Decision made: BVB's DFB-Pokal tie gets the big stage | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund will play its first-round DFB-Pokal match in Hamburg. It has now been confirmed which stadium BVB will face Oberliga side HEBC in.

There is now clarity: the DFB-Pokal match between Hamburg Eimsbütteler BC (HEBC) and Borussia Dortmund will not be played at the underdog’s actual home stadium. Instead, the Hamburg Oberliga club will host BVB at the Volksparkstadion. The decision was officially announced on Tuesday. This means that likely the biggest match in HEBC’s recent club history will take place in Hamburg’s largest football stadium.

The Volksparkstadion has a capacity of around 57,000 spectators, providing significantly better conditions for the cup tie than the fifth-division side’s usual home ground. Professor-Reinmüller-Platz, where HEBC normally plays its home matches, holds only around 2,500 fans and does not meet the German Football Association’s safety requirements for a match of this scale. That is why the Hamburg cup winners had to look for an alternative venue.

For HEBC, taking part in the DFB-Pokal is a historic achievement. By winning the Hamburg Cup, the club qualified for the competition’s main round for the first time in more than nine decades. Now, with Borussia Dortmund, one of the biggest challenges German football has to offer awaits them right away.

BVB cup match to be played at the Volksparkstadion

The move also brings advantages for the fans. While only a small number of spectators would have been able to attend at the club’s modest ground, tens of thousands of supporters can now watch the match live. BVB’s large fan base in particular is likely to benefit from the decision.

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However, the match will not be played on the usual weekend before the start of the Bundesliga season. Because Borussia Dortmund first has to face FC Bayern Munich in the Supercup, the cup match has been scheduled for September 1 or 2. The final kick-off time has not yet been announced.

For Dortmund, an away trip to the Volksparkstadion is nothing new. BVB already played there in the first round of the DFB-Pokal two years ago against Phönix Lübeck in Hamburg. On that occasion, the team won 4–1 in front of more than 50,000 spectators. HEBC is now hoping for a similarly large crowd when the Bundesliga club returns to the Volkspark. Information on ticket sales is expected to be released in the coming days.

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