The 2010–11

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was the 68th season of the annual German

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cup competition. The competition began on 13 August 2010 with the first round and concluded on 21 May 2011 with the final at the

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. The competition was won by

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, who eliminated title holder Bayern Munich in the semi-finals. By clinching the cup, Schalke thus qualified for the

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of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following 64 teams competed in the first round:

Draw

The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following: For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3rd Liga and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process. The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3rd Liga/amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3rd Liga/amateur team will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.

Matches

First round

The draw for this round took place on 5 June 2010. The matches were played on 13–16 August 2010. As usual, a small number of non-Bundesliga clubs had to play their home matches at different locations than their usual home grounds. Most notably,

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had to move their tie against

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to Red Bull Arena at nearby

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because their own

Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion was a multi-purpose stadium in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home of Hallescher FC until 2010. It had a capacity of 23,860. The stadium was opened in 1936 and was originall ...

was rebuilt at that time. Other clubs which had their matches transferred to different locations included SV Sandhausen (to

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at Mannheim) and Germania Windeck (to RheinEnergieStadion at

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). ''All times

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Second round

The draw for this round took place on 21 August 2010. The matches were played on 26–27 October 2010. As in the first round, and for the same reasons,

played at Red Bull Arena,

. Additionally,

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moved their tie against

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

Millerntor-Stadion Millerntor-Stadion () is a multi-purpose stadium in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, Germany. Best known as the home ground of Association football, football club FC St. Pauli, it is on the Heiligengeistfeld near the Reeperbahn, the red light distr ...

due to insufficient lighting for TV broadcasts at their usual venue,

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. ''All times

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 31 October 2010. Six matches took place on 21–22 December 2010; the ties Offenbach–Nürnberg and Koblenz–Kaiserslautern, originally scheduled for 21 December, have been postponed to mid-January because of inclement weather. ''All times

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Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 22 December 2010. The matches will be played on 25–26 January 2011. ''All times

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Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 30 January 2011. The matches will be played on 1 and 2 March 2011. ''All times

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Final

For the first time since 2004, a 2. Bundesliga club reached the final.

References

External links

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DFB-Pokal on kicker.de
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