Event 1998 DFB-Ligapokal Attendance 14,000 | Venue BayArena, Leverkusen | |
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Date 8 August 1998 (1998-08-08) Referee Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin) | ||
The 1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 1998 DFB-Ligapokal, the 2nd edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.
The match was played on 8 August 1998 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 4–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 2nd title.
Route to the final
The DFB-Ligapokal is a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams enter the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.
References
1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA