2000 DFB-Ligapokal

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.

2000 DFB-Ligapokal

Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runners-up	Hertha BSC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	19 (3.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alexander Zickler (3)
← 1999 2001 →

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)

See also

• 2000–01 Bundesliga
• 2000–01 DFB-Pokal