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)

The 2000 DFB-Ligapokal was the fourth edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. Bayern Munich won the competition for the fourth consecutive year, beating Hertha BSC 5–1 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
Butt 7' (pen.)	Report	Alves 36' Beinlich 61' Dárdai 67'

Lohmühle, Lübeck

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Bernd Heynemann

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27 July 2000

1860 München	0 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Report	Tare 8' Strasser 23'

Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Alfons Berg

Semi-finals

29 July 2000

Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 1	Hertha BSC
Kirsten 44'	Report	Preetz 89'
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
Jancker 5' Scholl 31' Wiesinger 48' Santa Cruz 78'	Report	Buck 33'

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Rainer Werther

Final

Main article: 2000 DFB-Ligapokal Final

1 August 2000 (2000-08-01)

20:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	1–5	Bayern Munich
Michalke 61'	Report	Zickler 50', 66', 85' Jancker 53' Sverrisson 57' (o.g.)

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)