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Borussia Dortmund faces Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB Cup Round of 16. The DFB has now scheduled the match – BVB fans can watch the top game live on free TV.

The Round of 16 in the DFB Cup has been officially scheduled – and right at the start, there’s a real highlight. Borussia Dortmund will face Bayer 04 Leverkusen at home in Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday, December 2, at 9:00 p.m. in their home Signal Iduna Park. The match will be broadcast live on ARD and is considered the top duel of the round.

The encounter promises to be especially exciting. Both teams are currently among the strongest in the Bundesliga and will meet in league play just a few days before the cup clash. In addition, this meeting is a premiere: Dortmund and Leverkusen have never faced each other in the DFB Cup before.

Das Erste will show the match directly after the Nations League final of the German women’s national team against Spain, which also takes place on December 2.

There will also be a free TV match the following day, Wednesday, December 3: Second division side VfL Bochum will host defending champions VfB Stuttgart at 6:00 p.m., also live on ARD. On ZDF, the match between Union Berlin and reigning champions FC Bayern Munich will be broadcast from 8:45 p.m.

DFB Cup Round of 16 scheduled: BVB vs. Leverkusen on December 2

The remaining five Round of 16 matches will be shown on the pay-TV channel Sky. Among others, Hertha BSC will host 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Borussia Mönchengladbach will face FC St. Pauli, and RB Leipzig will take on second division side 1. FC Magdeburg. On Wednesday, SC Freiburg will also face Darmstadt 98 (6:00 p.m.) and the northern duel between Hamburger SV and Holstein Kiel (8:45 p.m.) will follow.

For BVB, the scheduling is another challenge in an already tightly packed fixture list. Niko Kovac’s team will only play twice on Saturdays until mid-January, as well as twice on Fridays, twice on Sundays, and once on a Tuesday in the cup. In the Champions League, matches against Bodo Glimt (December 10) and Tottenham Hotspur (January 20) are also scheduled.

Starting from the Round of 16, the DFB will use the video assistant (VAR) for the first time in this cup season – in the first two rounds, it was omitted for amateur clubs due to cost reasons. The final will take place on May 23, 2026, at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.

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