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Preliminary Round
24.07.2002 20.30 Lübeck
Bayer 04 Leverkusen - SV Werder
Bremen 1-0 (0-0)
25.07.2002 20.30 Aue
FC Bayern München - Hertha BSC Berlin
2-2 (1-1); 3-4 after Penalties
Semifinal
29.07.2002 20.30 Meppen
FC Schalke 04 - Bayer Leverkusen
2-0 (1-0)
30.07.2002 20.30 Jena
Borussia Dortmund - Hertha BSC Berlin
1-2 (0-1)
Final
01.08.2002 20.30 Bochum
FC Schalke 04 - Hertha BSC Berlin
1-4 (0-2)
Winner
Hertha BSC Berlin
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Liga Pokal Regulation |
Since 1997, at the
beginning of a new season the German Champion, the four next best
teams of the last Bundesliga season-end table and the winner of
the DFB Trophy compete for the DFB League Trophy, a combination
of the Fuji and the Super Cup.
If the German Champion is also the holder of the DFB Trophy, the
sixth-placed team of the season-end table of the Bundesliga is
entitled to participate.
The tournament, which usually lasts for one week, is hosted by
five cities.
The five matches are played according to the knockout system.
Up to the semi-final cities are chosen where no professional soccer
clubs are at home.
The German Champion and the winner of the DFB trophy are seeded
for the semi-final and can only meet in the final.
If the German Champion is also holder of the DFB Trophy, the vice
champion is seeded for the other semi-final.
The winners of the other two meetings advance to the semi-final.
A draw after 90 minutes will immediately be followed by a penalty
shoot-out, also in the final. In the DFB-League Trophy, there
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The Trophy |
Hexagon with rock
crystals The DFB League Trophy is designed as a hexagon and, seen
through the eyes of an artist, represents part of a football.
Six rock crystals symbolize the six teams competing in the tournament.
The rock crystals originate from Brazil. Krystallos is Greek and
means ice.
The trophy was manufactured by Tom Munsteiner in Stipshausen located
in the Hunsrück.
The trophy had already been awarded earlier in the DFB Supercup
where the German Champion and the DFB Cup winner had met.
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