final

1. (in competitions) final
   Posle finala svi su slavili na ulicama. — After the final everyone celebrated in the streets.
   Naša ekipa je izgubila u finalu. — Our team lost in the final.

The standard form in Serbia is the neuter noun finale; masculine final is a rare variant. The forms u finalu and posle finala are identical for both words and do not by themselves indicate masculine gender.