The 2025–26 Danish Cup, also known as Oddset Pokalen for sponsorship reasons, was the 72nd season of the Danish Cup competition.
The winner of the competition earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League.
Copenhagen were the defending champions but were defeated by Mitdjylland in the final at Parken Stadium on 14 May 2026.
Times up to 25 October 2025 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 26 October 2025 to 28 March 2026 are CET (UTC+1).
Participants 104 teams competed for the Danish Cup. All teams from the top four divisions 2024–25 season were automatically entered, while 56 teams qualified through preliminary cups held by the regional associations.
Structure 92 teams participated in the first round, coming from all levels of competition, including the two relegated teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga. The two promoted teams from the 2024–25 Danish 1st Division and teams placed 7th to 10th from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga joined in the second round, while the top six teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga entered in the third round. Round Date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining New entries this round Teams entering this round Qualifyingmatches → 56 Danmarks serien teams and Teams from Tier 6 to 9 First round 5–7 August 2025 46 92 → 46 36 12 BetiniaLiga teams12 2nd Division teams12 3rd Division teams Second round 2–4 September 2025 26 52 → 26 6 6 Superliga teams (7-12) Third round 23–25 September 2025 16 32 → 16 6 6 Superliga teams (1-6) Fourth round 28–30 October 2025 8 16 → 8 None None Quarter-finals 2–4 December/13–14 December 2025 4(8) 8 → 4 None None Semi-finals 11–12 February/7–8 March 2026 2(4) 4 → 2 None None Final 14 May 2025 1 2 → 1 None None
First round The Draw was held .
In the first round of the tournament, 92 teams competed, including 56 clubs from the various levels of the Denmark Series and below, all teams from 2024–25 Danish 3rd Division and 2024–25 Danish 2nd Division, the 3rd-12th placed teams from the 2024–25 Danish 1st Division and the 11th-12th placed teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga. Teams are split into three regions: Zealand/Bornholm/Falster/Lolland Fyn/Southern Jutland Middle/Northern Jutland
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition Dansh Superliga (tier 1) Danish 1st Division (tier 2) 2. Division (tier 3) 3. Division (tier 4) Danmarksserien (tier 5) Regionalseries (tier 6) Serie 1, 2 & 3(tier 7, 8 & 9) Total
Zealand/Bornholm/Falster/Lolland
Fyn/Southern Jutland
Middle/Northern Jutland
Second round There were 52 teams still playing in the 2nd round: 46 teams from the 1st round New entries: 4 teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga (7th–10th placed) 2 teams from the 2024–25 Danish 1st Division (1st and 2nd placed)
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition Superliga (tier 1) 1st Division (tier 2) 2nd Division (tier 3) 3rd Division (tier 4) Danmarksserien (tier 5) Regional-series (tier 6) Serie 1, 2 & 3(tier 7, 8 & 9) Total
East
West
Third round 32 teams participated in the 3rd round:
26 teams from the 2nd round New entries: 6 teams from the 2024–25 Danish Superliga (1st–6th placed)
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition Superliga (tier 1) 1st Division (tier 2) 2nd Division (tier 3) 3rd Division (tier 4) Denmark series (tier 5) Regional-series (tier 6) Serie 1, 2 & 3(tier 7, 8 & 9) Total
Fourth round There will be 16 teams.
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition Superliga(tier 1) 1st Division(tier 2) 2nd Division(tier 3) 3rd Division(tier 4) Denmark series(tier 5) Regional-series(tier 6) Serie 1 & 2(tier 7 & 8) Total
Quarter-finals The quarter-finals included eight teams from the 4th round (winners) playing two legs:
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition Superliga (tier 1) 1st Division (tier 2) 2nd Division (tier 3) 3rd Division (tier 4) Denmark series (tier 5) Regional series (tier 6) 1 & 2 series (tier 7 & 8) Total
Semi-finals Four teams from the quarter-finals playing two legs. The draw for the semi-finals was held on 14 December 2024.
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition Superliga (tier 1) 1st Division (tier 2) 2nd Division (tier 3) 3rd Division (tier 4) Denmark series (tier 5) Regional series (tier 6) 1 & 2 series (tier 7 & 8) Total
Final The winner qualified for the second qualifying round of 2026–27 Europa League.
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