Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick to lift Bayern Munich to a 3-0 victory over Stuttgart in the German Cup final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on May 23, a match that kicked off at 2 p.m. ET.
Kane opened the scoring in the 55th minute when he headed Michael Olise's back-post cross to give Bayern the lead, then added a second 10 minutes from time after receiving a pass from Luis Díaz, and completed his treble by converting a stoppage-time penalty to finish the match 3-0.
The numbers underline the scale of the day: Bayern claimed the German Cup — their 21st — and Kane ended the season with 61 goals in 51 games for Bayern Munich, having scored in every round of the club's Cup run.
The victory also completed a season in which Bayern had already secured the Bundesliga title earlier in May and won the German Supercup last August, making the Cup success the club's first German Cup since 2019-20.
That sequence — Supercup, Bundesliga and now the German Cup — was driven in large part by Kane's consistency. He found the net at every stage of the Cup and then delivered in the final, converting a headed finish, a composed run-in after Luis Díaz's assist, and a late penalty to ensure there was no late twist.
For Stuttgart the final never altered the script. Bayern's control of the contest was reflected by the scoreline and by the timing of the goals: the opener in the 55th minute shifted momentum decisively, the second struck with roughly 10 minutes to play and the third arrived in stoppage time to seal the result.
The match also closed a chapter in Bayern's domestic trophy drought in this competition: although they had dominated the league and lifted the Supercup this season, they had not won the German Cup since 2019-20. The 3-0 win at the Olympiastadion ended that gap and restored the club to the summit of the cup competition with a 21st title.
Tension in the season narrative came from that gap between league dominance and Cup absence. Bayern's earlier silverware had already signaled superiority, but the Cup remained an open question until Kane ensured it was not. His scoring spree through every round removed any doubt in the final itself.
By finishing with 61 goals in 51 games and by scoring in every round of the Cup, Kane provided the decisive moments that turned a season of trophies into one that closed with both league and cup honours for Bayern Munich, while Luis Díaz's involvement in the second goal provided a concrete reminder of the contribution from Bayern's attacking cast.
