[3] The DFB has been playing a German Futsal Championship since 2006.
On the 27th September 2019, the introduction of the Futsal Bundesliga from the 2021/22 season was unanimously decided at the DFB Bundestag in Frankfurt am Main.
The aim is to further promote the futsal in Germany in order to be internationally competitive.
For the opening season, the champions of the five regional leagues as well as the vice champions of the regional leagues North, Northeast, South and West qualified directly.
[4] Tenth place went to the winner of a qualifying round, in which the third-place winners of the regional leagues North, Northeast, South and West and the vice champion of the Regional League Southwest participated.