The consequences of the manipulated cup match were severe. Klaus Toppmöller, Hamburg’s coach at the time, lost his job barely two months later and in a subsequent interview named the defeat in Paderborn as one of the contributing factors. HSV later lodged a protest against both the result and the red card shown by Hoyzer to Emile Mpenza.
On 11 February 2005 the DFB sports committee ruled that there could be no replay, because two further rounds of the cup had already been played by then. As compensation, Hamburg were awarded 500,000 euros plus about 1.5 million euros in income from a Germany international. The suspension imposed on Mpenza was annulled.
