The 2020 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the

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, the 77th season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 4 July 2020 at the Olympiastadion in

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. Though originally scheduled for 23 May 2020, the

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postponed the final on 24 April due to the

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. On 11 May 2020, the DFB Executive Committee approved a resumption of the competition, with the final scheduled for 4 July, subject to political approval, using a hygiene concept similar to that implemented by the DFL in the

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and

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. As with other competitions, the match was played behind closed doors without any spectators. Due to the postponement, the match was the first DFB-Pokal final to take place after June since

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. The match featured

clubs

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, in their first final since

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, and Bayern Munich, the title holders and record-winners of the competition in their third consecutive final. Bayern Munich won the final 4–2 to win a second consecutive and record 20th overall DFB-Pokal title. With the win, Bayern completed their 13th domestic double (later completing a second continental treble), and played at home against

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runners-up

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in the

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. Because Bayern had already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-place team in the Bundesliga,

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, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2020–21 edition of the

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, and the league's second qualifying round spot went to the team in seventh,

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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

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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

Statistics

Notes

References

External links

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Match report
at kicker.de
Match report
at WorldFootball.net
Match report
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