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Lotte's Pokal heroics earn home tie with Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund will hope to avoid becoming the third Bundesliga club to be dumped out of the DFB-Pokal by Sportfreunde Lotte.

Lotte, of the third tier, had already ousted top-flight opposition in Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen in the first and second round respectively before securing their last-eight berth with a 2-0 home win over 2.Bundesliga outfit 1860 Munich on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the next test in holders Bayern Munich's defence of their crown will be a home clash with Schalke.

Carlo Ancelotti's side advanced to the last eight on Tuesday with a 1-0 victory over 2015 winners Wolfsburg.

DFB-Pokal quarter-final draw:

Eintracht Frankfurt v Arminia Bielefeld
Sportfreunde Lotte v Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich v Schalke
Hamburg v Borussia Monchengladbach