Overview
- The Achtelfinale runs Tuesday and Wednesday, with Hertha vs. Kaiserslautern and Mönchengladbach vs. St. Pauli at 18:00 on Sky/WOW before Dortmund vs. Leverkusen at 21:00 on ARD.
- To avoid a potential overlap with the Women’s Nations League final on ARD, Tuesday’s late matches were moved to a 21:00 start window.
- RB Leipzig vs. 1. FC Magdeburg shows conflicting listings on kickoff time, with reports noting either 21:00 or 21:45, and the match is carried by Sky/WOW.
- On Wednesday, Bochum vs. defending champions Stuttgart airs at 18:00 on ARD, Union Berlin vs. Bayern Munich is live at 20:45 on ZDF, and HSV vs. Holstein Kiel (20:45) plus Freiburg vs. Darmstadt (18:00) are on Sky/WOW.
- Sky holds live rights to all 63 matches while ARD/ZDF show 15 selected games, and quarterfinal qualification is worth about €1.695 million as clubs chase both prize money and a Europa League berth.