The Cup final opposed RFC Liege to KV Mechelen. Both teams had good season and were also short on trophies, but KV Mechelen perhaps was favoured. And they eventually won the final 1-0.
RFC Liege tried their best, but were the weaker team and managed only honorable loss.
KV Mechelen won its very first Cup. It was also their first trophy after very long time – in the distant past they have been Belgian champions, but in the last 50 years hardly anybody expected them to win anything. So, it was great success.
In the last few years quietly and persistently Mechelen built impressive squad and now it was time to get rewards. They fought for the title and they won the Cup, they got noticed and were at their peak. If anything, Mechelen showed that even in increasingly governed by big money football a modest club could compete. It was great story so far – after all, Mechelen was playing Second Division only a few years back – and winning the Belgian Cup was not the end of it.