2000 DFB-Ligapokal

2000 DFB-Ligapokal

Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runner-up	Hertha BSC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	19 (3.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alexander Zickler(3)

The2000 DFB-Ligapokalwas the fourth edition of theDFB-Ligapokal.Bayern Munichwon the competition for the fourth consecutive year, beatingHertha BSC5–1 in the final.

Participating clubs

A total of six teams qualified for the competition. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position
• CW: Cup winners
• TH: Title holders

Semi-finals
Bayern MunichTH(1st+CW)	Bayer Leverkusen(2nd)
Preliminary round
Hamburger SV(3rd)	1. FC Kaiserslautern(5th)
1860 Munich(4th)	Hertha BSC(6th)

Matches

Preliminary round

24 July 2000

Hamburger SV	1–3	Hertha BSC
Butt7' (pen.)	Report	Alves36' Beinlich61' Dárdai67'

Lohmühle,Lübeck

Attendance: 10,500

Referee:Bernd Heynemann

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27 July 2000

1860 München	0–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Report	Tare8' Strasser23'

Südweststadion,Ludwigshafen

Attendance: 9,000

Referee:Alfons Berg

Semi-finals

29 July 2000

Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Hertha BSC
Kirsten44'	Report	Preetz89'
Penalties
Greško Reeb Rink Neuendorf Hoffmann	4–5	Reiss Beinlich Preetz Király Deisler

Paul Greifzu Stadium,Dessau

Attendance: 16,100

Referee:Burkard Hufgard

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30 July 2000

Bayern Munich	4–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Jancker5' Scholl31' Wiesinger48' Santa Cruz78'	Report	Buck33'

Rosenaustadion,Augsburg

Attendance: 13,500

Referee:Rainer Werther

Final

Main article:2000 DFB-Ligapokal final

1 August 2000(2000-08-01)

20:30CEST

Hertha BSC	1–5	Bayern Munich
Michalke61'	Report	Zickler50',66',85' Jancker53' Sverrisson57' (o.g.)

BayArena,Leverkusen

Attendance: 12,500

Referee:Hellmut Krug(Gelsenkirchen)