Overview
- MSV Duisburg booked the Niederrheinpokal final with a 2–0 extra‑time win at 1. FC Bocholt after two late goals by Niklas Jessen.
- The Zebras will face SC St. Tönis on May 23’s nationwide Amateur Final Day, where winners earn a DFB-Pokal first‑round place and about €250,000.
- Police in Potsdam-Mittelmark opened an inquiry into insults and a pitch incursion after RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf’s semifinal against VfB Krieschow, with video showing Saheed Mustapha confronting a spectator and a racist motive unconfirmed.
- Werder Bremen’s Karim Coulibaly made his Germany U21 debut in a 3–0 win over Northern Ireland, as goalkeeper Mio Backhaus extended his U21 run to four clean sheets.
- VfB Krieschow reached the Brandenburg Cup final to face Energie Cottbus on May 23 after a 2–1 semifinal win at RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf.