The Karlsruher SC ended the great cup evenings of the football third division club TSV 1860 Munich in the round of 16.
The Baden team won 1-0 (0-0) after a dominant second half on Tuesday evening in the Grünwalder stadium without a spectator.
Marvin Wanitzek, who converted a hand penalty placed in the 69th minute, became the match winner at the second division club.
1860 defender Fabian Greilinger was unlucky when the ball hit his arm after a cross from Marco Thiede.
KSC had previously celebrated in vain: Lucas Cueto headed the ball into the goal after a shot by Fabian Schleusener – but from an offside position (51').
The big chance to equalize was missed by Erik Tallig for the "lions" who seemed powerless after the break.
The midfielder failed with a shot from eleven meters at the good KSC goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck.
After the successes against Darmstadt 98 and Schalke 04, the "Lions" could not confirm their reputation as a terror for the second division club for a third time.
In the first half, however, there was no sign of a class difference.
1860 was defensively compact and launched several promising attacks.
Marcel Bär shot powerfully over the goal from 18 meters (10th).
And Greilinger failed from an acute angle at the alert Gersbeck (13th).
At first there was little from the guests.
KSC only took over after the break, with Schleusener repeatedly causing danger.
The KSC can look forward to a million-dollar bonus and to the first quarter-final participation since the 1996/97 season.