# 2024–25 Danish Cup

The 2024–25 Danish Cup, also known as Oddset Pokalen, is the 71st season of the Danish Cup competition.
The winner of the competition will qualify for the first round qualifying of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League.
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.
| Round | Date | 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 four divisions in 2024–25 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 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) | Regionalseries (tier 6) | Serie 1 & 2 (tier 7 & 8) | Total |
| 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 18 / 18 | 23 / 23 | 15 / 15 | 104 / 104 |

### Middle & Northern Jutland
## Second round

The draw was made on 9 August 2024. Theres was 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 (tier 7 & 8) | Total |
| 12 / 12 | 11 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 8 / 12 | 10 / 18 | 4 / 23 | 3 / 15 | 58 / 104 |

### West
## Third round

There was 32 teams:
* 26 teams from the 2nd round
New entries:
* 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 (tier 7 & 8) | Total |
| 10 / 12 | 9 / 12 | 6 / 12 | 7 / 12 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 23 | 0 / 15 | 32 / 104 |

## Fourth round

The draw was made on 26 September 2024, 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 (tier 7 & 8) | Total |
| 9 / 12 | 2 / 12 | 2 / 12 | 3 / 12 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 23 | 0 / 15 | 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 series (tier 7 & 8) | Total |
| 6 / 12 | 1 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 1 / 12 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 23 | 0 / 15 | 8 / 104 |

## Semi-finals

There are 4 teams from the Quarter-finals playing two legs. Draw for the semi-finals was held on 16 December 2024.
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 series (tier 7 & 8) | Total |
| 4 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 23 | 0 / 15 | 4 / 104 |

## Final

The winner qualifies for the 2025–26 Europa League second qualifying round