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| Event | 2021–22 DFB-Pokal | ||||||
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| Afterextra time RB Leipzig won 4–2 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 21 May 2022 (2022-05-21) | ||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion,Berlin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Nico Schlotterbeck(SC Freiburg)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 74,322[3] | ||||||
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The2022 DFB-Pokal final was anassociation football match played betweenRB Leipzig andSC Freiburg at theOlympiastadion inBerlin on 21 May 2022. Organized by theGerman Football Association (DFB), it was the 79th final of the competition and the first match which allowed full capacity in two years, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[4][5]
RB Leipzig won the match 4–2 onpenalties, following a 1–1 draw afterextra time, for their first DFB-Pokal title, as well as the first ever major trophy in club's history.[6] As winners, they hosted the2022 edition of theDFL-Supercup at the start of the following season, and faced the champion of the2021–22 edition of theBundesliga,Bayern Munich. As Leipzig already qualified for the2022–23 edition of theUEFA Champions League through their position in the Bundesliga, theUEFA Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners went to the sixth-placed team, and the league'sUEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot to the seventh-placed team.[7]
In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| SC Freiburg | None |
| RB Leipzig | 2 (2019,2021) |
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The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in asingle-elimination 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 ofextra time was played. If the score was still level, apenalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.[8]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| SC Freiburg | Round | RB Leipzig | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2021–22 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| Würzburger Kickers | 1–0 (A) | First round | SV Sandhausen | 4–0 (A) |
| VfL Osnabrück | 2–2 (a.e.t.)(3–2p) (A) | Second round | SV Babelsberg | 1–0 (A) |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 4–1 (A) | Round of 16 | Hansa Rostock | 2–0 (H) |
| VfL Bochum | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) | Quarter-finals | Hannover 96 | 4–0 (A) |
| Hamburger SV | 3–1 (A) | Semi-finals | Union Berlin | 2–1 (H) |
| SC Freiburg | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | RB Leipzig |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[2] |
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Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg, vom DFB zum Spieler des Spiels gewählt) [Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg, voted player of the match by the DFB)]
