As the first competition was held it was still an unofficial cup tournament. One year later, the
German Football Association (German:
Deutscher Fußball-Bund – DFB) made the competition official. The event took place, starting in 2000, in the Hardtberghalle in
Bonn. Since 2009 the tournament was held in the
GETEC Arena in
Magdeburg. Due to the
World Cup being held in Germany, the indoor championship was not held in 2011. The winner received a cash prize of € 5,000. The finalists received € 3,000, while the defeated semi-finalists received € 1,500 each. In addition, each participant received an entry payment of € 10,000. The winner of the Hallenpokal also won the Bundesliga six times and the
DFB-Pokal seven times. DFB-Hallenpokal winners managed to win the double five times. On 15 January 2015, the cup was held in the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg for the last time. As of 2016, the DFB set forth that all the official hall competitions must be played according to the rules of
Futsal. This was rejected by the twelve teams of
Bundesliga. ==References==