Tuchel's side beat Cologne 2-1 in the final and took advantage of Borussia Dortmund's home level. Edin Terzic's team reached the Bundesliga definition with two points ahead of Bayern Munich and received Mainz 05.
Dortmund have more than a decade of frustrations against the brutal dominance of the Munich team and this seemed to be the opportunity to end the streak. However, the pressure played against Dortmund who played a terrible game and went to the break down 2-0 thanks to goals from Andreas Hanche-Olsen and Karim Onisiwo.