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The 2002 DFB-Ligapokal was the sixth edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. Hertha BSC won the competition for the second consecutive year, beating Schalke 04 4–1 in the final, an exact repeat of the previous year's competition, although Huub Stevens, the Hertha coach, had been in charge at Schalke the year prior.

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

Matches

Preliminary round

24 July 2002

20:30

Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Werder Bremen
Sebescen 63'	Report

Lohmühle, Lübeck

Attendance: 7,250

Referee: Torsten Koop

25 July 2002

20:30

Bayern Munich	2–2	Hertha BSC
Élber 17', 88'	Report	Marcelinho 49' Preetz 87'
Penalties
Salihamidžić Scholl Zickler Sagnol Tarnat Élber	3–4	Konstantinidis Neuendorf Marcelinho Schmidt Preetz Pinto

Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue

Attendance: 13,400

Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Semi-finals

29 July 2002

20:30

Schalke 04	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Wałdoch 20' Hajto 76' (pen.)	Report

Emslandstadion, Meppen

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Uwe Kemmling

30 July 2002

20:30

Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Hertha BSC
Ricken 71' (pen.)	Report	Alves 25', 67'

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 11,900

Referee: Florian Meyer

Final

1 August 2002 (2002-08-01)

17:45 CEST

Schalke 04	1–4	Hertha BSC
Agali 61'	Report	Marcelinho 32', 84' (pen.) Alex Alves 33' Pinto 89'

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

References