In the first round, there were 96 teams. 61 coming from the qualifiers among series teams in season 2016-17 with DBU Bornholm, DBU Fyn, DBU JutlandDBU Copenhagen, DBU Lolland-Falster and DBU Zealand. An additional 23 teams come from the 2015-16 Danish 2nd Divisionsand 10 teams from the 2015-16 Danish 1st Division. The last two teams were the bottom two from the 2015-16 Danish Superliga. In the second round, there were 56 teams. 48 of them are winners from the first round with 6 teams from the 2015-16 Danish Superliga. The last teams were the top two from the 2015-16 Danish 1st Division. In the third round, there will be 32 teams. 28 are winners from the second round. The last teams are the top four from the 2015-16 Danish Superliga. The remainder of the competition will be in a "knockout" format.
Participants
107 teams are part of DBU Pokalen. All division team from the season 2015-16 is automatically Cup while enrolled seriehold played qualifying matches to come. FC Vestsjælland did not participate in the cup following a bankruptcy declaration.
In the first round of the DBU Cup, the 94 teams are divided into a Western and Eastern Pool. The West Pool featured 50 teams, divided into three separate pools. The Eastern Pool of 44 teams was divided into two pools. The First Round draw took place on Friday, 23 June 2016.
West, Northern Pool
West, Central Pool
West, Southern/Funen Pool
East, Zealand/Lolland/Falster Pool
East, Zealand/Copenhagen/Bornholm Pool
Second round
In the second round the bottom six teams from the 2015-16 Superliga and the top two teams from the 2015-16 1st Division enter the competition. Together with the 48 winners from the first round, there will be a total of 56 teams in this round. The teams are divided into two equal groups, East and West. Since there were nire West teams than East team, the three DBU Funen teams, Dalum IF, BK Marienlyst and Otterup B&IK were moved into the East Group. The draw took place on Friday. 12 August 2016 with matches played on August 30 and 31, 2016. The draw was organized so that clubs in the Superliga could not meet each other.
West
East
Third round
In the third round the top four teams from the 2016–17 Danish Superliga enter the competition, and together with the 28 winners from the second round, there will be 32 teams in this round. The draw is organized so that clubs in the Super League can not face each other. The draw took place on Friday. 9 September 2016.
Fourth round
The draw took place on Friday, November 4, 2016.
Quarter-finals
The Quarter-final draw took place on Friday, March 17, 2017.
Semi-finals
The DBU changed the Semi-final format this season. Instead of a two-leg aggregate, the semi-finals will just be played as a single match. The Semi-final draw was held on April 7, 2017. ----
