2021–22 Danish Cup
# 2021–22 Danish Cup

The 2021–22 Danish Cup, also known as Sydbank Pokalen, is the 68th season of the Danish Cup competition. The winner is qualified for the Europa League play-off round.

## Structure

92 teams participate in the first round, coming from all levels of competition. Six additional teams will join in the second round, while the top six teams from the 2020–21 Danish Superliga enter in the third round.

| Round | Date | Number of fixtures | Clubs remaining | New entries this round | Teams entering this round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First Round | 3-5 August 2021 | 46 | 104 → 58 | 40 | 12 1st Division teams 12 2nd Division teams 8 3rd Division teams 8 Danmarksserien teams |
| Second Round | 31 August-2 September 2021 | 26 | 58 → 32 | 6 | 6 Superliga teams |
| Third Round | 21-23 September 2021 | 32 | 32 → 16 | 6 | 6 Superliga teams |
| Fourth Round | 26-28 October 2021 | 16 | 16 → 8 | None | None |
| Quarter-Finals | 4-5 December 2021 11-12 December 2021 | 4 | 8 → 4 | None | None |
| Semi-Finals | 27-28 April 2022 4-5 May 2022 | 2 | 4 → 2 | None | None |
| Final | 26 May 2022 | 1 | 2 → 1 | None | None |

## Participants

104 teams competed for the Danish Cup. All teams from the top three divisions in 2020–21 were automatically entered, while 54 teams from lower division teams qualified through qualifying matches to enter the competition proper.

## First round

There are 92 teams:

* 54 teams from the qualifying rounds
* 28 teams from 2020-21 Danish 2nd Division
* 10 teams from 2020–21 Danish 1st Division

In the first round of the tournament, 92 teams took part, including 54 clubs from the various levels of the Denmark Series and below, all clubs from the Danish 3rd Division and Danish 2nd Division the 3rd-12th placed teams from the 2020-21 Danish 1st Division and the 11th-12th placed teams from the 2020-21 Danish Superliga. Strandby-Elling-Nielstrup IF was the lowest ranked team, playing in the 10th tier.

The draw was held on Friday, 2 July 2021.

## Second round

There were 52 teams:

* 46 teams from the 1st round (winners)
* 4 teams from the 2020–21 Danish Superliga (7th–10th placed)
* The 2020–21 Danish 1st Division champions and runners-up

Aalborg Freja, Bredballe IF, and Helsted Fremad IF were the lowest ranked teams left in the tournament.

## Third round

There are 32 teams:

* 26 teams from the 2nd round (winners)
* 6 teams from the 2020–21 Danish Superliga (1st–6th placed)
