The 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that was played on 15 May 2014 in Poltava.
[1] Due to the May 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine, the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), after being advised to do so by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry,[3] decided that the match would be played behind closed doors for security reasons.
[4] The decision to have no spectators at the match was met with criticism and protest by both clubs' fans including picketing of the House of Football in Kyiv a day before the match[5] and was reverted after the FFU held an emergency meeting and conferred with club officials and government security.
[6] Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv This will be the seventh Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams.
Dynamo has not defeated Shakhtar for the past seven years (seven games losing streak) since winning its last cup back in 2006–07.