2022 Malaysia Cup final

Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT), a Super League team involved in the 2022 AFC Champions League, started in the round of 16. Their first match was an away game against their fellow Super League team, Petaling Jaya City. JDT won 4–0 away from home, before sealing their progress with a 2–0 home win, resulting in a 6–0 aggregate score.[5][6] In the quarter-finals, JDT faced Kelantan, a Premier League team. They won the first game 3–0,[7] before winning 5–0 in the return leg at home, advancing to the next round with an aggregate score of 8–0.[8] In the semi-final round, JDT faced another Super League team, Sabah. In the first leg at Likas Stadium (away), JDT won 1–0, with the lone goal scored by Arif Aiman in the first half.[9] In the return leg at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium (home), goals from Bergson, Fernando Forestieri, and Syafiq Ahmad gave them a 3–1 win and a 4–1 aggregate victory, which moved them to the final.[10]

Selangor, also of the Super League, began by facing Kelantan United in the round of 16. In the first away leg, Selangor eventually won 2–0 with a two goals scored by Caion,[11] followed by a 1–0 victory at home, with 3–0 on aggregate.[12] In the quarter-finals, Selangor faced their Super League rivals Negeri Sembilan. In the first leg at home, Selangor won 2–0 thanks to a goals by Caion and Aliff Haiqal.[13] In the second leg away from home, the match ended in a 2–2 draw, but Selangor advanced through the next round with the aggregate score of 4–2.[14] Selangor's semi-final was against another Super League club, Terengganu. Selangor started with a 3–1 home win with goals by Richmond Ankrah, Caion and Sharul Nazeem; all three goals were scored from corners.[15] In the second leg, five days later at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, Selangor lost 1–0 with the lone goal by Kipré Tchétché, but progressed to the final with the aggregate score of 3–2.[16]