–July 2023 | | → 56 | | Danmarks serien teams and Teams from Tier 6 to 9 |
| First Round | 8-15 August 2023 | 46 | 92 → 46 | 36 | 12 NordicBetLiga teams 12 2nd Division teams 12 3rd Division teams |
| Second Round | 5-12 September 2023 | 26 | 52 → 26 | 6 | 6 Superliga teams (7-12) |
| Third Round | 26-28 September 2023 | 16 | 32 → 16 | 6 | 6 Superliga teams (1-6) |
| Fourth Round | 31 October - 2 November 2023 | 8 | 16 → 8 | None | None |
| Quarter-Finals | First leg 5–7 December 2023 Second leg 9–11 December 2023 | 4(8) | 8 → 4 | None | None |
| Semi-Finals | First leg 9–11 April 2024 Second leg 23–25 April 2024 | 2(4) | 4 → 2 | None | None |
| Final | 9 May 2024 | 1 | 2 → 1 | None | None |

## Participants

104 teams will compete for the Danish Cup. All teams from the top three divisions in 2022–23 were automatically entered, while 54 teams from lower division teams qualified through qualifying matches to enter the competition proper.

## First round

In the first round of the tournament, 92 teams took part, including 56 clubs from the various levels of the Denmark Series and below, all teams from 2022-23 Danish 3rd Division and 2022-23 Danish 2nd Division, the 3rd-12th placed teams from the 2022-23 Danish 1st Division and the 11th-12th placed teams from the 2022-23 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 |

### Middle/Northern Jutland
## Second round

There were 52 teams:
* 46 teams from the 1st round
New entries:
* 4 teams from the 2022–23 Danish Superliga (7th–10th placed)
* 2 teams from the 2022–23 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 | 10 / 12 | 9 / 12 | 7 / 10 | 9 / 24 | 9 / 20 | 2 / 14 | 58 / 104 |

### West
## Third round

There were 32 teams:
* 26 teams from the 2nd round
New entires
* 6 teams from the 2022–23 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 | 8 / 12 | 7 / 12 | 3 / 10 | 1 / 24 | 1 / 20 | 0 / 14 | 32 / 104 |

## Round of 16

There were 16 teams. The draw was held on 28 September 2023.
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 were 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 |
| 6 / 12 | 1 / 12 | 1 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 8 / 104 |

## Semi-finals

There were 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 |
| 3 / 12 | 1 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 4 / 104 |

## Final

The winner qualified for the second qualifying round of 2024–25 Europa League.