2014–15 DFB-Pokal
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| Country | Germany | ||
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| Championship venue | Olympiastadion | ||
| Teams | 64 | ||
| Champions | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Runners-up | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Championship match score | 1–3 | ||
| Matches played | 63 | ||
| Goals scored | 196 (3.11 per match) | ||
| Attendance | 1,306,563 (20,739 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |
Sven Schipplock Stefan Kießling (6 goals each) |
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| All statistics correct as of 30 May 2015. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. |
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The 2014–15 DFB-Pokal was the 72nd season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 15 August 2014 with the first of six rounds and ended on 30 May 2015 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Bayern Munich were the defending champions, having defeated Borussia Dortmund in the 2014 final, but were knocked out in the semi-finals by the same team in a penalty shootout.
VfL Wolfsburg won the final against Dortmund 3–1 to win their first title.
The following 64 teams qualified for the competition:
1 The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
2 As Hesse finalist SV Darmstadt 98 qualified through their league position, Kickers Offenbach were guaranteed a spot regardless of the final result.
3 FV Illertissen qualified as 2nd placed team in the 2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern as winners Bayern Munich II are ineligible to play in the DFB-Pokal.
The rounds of the 2014–15 competition are scheduled as follows:
The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following: For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3rd Liga and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process.
The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3rd Liga/amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3rd Liga/amateur team will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.
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