Five of the sixteen teams in the third main round of the DFB Pokal (German FA Cup) come from Bavaria (FC Bayern Munich, TSV 1860 Munich, 1. FC Nurnberg, FC Augsburg and SpVgg Unterhaching), three of them from Munich alone (Bayern, 1860 and Unterhaching). The draw for the third round was held tonight, and German Singer Vanessa Mai drew the following matches:

SpVgg Unterhaching - Bayer Leverkusen

Erzgebirge Aue - 1. FC Heidenheim

FC Augsburg - Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Mönchengladbach - Werder Bremen

FC Bayern München - SV Darmstadt 98

TSV 1860 München - VfL Bochum

1. FC Nürnberg - Hertha BSC

VfB Stuttgart - Eintracht Braunschweig

Augsburg and Unterhaching have drawn the strongest opponents with Dortmund and Leverkusen respectively, followed by Nurnberg. The TSV has a chance against Bochum, and Bayern shouldn’t have any problems with Darmstadt. As you can see, all Bavarian teams will play the DFB Cup matches at home. This means DFB Cup matches on two consecutive evenings at the Allianz Arena in Munich. The third round of the DFB Pokal will be played on Tuesday, December 15 and Wednesday December 16. Teams that make it to the quarterfinals will be 1 million Euros richer, a lot for the smaller teams.