The 2022 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the

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, the 79th season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 21 May 2022 at the Olympiastadion in

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. The match featured

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and

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, with neither side having won the competition prior. RB Leipzig won the match 4–2 on

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, following a 1–1 draw after

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, for their first DFB-Pokal title. As winners, they hosted the 2022 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the following season, and faced the champion of the 2021–22 edition of the

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, Bayern Munich. As Leipzig already qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the

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through their position in the Bundesliga, the

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group stage spot reserved for the cup winners went to the sixth-placed team, and the league's

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play-off round spot to the seventh-placed team.

Teams

''In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.''

Background

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a

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knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of

was played. If the score was still level, a

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was used to determine the winner. ''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Match

Details

Notes

References

External links

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